Neuro Rehab 1 Exam 1 Questions With
Correct Answers
What is neurological rehabilititation? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Evaluation and
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treatment with movement problems due to disease or injury of the nervous
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system
What is the goal of neuro rehab? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Restore
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mobility/functional skills via
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1. Neuroplastic changes to promote recovery
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OR
2. Strategies for adaptation or compensation (used if disease is progressive and
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neuroplastic changes can't happen)
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What is at the center of managing a neuromuscular disease? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-FUNCTION
-Functional mobility |
-Functional training |
-Relearning motor patterns
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-Create novel environments to encourage learning
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What is a medical diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Diagnosis based
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heavily/solely on pathology
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,What is a PT diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Encompasses a cluster of
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|signs/symptoms, syndromes or categories as a result of the diagnostic process
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including evaluation, organizing, interpreting exam findings
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-Need to ID what is impaired, deficient, abnormal, distorted, inappropriate
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What are the steps for physical therapy, according to the Guide to Physical
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Therapy Practice? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. Examination (history, systems
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review, tests/measures)
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2. Evaluation (clinical reasoning/judgement)
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3. Diagnosis/Prognosis
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4. POC and Interventions based on anticipated goals
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5. Outcomes
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6. Criteria for D/C
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*Primary/secondary prevention and wellness strategies | | | |
What is the ICF model? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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What is a direct (primary) impairment? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Impairment that
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is the direct result of the health condition
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What is an indirect (secondary) impairment? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Sequelae or
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complications as a result of the primary condition
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What is a composite impairment? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An impairment that is
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the result of a combination of primary and secondary impairments
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,What is clinical reasoning? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Process information, reach
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conclusions, determine actions to problem-solve
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Does clinical reasoning lead to clinical decision-making? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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YES
What influences clinical decision-making? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Clinician's
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goals, experience, knowledge, values, psychosocial skills
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-Patient's goals, values, beliefs, psychosocial factors, cultural factors, educational
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factors, physical factors
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-Environment
-Resources
-Payment options |
What are the characteristics of a novice clinical decision-maker? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Uses backward hypothetico-deductive reasoning | | |
-Make hypothesis
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-Gather lots of data to support it
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-May miss important data or a relationship
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What are the characteristics of an expert clinical decision-maker? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Uses forward reasoning/pattern recognition | | |
-Gathers less data | |
-More efficient
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, -Novice approach used for less familiar situations/diagnoses
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What are red flag neuro signs that require an immediate 911 call? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔--New onset altered mental status | | | |
-Status epilepticus (longer than 30 min OR not typical of patient's history)
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-Acute infection with associated neuro signs
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-Rapid onset of focal/global deficits (strength, LOC)
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-Evidence of spinal cord instability
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-Non-responsive autonomic dysreflexia | |
What are yellow flag neuro signs that require a medical consult/referral? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Progression of pre-existing neuro signs
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-Evidence of new neuromuscular disease
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-New onset of involuntary movement/tremor
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-Changes in autonomic status
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-Constant HA that worsens over time
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-Vertebral arterial insufficiency
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-New cranial nerve deficiency/issues
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What are the two approaches to a neuro exam? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1.
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Oriented around impairment of body structure/function
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2. Activity-oriented
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What is neurological rehabilititation? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Evaluation and
| | | | | | | |
treatment with movement problems due to disease or injury of the nervous
| | | | | | | | | | | |
system
What is the goal of neuro rehab? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Restore
| | | | | | | | |
mobility/functional skills via
| | |
1. Neuroplastic changes to promote recovery
| | | | | |
OR
2. Strategies for adaptation or compensation (used if disease is progressive and
| | | | | | | | | | | |
neuroplastic changes can't happen)
| | |
What is at the center of managing a neuromuscular disease? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-FUNCTION
-Functional mobility |
-Functional training |
-Relearning motor patterns
| |
-Create novel environments to encourage learning
| | | | |
What is a medical diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Diagnosis based
| | | | | | | |
heavily/solely on pathology
| | |
,What is a PT diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Encompasses a cluster of
| | | | | | | | | |
|signs/symptoms, syndromes or categories as a result of the diagnostic process
| | | | | | | | | | |
including evaluation, organizing, interpreting exam findings
| | | | |
-Need to ID what is impaired, deficient, abnormal, distorted, inappropriate
| | | | | | | | |
What are the steps for physical therapy, according to the Guide to Physical
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Therapy Practice? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. Examination (history, systems
| | | | | | | |
review, tests/measures)
|
2. Evaluation (clinical reasoning/judgement)
| | |
3. Diagnosis/Prognosis
|
4. POC and Interventions based on anticipated goals
| | | | | | |
5. Outcomes
|
6. Criteria for D/C
| | |
*Primary/secondary prevention and wellness strategies | | | |
What is the ICF model? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | |
What is a direct (primary) impairment? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Impairment that
| | | | | | | | | |
is the direct result of the health condition
| | | | | | |
What is an indirect (secondary) impairment? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Sequelae or
| | | | | | | | |
complications as a result of the primary condition
| | | | | | | |
What is a composite impairment? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An impairment that is
| | | | | | | | | | |
the result of a combination of primary and secondary impairments
| | | | | | | | |
,What is clinical reasoning? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Process information, reach
| | | | | | | | |
conclusions, determine actions to problem-solve
| | | |
Does clinical reasoning lead to clinical decision-making? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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YES
What influences clinical decision-making? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Clinician's
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goals, experience, knowledge, values, psychosocial skills
| | | | |
-Patient's goals, values, beliefs, psychosocial factors, cultural factors, educational
| | | | | | | | |
factors, physical factors
| |
-Environment
-Resources
-Payment options |
What are the characteristics of a novice clinical decision-maker? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Uses backward hypothetico-deductive reasoning | | |
-Make hypothesis
|
-Gather lots of data to support it
| | | | | |
-May miss important data or a relationship
| | | | | |
What are the characteristics of an expert clinical decision-maker? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Uses forward reasoning/pattern recognition | | |
-Gathers less data | |
-More efficient
|
, -Novice approach used for less familiar situations/diagnoses
| | | | | |
What are red flag neuro signs that require an immediate 911 call? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔--New onset altered mental status | | | |
-Status epilepticus (longer than 30 min OR not typical of patient's history)
| | | | | | | | | | |
-Acute infection with associated neuro signs
| | | | |
-Rapid onset of focal/global deficits (strength, LOC)
| | | | | |
-Evidence of spinal cord instability
| | | |
-Non-responsive autonomic dysreflexia | |
What are yellow flag neuro signs that require a medical consult/referral? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Progression of pre-existing neuro signs
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-Evidence of new neuromuscular disease
| | | |
-New onset of involuntary movement/tremor
| | | |
-Changes in autonomic status
| | |
-Constant HA that worsens over time
| | | | |
-Vertebral arterial insufficiency
| |
-New cranial nerve deficiency/issues
| | |
What are the two approaches to a neuro exam? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1.
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Oriented around impairment of body structure/function
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2. Activity-oriented
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