Examination & Evaluation
This may be best used to help indicate pain in patients with language barriers
What is the visual analog scale?
You instruct your patient to do a prone push up, what type of exercise did you ask them to do?
What is a closed kinetic chain exercise?
Talking in a way that infantizes the elderly.
Give an example
What is elderspeak?
"sweetie" "sugarplum" "that's ok sweet boy"
This type of graft is obtained from a different species
What is a xenograft?
When applied to the involved body part, it provides support and/or stabilization.
What is an Orthosis?
This screen is done from 0-6 yrs and test the childs ability to perform certain tasks. It focuses on social, fine motor, language, and gross motor skills
What is the Denver Development Screening Test
This type of stretch is performed at high speed by using forceful, rapid, intermittent stretches.
What is ballistic stretching?
Name 3 age-related changes in the geriatric population.
What is....stiffer cartilage, bone mass and density loss, decreased RBC production, postural changes, decrease muscular endurance, bradykinesia, rapid fatigue, vital sign monitoring
List 3 things that may be included in the assessment of a wound.
What is the...size, shape, length, width, location, skin changes, color, drainage, tissue color, temperature, smell?
Name 3 things that can be observed during a gait examination.
What is...disruptions in gait cycle/gait deviations, AD use, orthotic or prosthetic, wearing down pattern of footwear, balance, amount of assistance required, varying surfaces
Shortness of breath
What is dyspnea?
What are the 3 ROM classifications? Briefly describe the KEY features
What is PROM? Moved by another person or mechanical device and no muscle contraction occurs, no strength or endurance gains
What is AAROM? Pt helps to complete the AROM by another person or device
What is AROM? Movement is actively performed by the pt, strength and endurance gains
What things are looked for in an environmental examination?
What is a safe home environment, the ability to move around with the low risk of falls, rugs out of the way, decreased clutter, installed grab bars if able?
This kind of skin change and drainage indicate infection.
What is black skin around the wound and yellow, thicker drainage?
Percussion, vibration and shaking are what kinds of techniques
These measurements give information about length, girth, and volume
What is anthropometrics?
List 3 exercise parameters in the HEP and their definitions.
Type of activity-what exercise to be performed
Intensity-difficulty of exercise
Frequency-how often to perform the exercise
duration-the time period the exercise is necessary
Repetitions-how many times to perform exercise within a set
Sets-how many times to perform the repetitions
What are common problems, dysfunction, or impairments within this population?
What are immobility, fractures (from falls), and cognitive impairments?
What are the levels of tissue damage in each degree of burn?
Superficial-epidermis
Deep partial thickness- epidermis and dermis
Full thickness- epidermis, dermis and hypodermis
Subdermis- all dermal layers, down to muscle/tendon/lig
Name and describe the 3 phases of Cardiac Rehab.
What is...
Phase 1-Inpatient service-pt education, functional activity basis (bed mobility, exercises preventiong DVT, transfers and gait training) clinician vital sign monitoring
Phase 2-Outpatient Service-pt education, treadmill/stationary bike, patient(self)vital sign monitoring
Phase 3- Community based program-continue at fitness and nutrition program
What are 3 things the PTA will see when reading the examination?
Medical diagnosis, pts chief complaint, pts present illness, pt primary problem/mechanism of injury, pts past medical history and prior treatments, medications, tests, xrays, personal information, lifestyle, profession/occupation, ADLs, family demands, Socioeconomic factors
Describe what an isotonic exercise is. BE THOROUGH!
What is a strengthening exercise that develops tension in the muscle through dynamic concentric or eccentric muscle contractions.
Concentric- muscle shortens when it contracts
Eccentric-muscle lengthens when it contracts
These 3 types of examinations(interventions) are commonly performed on a geriatric patient.
What are musculoskeletal, neurological, and cardiopulmonary?
An adult suffers burns to their entire anterior trunk, head, and the posterior aspect of the LUE. What percentage of their body is burned?
What is 31.5%
Ant trunk=18%
Head=9%
Post. LUE= 4.5%
This neurological approach restores functions using joint positioning and moves along rotating diagonal patterns. Developed by Kabat and Knott
What is Proprioceptive Neruomuscular Facilitation (PNF)?