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You arrive to your patient’s room for a standard treatment session.  As you are about to enter the room, the nurse leaving the room tells you that this patient has been sleeping a lot.  She stated that he sleeps most of the time and is asleep at present treatment time.  When you enter the room, you arouse him from sleep but he exhibits decreased alertness and interest in the environment and has delayed reactions when he is asked questions.  You have to wake him several more times to keep him engaged with his treatment session.  What is this patient’s level of consciousness?  

Describe (1) the three Stages of Motor Learning and (2) why it is an important guide to follow for the successful progression of the patient.  

You are about to treat a patient who has been referred to your clinic with a diagnosis of CVA. You arrive to the treatment area to find your patient sitting in a wheelchair.  He has a strong lateral lean to his weak side and is hanging over the arm of the wheelchair.  You attempt to correct his posture, but he again leans over onto the hemiparetic side.  Your patient has developed:

After stroke, there are limitations in the shoulder motions of flexion, abduction, and external rotation.  Contractures are likely in all of the following muscles EXCEPT:

During the pre-extension phase of sit to stand, these muscles are activated to propel the body mass forward.

You are treating a patient with a (R) CVA. You notice that he does not acknowledge your presence by turning his head towards you when you address him from the left side. Being aware of your patient’s deficit would make you more effective as a PTA by doing all of the following EXCEPT:

You are observing Mr. Garcia during a grooming activity prior to taking him to the gym for his PT treatment. You notice that Mr. Garcia has deficits related to somatoagnosia and unilateral neglect. Which of the following activities would most likely indicate this deficit?

You have been working on UE strengthening techniques with your patient who has sustained a CVA and has hemiparesis of the L UE, and you are also teaching him how to dress himself using only his R UE.  This one-handed technique would be considered a:

Careful monitoring of exercise is essential when working with a patient s/p CVA. Which of the following is a precaution during exercise?

What question constitutes the Euthyphro Dilemma? For what theory is this dilemma supposed to be a problem? Identify the alternatives in this dilemma and clearly explain at least two problems for each alternative.