CSRS| CERTIFIED STROKE REHABILITATION SPECIALIST TESTS COMPILATION BUNDLE

Brunnstrom Approach correct answer: - Treatment progresses from reflex to voluntary to functional movement - Elicit reflexes to get movement, later facilitate integration of these reflexes - Need to develop gross patterns of movement (synergies) at first-movement then progresses from gross to fin...

recovery results from correct answer: recovery of the ischemic penumbra resolution of cerebral edam neuroplasticity and rehabilitation better outcomes associated with correct answer: early medical care smaller strokes specialized stroke care centers early intensive multidiscinplary reh...

What is the Modified Rankin Scale (MRS)? correct answer: A scale 0-6 indicating severity of disability after stroke What is the Stroke Impact Scale (SIS)? correct answer: Measures quality of life by stroke survivors' perception of level of recovery (physical, memory, emotion, communicat...

What is one treatment strategy to use to increase activation in lower extremities following a stroke? correct answer: Have the patient sit in perch sitting and extend the non-affected leg forward to allow for increased weight-bearing. What can limit forward progression of the tibia with sit to s...

Impairment correct answer: Loss of a physiological function Ex. Renal failure, reduced EJ due to cardiomyopathy, loss of sensation due to peripheral neuropathy, loss of motor function following stroke Disability correct answer: Loss of the ability to perform a functional task as the result ...

What does stroke recovery result from? correct answer: Recovery of the ischemic penumbra (restoring blood flow) Resolution of cerebellar edema Neuroplasticity and rehabilitation What are better outcomes of stroke recovery associated with? correct answer: Early medical care Smaller stroke...

What does recovery from stroke occur from physiologically? correct answer: - recovery of the ischemic penumbra -resolution of cerebral edema - neuroplasticity and rehab Better outcomes with stroke rehab are associated with..... correct answer: - early medical care - smaller strokes - spe...

What is a stroke? correct answer: temporary reduction or stoppage of blood flow to the brain leading to lack of oxygen and nutrients 2 types of stroke correct answer: 1. Ischemic (85%) 2. Hemorrhagic (15%) Ischemic stroke correct answer: blocked blood vessel Hemorrhagic stroke correct a...

good ways to assess balance in stroke population correct answer: DGi, mDGI, Berg, Four square step test, FIST, PASS LEMOCOT correct answer: Lower extremity motor coordination tests- quantitatively assesses lower limb coordination and has reference values. Has ability to detect changes in MC aft...

*Reaching Task/Open Chain Activity* correct answer: The reaching task described requires the patient to reach for a book on a shelf that is at forehead level. First, initiation of any movement pattern requires a motivational drive to perform; therefore, the activity must have an inherent purpose. T...

The following quote describes ___________________: "Achieving health, well-being, and participation in life through engagement in occupations for people with neurological deficits" correct answer: Neurorehabilitation This continuum of care in neurorehab deals with health promotion and prevent...

Which statement is true: A person who sustains a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is more likely to have more impairments than a person after stroke because: A. The mechanism of TBI means multiple areas of the brain may be damaged B. The mechanism of TBI means a single larger area of the brain...

CIMT is a method used for patients with: a) Low back pain b) Cerebral palsy c) Myelomeningocele d) Osteoarthrosis correct answer: b) Oxygen pulse is proportional to: a) Heart stroke volume b) Ventilation c) FEV1 d) Central blood pressure e) Respiratory reserve correct answer: A) ...

Frontal lobe functions correct answer: Higher cognitive function (i.e. impulse control) Memory retention Voluntary eye movements Voluntary motor movement Expressive speech in Broca's area (i.e.Expression aphasia; can't say what they mean) Think: Cognitive, Memory, Motor, Expression Tempor...

After a patient experienced a brief episode of tinnitus, diplopia, and dysarthria with no residual effects, the nurse anticipates teaching the patient about a. cerebral aneurysm clipping. b. heparin intravenous infusion. c. oral low-dose aspirin therapy. d. tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). ...

out-of-hospital acute stroke care focuses on: correct answer: - rapid ID and assessment of pts with stroke - rapid transport w/ prearrival notification to facility capable of providing acute stroke care in-hospital acute stroke care correct answer: - ability to rapidly determine pt eligibility...

Of the following patients, the nurse recognizes that the one with the highest risk for a stroke is a(n) A. obese 45-yr-old Native American B. 35-yr-old Asian American woman who smokes C. 32-yr-old white woman taking oral contraceptives D. 65-yr-old African American man with hypertension ...

what test Assesses distance walked over time as a sub-maximal test of aerobic capacity/endurance correct answer: 6 minute walk test. what test Assesses walking speed in meters per second over a short duration correct answer: 10 meter walk test. what ICF domain is the 10 meter walk test in? c...

ischemia part of the brain that results in death of brain cells; lack of perfusion results in lack of oxygen and nutrients (brain cannot be deprived more than 3-4 minutes before injury occurs) What determines the manifestations of the brain ischemia? effects dependent on location and severity ...