PNF
What does the term PNF stand for?
Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Technique
Name the most important aspect to motor learning when teaching our patients to relearn a new task?
repetitions
Which lobe of the brain is responsible for personality, feelings and state of mind?
frontal
Name two outcome measures you could use with a patient who had a TBI?
Los ranchos Amigos
Agitated behavior scale
Glasgow Coma scale
Name for cardinal signs of Parkinson disease?
rigidity
resting tremor
postural instability
bradykinesia
festinating gait
When helping a patient roll in bed what technique is utilized to initiate the trunk and hips to roll?
quick stretch
What is the first step in motor learning?
Analyze the task
Name three techniques to facilitate muscle contractions?
manual contact
tapping
quick stretch
brief ice
Name three reasons it is important to promote early standing with our patients?
increase awareness
provides motivation
prevents contracture
improves posture
decreases chances of orthostatic hypotension
early weightbearing
Name three cardinal signs of MS?
numbness and tingling
sensitivity to touch
fatigue
spasticity
weakness
What PNF technique that you learned in lab can help with reduce spasticity?
rhythmic initiation
You are working with a TBI patient who is becoming agitated in a loud gym. What is your next steps?
remove him from gym, go to low stim environment, redirection
You are treating a R CVA who has left hemiparesis with severe pushers syndrome. Which would be the easiest way to transfer them?
squat pivot transfer towards left side
A football player what hit hard in his game in the head. He did not lose consciousness. What grade concussion would BEST describe what happened?
Grade 2
Name 2 things to avoid when treating a patient with MS?
over fatiguing
over heating
What position is the limb in for D2 flexion of the LE?
hip flexion, DF, eversion, toe extension
Voluntarily activating a single joint motion with purposeful movement with elimination of unnecessary muscle movement is known as:
motor control
Which hemisphere (right or left) is responsible for problems with perception of body image?
right
A person is hit in the head with a baseball, what type of cerebral loading is this?
impact or primary
Name three important verbal cues or education you will give to your patient who has a festinating and freezing during ambulation?
big steps
big arms swings
tall posture
when in a freezing episode stop reset and think large step or count
When performing a lift to the right what PNF pattern will the right upper extremity be placed in?
D2 extension
What is the last step to motor learning?
transference of training into various environments
You are treating a patient with UE spasticity with a flexor synergy pattern. What position should you have that UE in when performing sitting balance tasks?
ER, abduction, elbow ext, wrist extension, finger ext
You are performing a chart review on a TBI patient and you notice they have a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 7. What type of brain injury do they have?
mild, severe, moderate or no injury
severe
You are treating a patient with PD and they have severe festinating gait due to rigidity and progression of disease. Name three stretches that you could give to lower extremities that would improve gait pattern?
adductor stretching
hip flexor stretching
HS stretch