Neuro Rehabilitation Glossary
100 terms total — 24 showing — Last updated 15 Sep 2026
Neurofeedback
A biofeedback technique using real-time brain activity monitoring to train patients to modify their brainwave patterns for therapeutic benefit.
Activities of Daily Living
Basic self-care tasks assessed and trained in neurological rehabilitation programs.
Agnosia
Inability to recognize or interpret sensory information despite intact sensory organs and cognitive function.
agraphia
Acquired inability to write or express thoughts in written form, typically resulting from left hemisphere brain damage.
Akinetic Mutism
A neurological condition characterized by profound apathy and lack of voluntary movement or speech despite preserved con...
Alien Hand Syndrome
A neurological condition where one hand performs purposeful movements without the patient's conscious control or awarene...
Allocentric Neglect
A form of spatial neglect where patients ignore the left side of individual objects regardless of their position in spac...
Anosodiaphoria
A condition where patients acknowledge their neurological deficits but display inappropriate indifference or lack of con...
anosognosia
A neurological condition where patients lack awareness or deny their neurological deficits following brain injury.
aphasia
Language disorder affecting comprehension and expression following brain damage, distinct from speech motor problems.
Aphemia
A rare speech disorder characterized by the inability to speak despite intact comprehension and writing abilities.
apraxia
A neurological disorder affecting the ability to execute learned motor movements despite intact motor and sensory system...
Astereognosis
Inability to identify objects through touch alone despite intact tactile sensation.
ataxia
A neurological condition characterized by lack of muscle coordination, affecting movement, balance, and speech.
Automatism
Involuntary, repetitive movements or behaviors that occur without conscious awareness or control.
axonal sprouting
Growth of new axonal branches from existing neurons to form alternative neural connections following brain injury.
Ballismus
Violent, involuntary, flinging movements of the limbs caused by subthalamic nucleus lesions.
Berg Balance Scale
A standardized 14-item assessment tool used to measure balance performance and fall risk in adults with neurological con...
bobath approach
A neuro rehabilitation treatment philosophy emphasizing normal movement patterns and inhibition of abnormal reflexes.
bradykinesia
Slowness of movement commonly seen in Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders, requiring specific therapeutic a...
Brunnstrom stages
A classification system describing motor recovery patterns following stroke, organized into six sequential stages of mov...
cerebellar tremor
An action tremor that occurs during voluntary movement and is associated with cerebellar dysfunction.
cerebrovascular accident
A medical term for stroke, referring to sudden interruption of blood flow to the brain causing neurological deficits.
CIMT
Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy - a rehabilitation technique that restricts the unaffected limb to promote use of th...
Circumlocution
A communication strategy where patients use multiple words or phrases to express an idea they cannot directly name, ofte...