Exam 13: Strategies to Improve Motor Function

A therapist chooses an intervention approach that focuses on use of the less involved extremity so the patient could regain functional tasks.The therapist's framework is

What are the key components of a sensory integration training program?

The therapist provides the patient with feedback about performance on a motor task after every trial at first,and then after every second,then every third trial,until the therapist is providing feedback after every fifth or sixth trial.What type of feedback is this?

Why would a therapist choose contract-Relax (CR)over passive stretching?

What does Systems Theory assume?

What would be an example of a task that would benefit from the use of tactile guidance?

The therapist provides the patient with feedback about performance on a motor task after every four trials.What type of feedback is this?

After performing a transfer the therapist encourages the patient to note that he completed the transfer successfully.What type of feedback is this?

A patient participating in a strengthening program is using resistance that requires strong contraction of the muscle,80% of MVC.What principle of strengthening does this demonstrate?

The patient is referred to physical therapy with moderate hemiparesis following a LCVA 4 days ago.The therapist determines that the patient can benefit from a strengthening program.What types of exercises should the therapist begin with?

What strategy could the therapist use during the associative stage of learning a motor skill?

How do recall schema facilitate motor learning?

What is an example of invariant characteristics of a motor program?

What happens during the response programming stage of motor control?

After a brain injury,an individual demonstrates functional gains as a result of constraint-induced movement therapy.This recovery is most likely a result of what mechanism?

A patient practices the motor task of sit-to-stand during the morning treatment session and demonstrates improvement in performance.In the afternoon the therapist asks the patient to perform the same motor task and notes performance has remained the same.What is this an example of?

Which of the following motor tasks would benefit the most from whole versus part practice?

During the Clinical Test for Sensory Interaction and Balance,the therapist determines that the patient is over-reliant on vision during balance activities.What is an appropriate initial intervention?

A therapist chooses interventions that utilize a hands-off approach.The patient is encouraged to perform as much of the motor task as possible while focusing on the specific task.The therapist's framework is

The patient demonstrates significant spasticity of the right upper extremity.The therapist uses used rhythmic rotation to reduce the spasticity with success.What should be the progression of activities?