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We watched a video clip in class about a young girl who had surgery to remove half her brain to eliminate life-threatening seizures.  We talked about the brain’s ability to respond to expected environmental experiences (such as looking at a human face) and also create new neural pathways based on individual experiences (such as an infant whose parents teach them to ride a skateboard).  The brain’s ability to adapt, compensate and be modified by experience is called ___. 

Use the information that follows to answer this question and the next. The following short term goal was written in Rick’s initial PT evaluation: “Walk with LBQC to get to the toilet.” Using the ABCDE+F format, identify all of the missing or partially missing components of this goal (2 points):

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? 

Babies learn to lift and support their head before they learn to roll over.  

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?

According to the Cephalocaudal Principal, development tends to progress from the head down. 

You are evaluating an individual today who is in acute care following a stroke that occurred 2 days ago.  Which of the following indicates a positive prognosis for functional recovery?

There is no scientific evidence that fetuses engage in any meaningful and purposeful behavior prior to birth.

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?