Exam 29: Cognitive and Perceptual Dysfunction

When preparing to cross a busy street,a patient with perceptual difficulties will struggle most with which of the following?

A patient is able to verbalize the steps needed to complete the activity you have requested; however,accuracy in physically completing the task is significantly lacking.This is an example of a deficit in what aspect of executive function?

A patient is unable to maintain a self-stretching activity while watching another patient walk in the parallel bars.This is an example of difficulty with

A patient demonstrates difficulty pouring liquid from a red cup into a green bowl.The therapist determines the deficit is ideomotor apraxia when the patient

A therapist chooses to reteach meal preparation in a regular kitchen with real food for a patient with cognitive dysfunction.What cognitive approach is being employed?

Training a patient with visual scanning and visual cancellation activities to improve reading function is an example of which treatment approach?

Which of the following statements provides "knowledge of results" feedback to a patient working on wheelchair mobility?

While carrying a full glass of water across a room to a table,a patient with impairment of divided attention is requested to search the room for target objects.Which of the following is most likely to occur?

Which of the following describes relearning to initiate sit-to-stand using visual cues following brain injury?

A patient with a right CVA,ambulating with a rolling walker,continually runs into objects on the left side of the walking path.Without further testing,this presentation can be called

A patient who exhibits difficulty with recognizing personal performance errors is demonstrating difficulty with which of the following?

Following a mild head injury,a 13-year-old patient demonstrates declining academic performance in reading comprehension.Without further testing,the aspect of cognitive function most likely involved is

Which of the following is an example of a compensatory approach for treating short-term memory loss?

A home health physical therapist is working with a patient post CVA on stair negotiation in the home.Repetitive practice on the stairs with the use of white tape on the first and last step is a combination of which two treatment approaches?

Task performance is most negatively influenced by which of the following?

The physical therapist attempts kinesthesia testing with a patient post CVA by asking the patient to mimic with the uninvolved arm the passive movement the therapist is performing on the involved arm.The patient does not move the uninvolved arm despite repeated cues.A possible explanation includes

A patient with apraxia demonstrates confusion and an inability to succeed when asked to navigate a maze.The most likely cause of the problem is

Which of the following is a primary advantage of using remedial techniques to retrain functional activities for a patient with cognitive dysfunction?

Identifying ideomotor apraxia during an examination of bed mobility can be accomplished by which of the following?

Visual-perceptual impairment can be differentially diagnosed from homonymous hemianopsia by which of the following tests?