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Geriatric Rehabilitation focuses on the evaluation, treatment, and management of physical, cognitive, and functional impairments in older adults. The course explores the physiological changes associated with aging, common pathologies affecting the elderly, and evidence-based interventions to enhance mobility, independence, and quality of life. Students will learn about multidisciplinary approaches, prevention of falls, adaptive technologies, and strategies to address psychosocial aspects, with an emphasis on individualized care and improving outcomes for the aging population.
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Stroke Rehabilitation A Function Based Approach 3rd Edition by Glen Gillen
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Chapter 1: Pathophysiology,Medical Management,and
Acute Rehabilitation of Stroke Survivors
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Q1) The most important risk factor for deep vein thrombosis (DVT)is:
A) stasis.
B) obesity.
C) edema.
D) age.
Answer: A
Q2) In an acute stroke most computerized tomography (CT)scans are negative.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Modifiable risk factors include:
A) diabetes mellitus.
B) alcohol use.
C) hypertension.
D) all of the above.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Psychological Aspects of Stroke Rehabilitation
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Q1) Symptoms of a major depression disorder include:
A) fatigue.
B) insomnia.
C) hypersomnia.
D) all of the above.
Answer: D
Q2) Research suggests a significant association between depression and mortality after stroke.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Evidence suggests that a specific lesion location is the sole factor in the determination of specific emotional reactions.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Medication may prevent but not treat post-stroke depression.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Improving Participation and Quality of Life through Occupation
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Q1) Self-efficacy can also be described as:
A) self-actualization.
B) homeostasis.
C) confidence in performing a particular task.
D) self-awareness.
Answer: C
Q2) The use of a client-centered approach is most consistent with which approach to assessment?
A) Beginning with the assessment of psychomotor skills
B) Beginning with the objective assessment of impairments
C) Bottom-up approach
D) Top-down approach
Answer: D
Q3) All of the following assessments measure quality of life except:
A) SF-36.
B) Stroke Impact Scale.
C) Reintegration to Normal Living.
D) Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS).
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Task-Oriented Approach to Stroke
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Q1) An assessment that would be appropriate to use in the second step of the task-oriented evaluation framework would be:
A) Role Checklist.
B) Canadian Occupational Performance Measure.
C) Functional Independence Measure.
D) both b and c.
Q2) An example of an intervention to decrease the degrees of freedom is:
A) splinting a joint.
B) adapting a task so that few joints are involved.
C) using an assistive device so that a person does require the use of dexterity.
D) all of the above.
Q3) In general,less feedback is better than more feedback.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The task-oriented approach begins with assessments focused on:
A) assessment of motor control.
B) activity of daily living (ADL).
C) inquiry into role performance.
D) all of the above.
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Chapter 5: Activity-Based Intervention in Stroke Rehabilitation
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Q1) When a patient can use a skill learned in therapy in a new context and can generalize learned strategies,the phase of learning is considered the _____ phase.
A) acquisition
B) retention
C) transfer
D) near transfer
Q2) Using a random practice schedule is an example of _____ contextual interference.
A) low
B) high
C) stable
D) none of the above
Q3) In terms of World Health Organization classification,the motor and cognitive residuals of stroke are considered:
A) impairments.
B) activity limitations.
C) participation restrictions.
D) societal limitations.
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Q1) Based on the available evidence,it may be concluded that:
A) task-oriented approaches are superior to traditional techniques.
B) NDT and CIT have similar outcomes.
C) NDT seems to be superior to task-oriented approaches.
D) none of the above.
Q2) Constraint induced therapy (CIT)is focused on:
A) progressive resistive exercise.
B) normalization of tone.
C) massed practice and grading of functional activities.
D) resisted diagonal patterns.
Q3) The outcomes of CIT have been measured by the:
A) Ashworth scale.
B) Motor Activity Log (MAL).
C) Fugl-Meyer Assessment.
D) Barthel Index.
Q4) To use CIT,clients must possess:
A) proximal control.
B) isolated wrist/digit extension.
C) trunk stability.
D) intact sensation.
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Chapter 7: Trunk Control: Supporting Functional
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Q1) Movements that result in the shoulders moving posterior to the hips are primarily controlled by:
A) abdominals.
B) extensors.
C) lateral flexors.
D) obliques.
Q2) The section of the spine that permits the greatest range of trunk flexion is the _____ spine.
A) cervical
B) thoracic
C) lumbar
D) sacral
Q3) Crossing the involved leg during lower extremity dressing predominately requires control of the back extensors to prevent posterior falls.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Overview of Balance Impairments: Functional Implications
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Q1) Which central nervous system structure is used to integrate postural control information?
A) Basal ganglia
B) Pons
C) Medulla
D) Cerebral cortex
Q2) Visually dependent patients are at high risk to lose their balance during which task?
A) Getting up to use the bathroom at night
B) Looking for kitchen utensils in a cluttered drawer
C) Walking on high-pile carpet
D) Standing on an escalator
Q3) Symptoms of cerebellar involvement include:
A) unsteady gait.
B) falls.
C) nystagmus.
D) all of the above.
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Chapter 9: Vestibular Rehabilitation and Stroke
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Q1) Which central nervous system structure is used to integrate postural control information?
A) Basal ganglia
B) Pons
C) Medulla
D) Cerebral cortex
Q2) The postural control strategy that is most effective at maintaining stability when the support surface is short in relation to foot length is:
A) ankle strategy.
B) hip strategy.
C) stepping strategy.
D) equilibrium reaction.
Q3) When the base of support is expanded in the direction of center of mass movement,what type of postural control strategy is used?
A) Stepping strategy
B) Hip strategy
C) Ankle strategy
D) None of the above
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Chapter 10: Upper Extremity Function and Management
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Q1) A sling can reduce a subluxation.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A flexed elbow during an attempted overhead reach may be due to:
A) an attempt to shorten the lever arm for successful task completion.
B) soft tissue shortening.
C) triceps weakness.
D) all of the above.
Q3) The muscle primarily responsible for stability of the glenohumeral joint is the:
A) biceps.
B) deltoid.
C) supraspinatus.
D) subscapularis.
Q4) Postural reactions during reaching are:
A) anticipatory.
B) a response to feedback.
C) a result of external perturbation.
D) static.
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Chapter 11: Rehabilitation Technologies to Promote Upper
Limb Recovery after Stroke
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Q1) The overall goal of robotic therapy is to provide repetitive,task-specific training to help restore lost motor function.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The MIT-MANUS is classified as what type of robotic system?
A) Active system
B) Passive system
C) Interactive system
D) None of the above
Q3) At this point in time,robotic interventions most clearly positively impact which level of function based on the International Classification of Functioning,Disability,and Health (ICF)?
A) Impairment
B) Activity limitations
C) Participation restrictions
D) All of the above
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Chapter 12: Edema Control
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Q1) Edema reduction techniques should be used with swelling from cardiac problems such as chronic heart disease or congestive heart failure.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Chip bags are used:
A) for compression.
B) to soften and stimulate lymphatic uptake because of the tissue pressure differentiation they cause.
C) to improve sensory awareness.
Q3) Manual Edema Mobilization (MEM)begins with:
A) pump points.
B) U strokes.
C) terminus massage.
D) diaphragmatic breathing.
Q4) In terms of volumetric evaluation,_____ mL is considered a significant change.
A) 9
B) 10
C) 11
D) 12
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Chapter 13: Splinting Applications
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Q1) The hand-based thumb abduction splint is applied for:
A) functional activities.
B) immobilization.
C) inhibition of thumb adduction.
D) contracture prevention.
Q2) The concept of dual obliquity states that objects held in the hand assume _____ oblique angle(s).
A) 1.
B) 2.
C) 3.
D) 4.
Q3) Digit platforms should only be used:
A) at night.
B) when proximal realignment does not relax the digits.
C) when the digits are at risk for contracture.
D) all of the above.
Q4) In terms of biomechanical considerations,the firm cone should be placed with the small end in the _____ side of the palm.
A) radial
B) ulnar
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Chapter 15: Gait Awareness
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Q1) The number of steps per unit of time is termed:
A) step time.
B) cadence.
C) rate.
D) speed.
Q2) A standard ankle-foot orthosis uses how many points of pressure?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
Q3) Observation of gait should take place in the _____ plane.
A) sagittal
B) frontal
C) both a and b
D) none of the above
Q4) A "hemiplegic gait" may be the result of:
A) sensory loss.
B) weakness.
C) excessive muscular activity.
D) all of the above.
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Chapter 16: Managing Visual and Visuospatial Impairments to Optimize Function
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Q1) Threading a needle successfully requires intact:
A) depth perception.
B) color perception.
C) divergence.
D) saccades.
Q2) Interventions for those living with decreased visual acuity include:
A) increasing illumination.
B) increasing contrast.
C) increasing size.
D) all of the above.
Q3) The skill used to change the focus of the eye so objects can be seen at different distances is:
A) acuity.
B) ocular range of motion.
C) accommodation.
D) vergence.
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Chapter 17: How Therapists Think: Exploring Therapists
Reasoning When Working with Patients Who Have
Cognitive and Perceptual Problems Following Stroke
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Q1) The term that best refers to a denial of a paretic extremity as one's own is:
A) anosognosia.
B) neglect.
C) confabulation.
D) body scheme disorder.
Q2) While performing a grooming evaluation,a patient is noted to smear the toothpaste over her hands and face.This deficit is termed:
A) ideational apraxia.
B) motor apraxia.
C) somatognosia.
D) spatial relations deficit.
Q3) A loss of access to kinesthetic memory patterns that results in clumsy manipulation patterns is:
A) ideational apraxia.
B) motor apraxia.
C) astereognosis.
D) tactile agnosia.
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Chapter 18: Impact of Neurobehavioral Deficits on Activities of Daily Living
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Q1) A loss of access to kinesthetic memory patterns that results in clumsy manipulation patterns is:
A) ideational apraxia.
B) motor apraxia.
C) astereognosis.
D) tactile agnosia.
Q2) While performing a grooming evaluation,a patient is noted to smear the toothpaste over her hands and face.This deficit is termed:
A) ideational apraxia.
B) motor apraxia.
C) somatognosia.
D) spatial relations deficit.
Q3) The term that best refers to a denial of a paretic extremity as one's own is:
A) anosognosia.
B) neglect.
C) confabulation.
D) body scheme disorder.
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Chapter 19: Treatment of Cognitive-Perceptual Deficits: A
Function-Based Approach
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Q1) Which treatment approach uses repetitive practice of certain activities to increase task independence?
A) Functional approach
B) Remedial approach
Q2) Activity processing interventions focus on:
A) feedback during and after task performance.
B) tactile-kinesthetic input.
C) metacognitive skills.
D) both a and c.
Q3) If a patient performs a task that differs from a task reviewed in therapy by one characteristic (e.g.,shape),the patient has been successful in which degree of learning transfer?
A) Near
B) Far
C) Very far
D) None of the above
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Chapter 20: Managing Speech and Language Deficits after Stroke
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Q1) Broca aphasia is described by all of the following except:
A) halting and hesitant speech.
B) awkward effortful articulation.
C) self-correction of errors.
D) intact writing ability.
Q2) In the early stages,a patient with Wernicke aphasia may be unaware of his language disorder,deny that he has had a stroke,and confabulate the reason for the hospitalization.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Wernicke aphasia is described by all of the following except:
A) ease of speech initiation.
B) jargon.
C) awareness of errors.
D) neologisms.
Q4) Global aphasia presents after which infarction?
A) Left middle cerebral artery (MCA)
B) Right MCA
C) Right ACA
D) Left posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA)
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Chapter 21: Enhancing Performance of Activities of Daily Living
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Q1) Retraining handwriting after stroke would be categorized as:
A) adaptive occupation.
B) education program.
C) acquisitional occupation.
D) restorative occupation.
Q2) Using gardening as an intervention focused on improving endurance would be considered:
A) adaptive occupation.
B) education program.
C) acquisitional occupation.
D) restorative occupation.
Q3) Reorganizing a kitchen so that commonly used items are within reach is considered:
A) adaptive occupation.
B) education program.
C) acquisitional occupation.
D) restorative occupation.
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Chapter 23: Driving and Community Mobility as an Instrumental Activity of Daily Living
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Q1) If patients have hemiparesis,but no cognitive or perceptual impairment found on a clinical assessment,they:
A) cannot drive, because they cannot grip the steering wheel.
B) can drive using adapted controls.
C) will not be able to transfer into a car, so driving is out of the question.
D) can only drive with another licensed driver in the car.
Q2) A stereoscopic vision tester tests all of the following except:
A) color vision.
B) depth perception.
C) road sign recognition.
D) field of vision.
Q3) People with homonymous hemianopsia:
A) can drive without any modifications.
B) can drive with adapted hand controls.
C) can drive if their visual acuity is at least 20/40.
D) cannot drive.
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Chapter 24: Dysphagia Management
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Q1) If individuals have dysphagia,they:
A) cannot ever eat because they will aspirate.
B) can eat or drink anything and should be suctioned if they cough.
C) should be fed only with a syringe while they are lying down.
D) should eat foods prepared at consistencies they can swallow without aspirating the food.
Q2) Nonoral feeding options include:
A) nasogastric tube.
B) total parenteral nutrition.
C) jejunostomy.
D) all of the above.
Q3) If patients have a gag reflex:
A) they will not aspirate.
B) they may still aspirate.
C) their wet-hoarse vocal quality will be due to something other than aspiration.
D) they will gag on everything they try to eat.
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Chapter 25: Sexual Function and Intimacy
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Q1) During your initial evaluation,you say to your client,"People who have had strokes sometimes have concerns or questions about how they will be affected sexually.Do you have any concerns or questions in this area?" Using the Permission,Limited Information,Specific Suggestions and Intensive Therapy (PLISSIT)model,this would be an example of:
A) permission.
B) limited information.
C) specific suggestions.
D) intensive therapy.
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Chapter 26: Seating and Wheeled Mobility Prescription
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Q1) A hemi-height wheelchair measures how many inches from floor to seat?
A) 13.5 inches
B) 14.5 inches
C) 17.5 inches
D) 19.5 inches
Q2) If a therapist can correct an observed malalignment with his or her hands and it stays in position,the deformity is considered:
A) flexible.
B) fixed.
C) bony.
D) soft tissue.
Q3) The trunk malalignment consistent with a posterior pelvic tilt is:
A) hyperlordosis.
B) scoliosis.
C) kyphosis.
D) both a and b.
Q4) Mag wheels do not require maintenance.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 27: Home Evaluation and Modifications
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Q1) A patient with right hemiparesis is going home using a wheelchair.The entrance to the building has three steps at the entry.Which of the following would you do?
A) Suggest the patient move to an accessible building.
B) Do not do anything concerning the situation and only concentrate on the interior accessibility.
C) Suggest that the patient/family speak with the landlord and social worker to request that a ramp be installed to improve accessibility.
D) Train the family to pop the chair down the steps.
Q2) Turning 360 degrees in a wheelchair requires a _____-inch space.
A) 45 × 45
B) 60 × 60
C) 70 × 70
D) 120 × 120
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the Environment with One-Handed Techniques
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Q1) To thread a needle using only one hand:
A) put the needle in your mouth and watch yourself in a mirror to find the eye of the needle.
B) put the needle over the edge of a table leaving the eye of the needle free and thread through the eye from top to bottom.
C) put the needle in a pincushion to stabilize it and use the intact hand to thread the needle.
D) hold the needle with the intact hand and try to hook into the thread from the spool.
Q2) People who have tremors or diminished mobility in their hands and are known to cut themselves shaving should try shaving with all of the following methods except:
A) an electric razor.
B) a chemical depilatory.
C) a straight razor.
D) using a barber for a shave.
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Chapter 29: Leisure Participation after Stroke
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Q1) A person had a stroke that affected his dominant right hand.Before the stroke,he was an avid trout fisherman.You are treating him in a community-based setting.How could you assist him in returning to trout fishing?
A) Locate a source for an adapted fishing pole that will allow him to single-handedly manipulate the fishing pole.
B) Recommend that he give up fishing and consider other leisure pursuits.
C) Seek information about accessibility of the terrain in the region where he fishes and/or make recommendations for river locations that would allow access.
D) Both a and c.
Q2) Potential tools used to address leisure participation include:
A) Canadian Occupational Performance Measure.
B) Activity Card Sort.
C) Nottingham Leisure Questionnaire.
D) all of the above.
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