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Which complications of SCI that may impact long-term functions outcomes can be effectively prevented and treated with physical therapy interventions? 

As a therapist, we are responsible for educating and assisting the “team” at home also, not just the patient. Six items were discussed in class regarding patient/family/caregiver education with patients with Multiple Sclerosis. Discuss at least 5 of those items with which we can assist the patient and family.

Intervention strategies for late and advanced stages of MS focus mostly on:

Motor and/or sensory impairments of all or part of the trunk and both lower extremities, resulting from lesions of the thoracic or lumbar spinal cord or cauda equina is known as paraplegia.

At what spinal cord injury level can a patient be independent with respiratory function?

Interventions directed at promoting postural control in patients with MS should first focus on activities in which of the following positions?

After an episode of Autonomic Dysreflexia, signs and symptoms never resolve in individuals with spinal cord injury.

Which of the following examples BEST reflects the concepts of selective stretching that may directly impact functional recovery for a patient who has a C6 SCI?

Cranial nerves that are typically involved with ALS include: 

You are working with a patient with a SCI on a tilt table and the patient complains of onset of headache, accompanied by flushing of the face, and “goose bumps”. Your response would be to: