Brain Attack
This main type of stroke results from an interruption of blood supply to the brain.
Ischemic
A patient must have at least this muscle grade in order to be considered "functional."
3+
Don't get your ankle in a twist trying to figure out this cardinal plane. The ankle moves in it during inversion and eversion.
Frontal Plane
Did you know sitting on your wallet for a long period of time isn’t good for you? In this gait deviation, a person will lean backwards and thrust their hips forward, sometimes putting a hand on their hip.
Gluteus Maximus Gait, lurch
Might seem odd to you, but it’s the fax. This is the number of cycles of compressions and breaths you do on an infant if they don’t respond to tapping on the ball of their foot.
5
This major artery of the brain is the most often affected by stroke.
Middle Cerebral Artery
A grade of 2+ indicates the patient is able to move this fraction of ROM in a gravity lessened position.
2/3
The scapulo-thoracic joint must move in order to accomplish full range of motion for the shoulder complex, but this joint is solely responsible for the first 30 degrees of movement.
Glenohumeral
Weakness in the Gluteus Medius causes trendelenburg gait. This common balance exercise is also a test for trendelenburg.
Single Leg Stance
Get your ruler out! This is the depth you need to reach when giving chest compressions to an infant.
1.5"
The Modified Ashworth Scale is clinically useful in assessing the degree of this common motor impairment seen in CVA patients.
Spasticity
A patient who is able to resist minimal to moderate pressure would be given this muscle grade.
4-
The rhomboids, levator scapula, and pectoralis minor produce a force couple that results in the scapula rotating in this direction.
Downward
In this gait deviation, the hamstrings lack eccentric control of the knee causing hyperextension.
Genu Recurvatum Gait
When using a respiration bag while your partner is doing compressions on an adult, breaths should be given at this time interval, about double the time used for an infant.
6 Seconds
Therapeutic interventions for stroke patients may be targeted at isolating movement patterns such as elbow and finger flexion, as such movements can be grouped together in this type of pattern.
Synergy
When administering a manual muscle test, verbal and tactile cues should always be given in this order.
Simultaneously
The abdominals contribute to a force couple with other lower extremity muscles that causes the pelvis to tilt in this direction.
Posterior Tilt
A weakness in this muscle group is the cause of insufficient foot clearance, toe walking, and foot slap.
Dorsiflexors
When there are 2 rescuers for a child, this is about the number of compressions you give before another round of rescue breaths.
15
Be mindful of aspiration with patients who suffered strokes involving this artery, which can cause dysphagia in addition to ataxia, equilibrium disturbances, and visual impairments.
Vertebrobasilar
If a PTA is performing manual muscle testing and the patient is unable to complete full range of motion against gravity, they should be placed in this position to resume testing.
Gravity Lessened
A patient is warming up on the exercise bike, which a newly hired aide has improperly adjusted and allows for full leg extension. According to the screw home mechanism, this bone is rotating medially and gliding posteriorly.
Femur
After the comp, let’s get spicy margs! Lack of coordination, leading to jerky movements, poor balance, and abducted gait are all components of this gait deviation that looks "drunken".
Ataxic
This is the ratio for the number of back-slaps-to-chest-thrusts that you give to a responsive choking infant.
5:5