Vital signs
What is the normal resting heart rate range for patients in therapy?
What is 50-120 bpm
the most commonly used method of assessing muscle strength
What is manual muscle testing?
This condition, often associated with cerebellar dysfunction, affects the precision of movement. In an activity involving target reaching and grasping with weighted and non-weighted pencils, students assess this by measuring both accuracy and time to place objects into small cups or pegboards.
What is dysmetria?
A method used in occupational therapy to assist patients in dressing the affected side of their body, typically after a stroke or injury, by promoting independence and facilitating easier access to clothing.
What is hemi-dressing technique?
The physiological systems that allow us to perceive and interpret our environment, including tactile (feeling), vision (seeing), auditory (hearing), olfactory (smelling), gustatory (tasting), proprioception (body position), and vestibular (balance).
What are senses?
This cardinal symptom indicates a need to hold treatment when a patient experiences a significant change in position.
What is significant dizziness not resolved within 60 seconds.
This range of motion describes the ability to lift the arm from a resting position to an overhead position, typically achieving a full extension of 180 degrees in healthy individuals, while 120 degrees may indicate a limitation often encountered in therapy settings.
What is Shoulder Flexion?
This brain structure regulates the coordination of muscle action, while disturbances in coordination can arise from various injuries or conditions, including stroke, multiple sclerosis, and traumatic brain injury, often involving the extrapyramidal tracts.
What is the cerebellum?
Medical devices and supplies designed for long-term use that assist patients in managing their health conditions, such as wheelchairs, walkers, and hospital beds, often prescribed by healthcare providers.
What is durable medical equipment?
Handles sensory input from superficial sources such as the skin and deep sources such as musculoskeletal system
What is the somatosensory system?
What specific vital sign changes should prompt OTA's to consider modifying or deferring an activity during a session?
What is change in SBP of >30mmHg or a change in DBP of >10mmHg from baseline?
This plane divides the body into left and right halves and is essential for movements such as flexion and extension, impacting activities like walking and reaching. Understanding its functional range of motion is crucial for assessing mobility in various therapeutic contexts.
What is the sagittal plane?
To manage this condition of decreased muscle tone, practitioners often utilize techniques that include sensory stimulation through weight bearing and tactile feedback, as well as strategic positioning with braces or slings, always applied with caution.
What is hypotonicity?
A measurement tool used to assess a patient's level of functional independence in areas such as self-care and mobility, helping guide rehabilitation and care planning.
What is FIM?
Specialized sensory nerve endings in the skin that detect changes in temperature, allowing the body to sense warmth and cold, playing a crucial role in temperature regulation and environmental interaction.
What are thermal receptors?
If a patient presents with a glucose level below this threshold, therapy should be held until the level is restored and retested.
What us 70mg/dL?
For patients with muscle strength graded below this level on the 0-5 scale, practitioners should reposition them to reduce gravity's impact, palpate the muscle belly, and use this technique involving light touch with the pads of fingers to enhance sensory awareness.
What is an intervention for muscle strength less than 3/5?
This therapeutic approach emphasizes normalizing muscle tone as a prerequisite for helping clients with CNS disorders engage in typical movement patterns, utilizing gentle queuing techniques at key control points to inhibit abnormal tone and facilitate normal movement patterns.
What is the Neurodevelopmental Treatment (NDT) approach?
The practice of performing activities in a way that minimizes muscle fatigue, joint stress, and pain by using the body efficiently and organizing tasks sequentially, promoting increased independence and reducing frustration.
What is energy conservation?
Areas of skin that are primarily innervated by a single spinal nerve root, used in clinical assessments to diagnose nerve damage and understand sensory distribution in the body.
What are dermatomes?
If a patient exhibits this cardinal symptom, which includes changes in pupil size or shape, therapy should be held regardless of other vital signs.
What is excessive dilation, asymmetrical pupils, or pinprick pupils
These movements involve adjusting the shoulder blade in two key ways: moving it away from the spine (abduction) and towards the spine (adduction), as well as lifting it upwards (elevation) and lowering it downwards (depression), crucial for shoulder rehabilitation.
What are Scapular Mobilizations?
This theory posits that movement arises from the interplay between the neuromuscular system, environmental factors, cognitive processes, and the specific task at hand, highlighting the complexity of motor control and skill acquisition.
What is Dynamic Systems Theory?
Daily tasks and responsibilities related to maintaining a household, including cleaning, cooking, laundry, and budgeting, which are essential for promoting independence and functional living.
What are home management activities?
Therapeutic interventions aimed at improving sensory awareness and function following nerve involvement, utilizing methods like texture exposure, electrical stimulation, and object discrimination in a calm setting.
What are remedial treatments?