OCCTH 585 – Lab Notes: Applied Skills in
Occupational Therapy Practice
You are assessing for cerebellar problems and ask your client to fully extend their arm, then
touch their nose, then fully extend again to touch your finger. What test is your client engaging
in? What does this test assess? - correct answer ✔✔- Finger-nose
- Dysmetria, the poor coordination when reaching through space
What is dysdiadochokinesis? What is it related to? - correct answer ✔✔- The inability to
perform alternating rapid movements
- Cerebellar function
True or False: Atrophy isn't often seen in acute care because enough time generally hasn't
passed for atrophy to occur - correct answer ✔✔True
True or False: Dystrophy usually occurs from disuse and can sometimes be reversed/treated -
correct answer ✔✔False: Atrophy usually occurs from disuse, dystrophy is a wasting disease
What is the name of the phenomenon in which a person looks angry or sad due to a lack of
neurological control of the face? What disease is it common in? - correct answer ✔✔- Masking
- Parkinson's disease
This symptom might present as droopy eyelids, slowed facial movement, decreased ROM,
having the mouth slightly open, and/or difficulty handling secretions/food. - correct answer
✔✔What is hypotonia
True or False: Sensory awareness early on is a good prognosis indicator - correct answer
✔✔True
, If communication is compromised, what impact may this have on sensory assessment? - correct
answer ✔✔Sensory assessment might not be valid if communication is compromised
What are the three areas of assessment of the Nottingham sensory assessment? - correct
answer ✔✔1) Tactile sensation
2) Kinaesthetic sensations: tests appreciation of movement
3) Stereognosis
Light touch, pressure, pinprick, temperature, tactile localization, and bilateral simultaneous
touch are all types of what kind of sensation? - correct answer ✔✔Tactile sensation
What are three general areas of assessment? - correct answer ✔✔1. Physical
2. Sensory
3. Cognitive
What should be the first thing assessed in cognitive assessements? - correct answer
✔✔Orientation (x3) - person, place, and time
When is level of alertness generally impaired in brain injury/stroke? - correct answer ✔✔Early
on post-injury/CVA
What is the name for impaired motor components of speech? - correct answer ✔✔Dysarthria
Which of the following is not an early sign of perceptual problems?
A) Strong neglect
B) Crossing midline
C) Depth perception issues
Occupational Therapy Practice
You are assessing for cerebellar problems and ask your client to fully extend their arm, then
touch their nose, then fully extend again to touch your finger. What test is your client engaging
in? What does this test assess? - correct answer ✔✔- Finger-nose
- Dysmetria, the poor coordination when reaching through space
What is dysdiadochokinesis? What is it related to? - correct answer ✔✔- The inability to
perform alternating rapid movements
- Cerebellar function
True or False: Atrophy isn't often seen in acute care because enough time generally hasn't
passed for atrophy to occur - correct answer ✔✔True
True or False: Dystrophy usually occurs from disuse and can sometimes be reversed/treated -
correct answer ✔✔False: Atrophy usually occurs from disuse, dystrophy is a wasting disease
What is the name of the phenomenon in which a person looks angry or sad due to a lack of
neurological control of the face? What disease is it common in? - correct answer ✔✔- Masking
- Parkinson's disease
This symptom might present as droopy eyelids, slowed facial movement, decreased ROM,
having the mouth slightly open, and/or difficulty handling secretions/food. - correct answer
✔✔What is hypotonia
True or False: Sensory awareness early on is a good prognosis indicator - correct answer
✔✔True
, If communication is compromised, what impact may this have on sensory assessment? - correct
answer ✔✔Sensory assessment might not be valid if communication is compromised
What are the three areas of assessment of the Nottingham sensory assessment? - correct
answer ✔✔1) Tactile sensation
2) Kinaesthetic sensations: tests appreciation of movement
3) Stereognosis
Light touch, pressure, pinprick, temperature, tactile localization, and bilateral simultaneous
touch are all types of what kind of sensation? - correct answer ✔✔Tactile sensation
What are three general areas of assessment? - correct answer ✔✔1. Physical
2. Sensory
3. Cognitive
What should be the first thing assessed in cognitive assessements? - correct answer
✔✔Orientation (x3) - person, place, and time
When is level of alertness generally impaired in brain injury/stroke? - correct answer ✔✔Early
on post-injury/CVA
What is the name for impaired motor components of speech? - correct answer ✔✔Dysarthria
Which of the following is not an early sign of perceptual problems?
A) Strong neglect
B) Crossing midline
C) Depth perception issues
