Deck 7: Pta: Examination of Gait

Question 1

The lack of control in heel strike to foot flat is a failure of which type of contraction of which muscle group?

A)Lack of concentric control of dorsiflexors
B)Lack of concentric control of plantar flexors
C)Lack of eccentric control of dorsiflexors
D)Lack of concentric control of plantar flexors

Answer 1

C

Question 2

You are a PTA performing a gait assessment at the request of the PT.Which of the following is NOT an appropriate finding for the PTA to document?

A)Predicting a patient's future status
B)The effectiveness of a selected gait device in promoting safe locomotion
C)How balance interventions have been effective in gait improvement
D)The effectiveness of a selected orthotic device

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The distance from the point of heel strike of one extremity to the point of heel strike in the opposite extremity is called:

A)Double support time
B)Stance time
C)Strike length
D)Step length

Answer 3

D

Question 4

You are completing the Locomotion: Walk/Wheelchair portion of the Functional Independence Measure.Your patient is able to walk 200 ft and uses a cane.You record her locomotion score as:

A)4
B)5
C)6
D)7

Question 5

A patient has a contralateral pelvic drop deviation in stance and an ipsilateral pelvic drop in swing.Which of the following exercises might improve the problem?

A)Increasing strength of gluteus medius and flexibility of adductors
B)Gait training with instruction to hip hike on the ipsilateral side
C)Increasing strength of abdominal muscles
D)Increasing strength of quadriceps and flexibility of hamstrings

Question 6

In the evaluation, the PT notes that a patient has the gait deviation of hip circumduction.Which of the following suggested interventions would likely NOT be effective in improving the impairment?

A)Dorsiflexor strengthening
B)Hamstring strengthening
C)Range of motion work with dorsiflexors
D)Quadriceps strengthening