Exam 8: Examination of Motor Function: Motor Control and Motor Learning

How should ambient vision be examined?

When performing the Clinical Test for Sensory Interaction in Balance,how long must the patient maintain standing in Condition 4 with eyes open and a moving surface?

What type of assessment is preferred when examining a patient's fatigability?

What is the best use of the Timed Up and Go Test?

The patient presents with no resistance to passive movement of the right upper extremity and notable hyperextension of the right elbow.How should the therapist document this finding?

A motor program is best defined as

The patient demonstrates increased resistance to passive stretch of the right biceps.How should this be documented?

The patient demonstrates the ability to move from supine to sitting while maintaining postural control.What type of motor task is this patient demonstrating?

How should the therapist examine a patient's limits of stability in a standing position?

The therapist asks the patient to perform a group of exercises and then monitors how long the patient is able to follow through with the task.What type of attention is the therapist assessing?

The patient sustained a traumatic brain injury approximately 15 months ago.He exhibits normal respiration,digestion,and blood pressure.He is able to be aroused,but he is not aware of his environment and does not have any purposeful responses to the environment.What is this patient's level of consciousness?

The therapist observes the patient walking on a stable surface in a quiet hallway.What type of skill is the patient demonstrating?

During the examination the therapist asks the patient to add one pair of numbers and then subtract a pair numbers.What type of attention is the therapist assessing?

What is included in examination of sensory organization of postural control and balance?

The patient is able to walk independently from his room to the physical therapy gym while talking to the therapist.This is an example of

The therapist observes the patient maintaining her center of mass over the base of support in a sitting position while reaching.What type of motor task is this patient demonstrating?

The therapist observes the patient walking in the grass at a hospital picnic with many people in the area.What type of skill is the patient demonstrating?

The patient presents with cyclical,spasmodic,alternating contraction and relaxation of the left plantar flexors following a quick stretch.How could the therapist document this finding?

In addition to exhibiting a stepping strategy with large,fast postural perturbations,what else will many individuals demonstrate?

A patient demonstrates difficulty recalling the nurse and therapist's names and is unsure why she is in the hospital.She does remember the names of her best friends and the high school she attends.What is the best description of this patient's deficits?