impairments
The inability to carry out complex tasks but simple tasks continue to be effectively performed is known as?
dysarthria
Name a dynamic balance tasks that you can give a patient who is having difficulty with sitting balance?
sitting reaching
balloon toss
rocker board
forward leans
The dynamic reversal technique in PNF is a fancy word for what?
resistance througout the pattern
Which lobe o the brain is responsible for sensory processing?
parietal
Perform chop to the right!
right UE in d1 flexion, left UE in holding wrist palm up and facing out
The inability to carry out complex tasks but simple tasks continue to be effectively performed is known as?
Apraxia
You are treating a CVA patient who is experiencing knee buckle in stance phase. Reports from yesterdays treatments was they fell in therapy due to knee buckle. What would be the safest developmental sequence position for this patient to be and name an activity you could give them in this position?
tall kneel with hip flex and ext
When teaching putting a patient in d2 extension the ankle should be placed in what position?
PF and inversion
Which hemisphere, right or left, if affected causes problems with processing?
left
Perform lift to left?
left UE in d2 extension, right UE palm up on wrist
What would be the best developmental sequence position for a patient who has decerebrate rigidity?
quadruped
You are treating a TBI patient who is refusing to got to therapy and is perseverating on getting milk. How to you react and how do you get the to participate?
react calm, reassure their needs, redirect
When performing a chop to the right what PNF pattern will the right UE start in?
D1 flexion
You are working with a patient that has had a CVA and is not putting weight through their affected side during sit to stand transfers, Give me three strategies you can teach them to get them to put weight through their affected side?
unaffected LE kicked out
UE on affect quads when pushing
lean towards affected side
perform radial thrust!
wrists in flexion at ears, knuckle facing forward. push down and across
Name the three cardinal signs of pushers syndrome?
unaffected UE and LE extension and abduction
resistance to passive midline correction
poor midline, postural imbalance towards affected
You are treating a patient who has right hemiparesis and pushers syndrome. Their sitting balance is poor, what would be the best interventional strategy to give to this patient?
Have patient lean on right forearm while reaching L UE
You are treating a patient who has suffered a stroke and has poor static sitting balance. What would be a PNF technique we learned that would help improve their static sitting balance?
rhythmic stabilization in sitting
Name 3 reasons we promote early standing with our patients?
prevents contractures
promotes early weight bearing
improve orthostatic hypotension
improves posture
provides motivation
Place a partner in D2 extension of UE!
sword position: IR, extension, pronation, elbow ext, wrist flexion, ulnar deviation, finger flexion
Impaired ability to perform alternating movements is known as?
Dysdiadochokinesia
You are treating a patient who has a recent stroke and is acute rehab. They ask you why they cant have an AFO yet. How do you respond?
We want you to get as much strength back as possible and right now in you recovery is the best time do that and if we put a AFO on your ankle we are telling the muscles around the ankle they do not have to work
With dynamic reversal with diagonal rocking in quadruped position and the patient is rocking towards you where should your hand be placed to perform the proper facilitation?
axilla border of scapula and ischial tuberosity
When facilitating your patient from SL to sitting what muscles will you be facilitating on the UE of the patient?
triceps on affected to help push for SL to sit
Perform D1 extension of LE!
hip ext, hip abd, hip IR, knee ext, PF, eversion toe ext.