Jerry is the PTA who works with you in an outpatient clinic…

Jerry is the PTA who works with you in an outpatient clinic in Minnesota. You completed an evaluation with your newest patient yesterday and your plan includes high intensity gait training. Jerry will be seeing the patient at their next appointment in 3 days. Can Jerry do high intensity activities with the patient at that time? 

Your patient is in the associative stage of learning a new t…

Your patient is in the associative stage of learning a new task and does not appear to have any cognitive deficits that impact their ability to learn.  Which of the following would be the best approach to maximize their motor learning and ability to generalize their skill to other tasks?

Your patient sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) 9 mont…

Your patient sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) 9 months ago. They are ambulatory with a FWW and supervision, but fatigue after about 10 minutes of walking due to an inefficient, hemiparetic gait pattern. They would like to eventually walk without the walker. According to the 2020 Locomotor Clinical Practice Guideline, which of the following approaches would be most highly recommended?