Your patient has been affected with a stroke and they are showing impairments mainly
in the LEs, with urinary incontinence, abulia, akinetic mutism and apraxia. Which
cerebral artery would you expect is being affected?
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The ACA.
If a patient stands on a foam surface with feet together and shows strong stability with
their eyes open, but when their eyes are closed, they start wobbling, which system are
they likely the most reliant on?
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Vision.
,What is the POMA?
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Performance Oriented Mobility Assessment - examines balance and gait;
max score is 28; under 19 is high fall risk.
True or False: TBIs are caused by an internal force.
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False. External force.
What is Lhermitte's sign?
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Vibratory/ electrical sensations traveling up or down the neck and back
with flexion, generally suggesting the presence of cervical myelitis.
To a minimum of which degree of inclination should a patient in a wheelchair lean
forward to allow for pressure relief?
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, More than 45 degrees.
Give 4 conditions commonly associated with strokes.
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Dysphagia, seizures, altered emotional status, bladder and bowel
dysfunctions, DVT, osteoporosis and fracture risk.
Differentiate between causalgia and dysesthesia.
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Causalgia: burning, painful sensation, often along the nerve distribution |
Dysesthesia: touch sensation produces pain.
What is the difference between proprioception testing and kinaesthesia awareness?
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Both involve the patient describing the position of their joints with eyes
closed but with kinaesthesia, the patient has to identify the movement while
it is currently happening.
Which hemisphere region is primarily affected by unilateral neglect?
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The right one.
Give 3 respiratory impairments and 1 cognitive impairment related to ALS.
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Resp: pneumonia, dyspnea, respiratory muscle weakness | Cognition:
frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
What is the most common AFO for drop foot?
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The posterior leaf spring.
What questions can be asked to a patient under the Galveston Orientation and
Amnesia Test?
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Name, city, where they are, day, date, year, event of injury, etc.
What is ataxia?
in the LEs, with urinary incontinence, abulia, akinetic mutism and apraxia. Which
cerebral artery would you expect is being affected?
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The ACA.
If a patient stands on a foam surface with feet together and shows strong stability with
their eyes open, but when their eyes are closed, they start wobbling, which system are
they likely the most reliant on?
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Vision.
,What is the POMA?
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Performance Oriented Mobility Assessment - examines balance and gait;
max score is 28; under 19 is high fall risk.
True or False: TBIs are caused by an internal force.
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False. External force.
What is Lhermitte's sign?
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Vibratory/ electrical sensations traveling up or down the neck and back
with flexion, generally suggesting the presence of cervical myelitis.
To a minimum of which degree of inclination should a patient in a wheelchair lean
forward to allow for pressure relief?
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, More than 45 degrees.
Give 4 conditions commonly associated with strokes.
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Dysphagia, seizures, altered emotional status, bladder and bowel
dysfunctions, DVT, osteoporosis and fracture risk.
Differentiate between causalgia and dysesthesia.
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Causalgia: burning, painful sensation, often along the nerve distribution |
Dysesthesia: touch sensation produces pain.
What is the difference between proprioception testing and kinaesthesia awareness?
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Both involve the patient describing the position of their joints with eyes
closed but with kinaesthesia, the patient has to identify the movement while
it is currently happening.
Which hemisphere region is primarily affected by unilateral neglect?
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The right one.
Give 3 respiratory impairments and 1 cognitive impairment related to ALS.
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Resp: pneumonia, dyspnea, respiratory muscle weakness | Cognition:
frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
What is the most common AFO for drop foot?
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The posterior leaf spring.
What questions can be asked to a patient under the Galveston Orientation and
Amnesia Test?
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Name, city, where they are, day, date, year, event of injury, etc.
What is ataxia?
