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Describe what you learned from the ‘Simon Cowell video.’ Or write Did Not Watch as you answer if you didn’t watch it.

You are practicing transfers with your patient today.  You practice bed to wheelchair, bed to toilet, and wheelchair to car transfers during this session because you know that this type of practice has been shown to have superior long-term effects on retention. You are performing what type of practice with your patient?

Describe what the ‘Digital Dirt’ video was about. Or write Did Not Watch as you answer if you didn’t watch it.

According to Chapter 5, which of the following best describes the social media tactical plan?

Chapter 6 says ______ are the community vehicles that house and enable social engagement.

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.