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When working with a patient who has unilateral vestibular hypofunction (UVH), the direct impairments of visual blurring, postural instability, and dysequilibrium will not respond to physical therapy intervention.

Which of the following is the MOST important protocol for preventing common secondary impairments for patients in comatose or vegetative states after brain injury? 

Mary is being seen by you for physical therapy following a TBI.  During team conference, the O.T. mentions that Mary has problems with depth perception.  Your POC includes gait training on stairs.  Mary can ambulate on level surfaces independently and has 4+/5 strength in B LEs and no apraxia.  Which of the following would NOT be an appropriate strategy during gait training on stairs?

Which of the following is a sympathetic nervous system response that is MORE likely to be present after traumatic brain injury?

You are explaining to your patient how the vestibular system works, its primary functions, and why they are feeling dizzy.  Which of the following is NOT a primary function of the vestibular system?

The signs and symptoms of Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency (VBI) typically do not involve the classic signs and symptoms of vestibular pathology.

When the head is turned to the right, the right horizontal semicircular canal (SCC) will have an increased firing rate while the left SCC has a decreased firing rate.  This princliple is known as:  

You are treating a patient with Parkinson’s disease and your patient has difficulty with relaxation of his muscles when you are attempting to perform sit to stand transfers.  What would be an appropriate technique to temporarily relax your patient to continue with the sit to stand transfer?

The sensation of moving around in space or of having objects move about the person; a sense of spinning is known as:

The most common positional test used to examine for Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo is the _____: