Evaluation
Grip strength assessment
What is dynamometry?
Typical duration of a hand therapy session
What is 1 hour?
Insurance that is usually through employer and subsidized by employer - may include family members
What is private insurance?
Documentation format typically used
What are SOAP notes?
Duration of the CHT Exam
What is 4 hours long?
Quick Dash, Pain Scale, and Patient Report
What screens are used in a hand therapy clinic?
Performance skills for hand function
What are motor and process skills?
Type of business insurance that covers the medical expenses and wages of employees who are injured on the job
What is worker's compensation?
2 typical goals for hand therapy
What is increased ROM, strength, sensation, and coordination?
Hours of experience with upper extremity practice/documentation required to qualify for the CHT exam
What is 4000 hours?
Median nerve compression
What is Carpal Tunnel?
Most common frequency for hand therapy
What is 2-3 times a week?
Federal health insurance that helps pay health care costs for people of 65 years of age, people under 65 with certain disabilities, and people with end-stage renal disease
What is Medicare?
Style for documentation
What is click-box documentation?
Cost of the CHT exam
What costs $500?
Measures hand manual dexterity and coordination
What is the Purdue Pegboard test?
Wax or oil that is heated to a low temperature to encourage pain relief
What is paraffin?
Health insurance that covers individuals who have limited income and meet certain eligibility requirements
What is Medicaid?
2 types of notes you have to write for hand therapy
What are initial evaluation, contact report, progress notes, and discharge?
Number of questions on the CHT exam
What has 200 questions?
Tingling, prickling, burning, or itching sensation that can occur in or on the body
The key to recovery
What is movement?
Clients request this if they are economically unable to afford services
What is a home exercise program?
Goals are different for each individual depending on diagnosis
What is client-centered goal setting?
Frequency that the CHT exam is offered
What is only twice a year?