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How should a physical therapist adapt the amount of feedback provided as a person progresses from the cognitive to associative to autonomous stage of motor learning? 

A patient with a subacute cerebrovascular accident has been receiving therapy in a skilled nursing facility and is approaching readiness to discharge home. The physical therapist recommends that the patient have a hemiwalker available at home upon discharge. Which member of the interdisciplinary team should the therapist communicate this recommendation to so that the equipment can be ordered for discharge?

A physical therapist is evaluating a person that had a cerebrovascular accident in an inpatient rehabilitation setting who has moderate to severe motor deficits and has only been able to take a few steps with considerable assistance. Which outcome measure would be most useful to help predict whether the person will achieve ambulatory status upon discharge?

During your PT session with a patient with L2 AIS C SCI, you make a note that they are ambulating in the parallel bars with braces and assist of one person up to 10 meters. Which of the following outcome measures would be BEST for using all of the above information?

A physical therapist is working with a person post-stroke on their balance and postural control. The patient is able to maintain tandem stance for 30 seconds and reports “moderate” confidence with this position. The therapist wants to progress this activity by adding a cognitive dual task. Which of the following is an example of a cognitive dual task?

You evaluate a new patient with a cerebrovascular accident and note the following clinical presentation: Right hemiparesis with the leg affected more than the arm Right sensory loss with the leg affected more than the arm  Apraxia Incontinence Which cerebral blood vessel do you suspect is affected?

A physical therapist is working with a new patient that sustained a cerebrovascular accident. While assessing the patient’s ability to complete a sit to stand transfer, the therapist holds onto the patient’s gait belt for safety and provides

An ankle foot orthosis (AFO) should be prescribed for an individual poststroke that has chronic foot drop or decreased lower extremity motor control for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

“The complex process involved in regulating the mechanisms essential to movement and includes the processes of initiating, directing, and grading of purposeful voluntary movement” is the definition for which term?

Sexual and reproductive health should be addressed by which part of the SCI team?