Neuro test questions PTA Management of Neurological Disorders || Questions and 100% Verified Answers.
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A 32 year-old patient recovering from a TBI is unable to bring their right foot up on the stair during stair climbing training. The most functional method to develop this skill is to: correct answers practice climbing inside the parallel bars using a 3 inch step
All of the following tests would ...
Neuro test questions PTA Management of Neurological
Disorders || Questions and 100% Verified Answers.
A 32 year-old patient recovering from a TBI is unable to bring their right foot up on the stair
during stair climbing training. The most functional method to develop this skill is to: correct
answers practice climbing inside the parallel bars using a 3 inch step
All of the following tests would be appropriate to assess a patient's gross motor coordination
with the exception of: correct answers bilateral, finger to thumb opposition
The best way to get a four year old child with pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) to
participate in strengthening activities is to include: correct answers daily activities such as
climbing stairs, running on the playground, and ball activities
During observation of a young patient attempting bed mobility activities the physical therapist
assistant notes that the child exhibits increased extension of the extremities while supine and
increased flexion of the extremities and neck while in prone. The PTA would report to the PT
that they suspect the child had a positive: correct answers tonic labyrinthine reflex (TLR)
An 8 year old with cerebral palsy has a strong asymmetrical tonic neck reflex (ATNR) when
their head is turned to the right. Because of the ATNR influence, the activity that the child will
have the most difficulty with would be: correct answers extending both arms into a T-shirt that is
being held to the right side
The first step in a motor relearning program includes: correct answers observations and analysis
of the functional activity
The second step of a motor relearning program includes: correct answers practice components of
the activity in a controlled environment
Following a cerebral vascular accident, a patient has expressive aphasia. When communicating
with the patient, the PTA should: correct answers only ask questions which can be responded to
by a "yes or no" head movements
If the dominant (usually left) hemisphere is also involved in a stroke involving the cortical
distribution of the posterior cerebral artery, what can also be a result? correct answers reading
and writing abnormalities
If there is also dominant hemisphere involvement with a stroke in the cortical distributions of the
MCA, what can also result? correct answers global aphasia
If there is also nondominant hemisphere involvement with a stroke in the cortical distribution of
the MCA, what an also result? correct answers neglect syndrome or amorphosynthesis
, The initial evaluation for a patient who has a cererovascular accident two days ago reveals the
patient is flaccid on the right side, has sensory loss of the face, arm, and leg, and has
homonymous hemianopsia with loss of gaze to the right. The artery most likely involved would
be the: correct answers middle cerebral artery
A patient has a lesion at T10 resulting in paraplegia. The first position is the mat activity
sequence that allows weight bearing through the hips and is useful for facilitating initial control
of the lower trunk and hips is: correct answers quadruped
A patient has damage to the lower branches of the femoral nerve. The PtA should expect the
patient to have the most difficulty: correct answers descending stairs
A patient presents with a flexion synergy pattern and spastic hemiparesis on the left. To best
decrease the one in the upper extremity the PTA should: correct answers have the patient
perform right extremity active exercise with the left upper extremity placed in a weight bearing
position with the shoulder externally rotated and wrist extended
A patient with a complete spinal cord lesion at the C6 level exhibits signs of orthostatic
hypotension. It would be best to: correct answers re-acclimate the patient to upright position
A patient with a significan congestive heart failure is to undergo postural drainage of the
posterior basal segment of the left lower lobe. An acceptable way to modify the position to deal
with the consequences of the heart failure is to position this patient: correct answers prone with
the bed flat
A patient with hemiparesis has difficulty clearing the affected foot during the swing phase of
gait. An appropriate physical therapy intervention to improve function in the affected lower
extremity would include: correct answers forward step-ups in standing using graduated height
steps
A PTA is gait training a patient status post CVA who demonstrates an upper extremity flexor
synergy pattern. To facilitate a decrease in UE synergy pattern during gait training activities the
physical therapist assistant should position the elbow, forearm, and wrist in: correct answers
extension, pronation, and ulnar deviation with extension
A PTA is positioning a patient in bed following treatment. The patient has spastic left
hemiparesis. The PTA should position the upper extremities so that the scapula is: correct
answers protracted with the shoulder abducted and externally rotated
A PTA is preparing to perform postural drainage on a patient. A precaution for postural drainage
with the patient in the Trendelenberg position (feet elevated) would include: correct answers
congestive heart failure
A PTA is preparing to treat a patient with an injury to the posterior knee that crushed the tibial
nerve. The PT evaluation identifies both motor and sensory involvement. The physical therapist
assistant would expect the patient to present with: correct answers decreased muscle tone of the
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