You Are Planning Your Daily Intervention for a Client Who

Multiple Choice

You are planning your daily intervention for a client who sustained an RCVA and now has left hemiparesis.You are considering using PNF to increase the client's left upper extremity strength and range of motion.Your client's past medical history also includes a transient ischemic attack,hypertension,and active rheumatoid arthritis with substantial inflammation and pain in both shoulders and wrists.You choose __________________.

A) Forceful use of PNF diagonal 1 flexion with resistance to increase strength of left shoulder flexion, adduction, external rotation, supination, and finger flexion
B) Forceful use of PNF diagonal 1 extension with resistance to increase strength of left shoulder extension, abduction, internal rotation, pronation, and finger extension
C) Forceful use of PNF diagonal 2 extension with substantial resistance to increase range of motion for dressing activities of daily living.
D) Resistive use of PNF patterns is not an appropriate intervention for this client at this time