CVA
A patient demonstrates slow, cautious movement, awareness of deficits, and requires frequent verbal cues to initiate activity.
What is a left hemisphere stroke?
A patient demonstrates goal-directed behavior but requires external cues and shows poor carryover of new learning.
What is Rancho Level V (confused, inappropriate)?
A patient experiences dizziness and a drop in blood pressure when moving from supine to sitting.
What is orthostatic hypotension?
A patient reports a general sense of imbalance without a spinning sensation.
What is disequilibrium?
A lower extremity movement pattern involves extension, abduction, and internal rotation.
What is D2 extension?
A vascular event results in greater weakness in the lower extremity than the upper extremity.
What is the anterior cerebral artery (ACA)?
Damage that occurs at the moment of impact, such as contusions or hemorrhage, is classified as this.
What is primary brain injury?
A patient becomes lightheaded and reports feeling faint when transitioning from sitting to standing, with signs of a drop in blood pressure during the session.
What is placing the patient in a supine position (lie the patient down)?
A patient reports persistent dizziness and imbalance that began after a recent viral illness, with symptoms worsening during head movements and walking, and no associated hearing loss.
What is unilateral vestibular hypofunction (UVH)?
A technique involving repeated stimulation of a weak muscle group through resistance.
What is repeated contractions?
patient is unable to understand spoken language but produces fluent, nonsensical speech.
What is Wernicke’s aphasia?
In response to pain, the patient’s arms and legs both extend rigidly.
What is decerebrate posturing?
A patient with a spinal cord injury demonstrates partial motor and sensory function below the level of injury, with some voluntary control present.
What is an incomplete spinal cord injury?
This part of the vestibular system detects linear acceleration and head position relative to gravity.
What are the otolith organs (utricle and saccule)?
A technique that promotes stability by resisting movement without allowing motion.
What is alternating isometrics?
A patient has intact vision but difficulty distinguishing an object from its background.
What is figure-ground discrimination deficit?
A patient demonstrates difficulty recognizing errors during task performance and is unable to appropriately adjust or correct their actions despite adequate strength and coordination.
What is ideational apraxia?
A patient with a spinal cord injury is unable to detect light touch, temperature, or pain below the level of injury during sensory testing.
: What is loss of sensation?
In this gaze stabilization strategy, the head moves while the target remains still.
What is paradigm 1?
A physical therapist assistant is working with a patient post-stroke and focuses on guiding the patient through functional activities such as reaching and standing, while minimizing abnormal movement patterns and encouraging active participation.
What is a principle of Neurodevelopmental Treatment (NDT)?
A patient has difficulty performing learned movements on command despite understanding the task.
What is ideomotor apraxia?
A patient demonstrates purposeful and appropriate behavior but still requires assistance for complex tasks.
What is Rancho Level VI (confused, appropriate)?
A patient with this level injury has full upper extremity function and trunk control but impaired lower extremity function.
What is a T12 spinal cord injury?
A patient reports dizziness originating from neck pain and cervical movement.
What is cervicogenic dizziness?
A physical therapist assistant places their hands at the patient’s trunk and pelvis to guide weight shifting and facilitate a more normal movement pattern during a sit-to-stand task.
What is manual facilitation using key points of control in NDT?