Deck 15: Pta: Stroke

Question 1

You read in the PT evaluation that your patient has had a stroke involving the middle cerebral artery.You would expect to see any of the following deficits in your patient EXCEPT:

A)Motor speech disorder
B)Unilateral neglect
C)Intention tremor
D)Less motor deficit in leg as compared to arm and face

Answer 1

C

Question 2

You are working with a patient who experienced cerebrovascular accident and note that she is now able to make some voluntary movement out of synergy pattern.You will document that she is currently in which motor recovery stage?

A)Stage 2
B)Stage 3
C)Stage 4
D)Stage 5

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Your next patient has had right hemispheric damage and left hemiplegia.Which of the following behaviors might you expect to see exhibited by your patient?

A)Hesitancy in trying a new task
B)Impulsivity
C)Difficulty with communication
D)Unrealistic about existing problems

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Interventions to improve motor control should focus on all of the following EXCEPT:

A)Strength training of individual muscle such as hip flexor
B)Practice of functional tasks
C)Progression of movements such as rolling, supine to sit, sitting balance, sit to stand
D)Many repetitions of activity

Question 5

Which of the following elements enhances the return of sensory function?

A)Inflatable pressure splints during functional training
B)Initial attempts at an activity with eyes closed
C)Joint approximation during weightbearing activities of the extremities
D)All of the above

Question 6

You note in the PT evaluation that your next patient has pusher syndrome.Which of the following would NOT be an effective technique to include while working on sitting balance?

A)Passively correct the patient's posture and give verbal cues.
B)Sit on the patient's good side and ask him to "lean toward me."
C)Ask the patient to tell you which direction he is tilted.
D)Prop patient with his good side against a wall and ask him to lean into the wall.