Functional Mobility Final Review questions with
verified answers
A disadvantage of a sling back wheelchair is: Ans✓✓✓ Promotes a
kyphotic posture
A nurse asks a physical therapist assistant to transfer a patient from a
bed to a wheelchair. The physical therapist assistant is concerned about
her ability to transfer the patient safely due to the patient's weight and
limited ability to actively participate in the transfer. The MOST
appropriate action is: Ans✓✓✓ Request assistance from another staff
member prior to initiating the transfer
A patient is receiving instructions on how to transfer from sitting to
standing using a chair with arm rests. The PTA provides the following
instructions: (1) scoot forward in the chair, (2) place your feet shoulder
width apart, (3) pull your strong foot back so it is behind your knee
(close to the front edge of the chair), (4) do not lean forward or back
(with the upper trunk) when standing, (5) use the arm rest to help you
push up to a standing position. Which of the above instructons is
incorrect? Ans✓✓✓ Do not lean forward or back when standing
A patient who experiences diaphoresis when first spending time in
standing, is experiencing what? Ans✓✓✓ Increased Sweating
A patient with UE weakness is at risk for contracture of which muscle in
the side-lying position? Ans✓✓✓ Subscapularis
,A person recently underwent bilateral transtibial amputations. When
performing sliding board transfer training, which patient instruction is
MOST incorrect? Ans✓✓✓ Grip the distal end of the board before
sliding to prevent displacement of the board
A person who is allowed to put 20% weight down on their involved LE,
is considered what weightbearing status? Ans✓✓✓ PWB
A physical therapist completes the examination of a patient Dx with R
TKR. What information would you expect to be gathered? Ans✓✓✓ All
of the Above
A properly fitted cane places the elbow at approximately what angle?
Ans✓✓✓ 20-25 degrees flexion
A pt status post MVA was Dx with a C6 Level Spinal Cord Injury. The pt's
lower extremities are now paralyzed and his UEs are significantly weak.
He is now W/C dependent, living in a town without public
transportation. He was very active in his church choir and taught
Sunday school prior to his MVA.
Based on this scenario, what is the Health Condition? Ans✓✓✓ C6 SCI
A pt status post MVA was Dx with a C6 Level Spinal Cord Injury. The pt's
lower extremities are now paralyzed and his UEs are significantly weak.
He is now W/C dependent, living in a town without public
, transportation. He was very active in his church choir and taught
Sunday school prior to his MVA.
Based on this scenario, what is the impairmen Ans✓✓✓ LE paralysis,
UE weakness
A pt status post MVA was Dx with a C6 Level Spinal Cord Injury. The pt's
lower extremities are now paralyzed and his UEs are significantly weak.
He is now W/C dependent, living in a town without public
transportation. He was very active in his church choir and taught
Sunday school prior to his MVA.
Based on this scenario, what is the participation restriction? Ans✓✓✓
Inability to attend Sunday school
A PTA takes a pulse by palpation and realizes that the results she gets
are the same as what's on an EKG machine. Based on this example,
pulse by palpation has good: Ans✓✓✓ Concurrent Validity
A test that accurately measures the parameter of performance being
examined (measures what it is supposed to measure) is BEST described
as Ans✓✓✓ Validity
A wheelchair seat that is too narrow is most likely to do which of the
following? Ans✓✓✓ Irritate the skin over the greater trochanters
A wheelchair with a high backrest will do which of the following?
Ans✓✓✓ Increase the stability of the wheelchair
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A disadvantage of a sling back wheelchair is: Ans✓✓✓ Promotes a
kyphotic posture
A nurse asks a physical therapist assistant to transfer a patient from a
bed to a wheelchair. The physical therapist assistant is concerned about
her ability to transfer the patient safely due to the patient's weight and
limited ability to actively participate in the transfer. The MOST
appropriate action is: Ans✓✓✓ Request assistance from another staff
member prior to initiating the transfer
A patient is receiving instructions on how to transfer from sitting to
standing using a chair with arm rests. The PTA provides the following
instructions: (1) scoot forward in the chair, (2) place your feet shoulder
width apart, (3) pull your strong foot back so it is behind your knee
(close to the front edge of the chair), (4) do not lean forward or back
(with the upper trunk) when standing, (5) use the arm rest to help you
push up to a standing position. Which of the above instructons is
incorrect? Ans✓✓✓ Do not lean forward or back when standing
A patient who experiences diaphoresis when first spending time in
standing, is experiencing what? Ans✓✓✓ Increased Sweating
A patient with UE weakness is at risk for contracture of which muscle in
the side-lying position? Ans✓✓✓ Subscapularis
,A person recently underwent bilateral transtibial amputations. When
performing sliding board transfer training, which patient instruction is
MOST incorrect? Ans✓✓✓ Grip the distal end of the board before
sliding to prevent displacement of the board
A person who is allowed to put 20% weight down on their involved LE,
is considered what weightbearing status? Ans✓✓✓ PWB
A physical therapist completes the examination of a patient Dx with R
TKR. What information would you expect to be gathered? Ans✓✓✓ All
of the Above
A properly fitted cane places the elbow at approximately what angle?
Ans✓✓✓ 20-25 degrees flexion
A pt status post MVA was Dx with a C6 Level Spinal Cord Injury. The pt's
lower extremities are now paralyzed and his UEs are significantly weak.
He is now W/C dependent, living in a town without public
transportation. He was very active in his church choir and taught
Sunday school prior to his MVA.
Based on this scenario, what is the Health Condition? Ans✓✓✓ C6 SCI
A pt status post MVA was Dx with a C6 Level Spinal Cord Injury. The pt's
lower extremities are now paralyzed and his UEs are significantly weak.
He is now W/C dependent, living in a town without public
, transportation. He was very active in his church choir and taught
Sunday school prior to his MVA.
Based on this scenario, what is the impairmen Ans✓✓✓ LE paralysis,
UE weakness
A pt status post MVA was Dx with a C6 Level Spinal Cord Injury. The pt's
lower extremities are now paralyzed and his UEs are significantly weak.
He is now W/C dependent, living in a town without public
transportation. He was very active in his church choir and taught
Sunday school prior to his MVA.
Based on this scenario, what is the participation restriction? Ans✓✓✓
Inability to attend Sunday school
A PTA takes a pulse by palpation and realizes that the results she gets
are the same as what's on an EKG machine. Based on this example,
pulse by palpation has good: Ans✓✓✓ Concurrent Validity
A test that accurately measures the parameter of performance being
examined (measures what it is supposed to measure) is BEST described
as Ans✓✓✓ Validity
A wheelchair seat that is too narrow is most likely to do which of the
following? Ans✓✓✓ Irritate the skin over the greater trochanters
A wheelchair with a high backrest will do which of the following?
Ans✓✓✓ Increase the stability of the wheelchair
