You are evaluating a patient with MS who presents with R hemibody deficits. Which of the following is BEST practice when evaluating the patient for spasticity?

Please refer to the R MCA CVA case vignette to answer questions 59-62. Given the case and the patient’s goal, which of the following functional outcome measures would be BEST to assess his dynamic balance?

A patient walks as far as they can over the course of 6 minutes. They complete 3 rounds of this with limited rest in between. This is an example of what type of practice?

Please refer to the TBI case vignette to answer questions 54-58. You go to walk the patient from their room to the gym and they are pleasant but confused by their environment, distracted by anyone talking and beeping of the monitors, but respond to your one step commands. You hypothesize they are in what stage of Ranchos Los Amigos Cognitive Functioning Scale?

Please refer to the TBI case vignette to answer questions 54-58. After arriving to the gym, you have the patient practicing sit to stands from an elevated mat table. As they are practicing, they begin to sweat profusely, become flush, and demonstrate agitation. You take their vitals and their BP is 186/94mmHg and HR 170bpm. You hypothesize the patient is experiencing:

Please refer to the TBI case vignette to answer questions 54-58. As you are allowing the patient to rest, they become more agitated and combative when you try to take their blood pressure a second time. What behavior strategy would be MOST appropriate at this time?

A physical therapist treats a patient with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis. The patient has been receiving intravenous immunoglobulin therapy due to an acute flare-up. She presents with a new onset foot drop in the left lower extremity. Which of the following physical therapy interventions is MOST appropriate at this time?

A physical therapist examines a patient in the hospital three days after suffering a posterior cerebral artery stroke. The patient was administered tissue plasminogen activase (tPA) within 3 hours of symptom onset and has minimal deficits. The patient and family are reluctant to participate in physical therapy during the acute recovery phase. The MOST appropriate patient and family education is

Please refer to the following case vignette to answer questions 59-62.   You are working in the outpatient setting with a 45yo male patient s/p hemorrhagic R MCA CVA 7 months ago. They ambulate without device and demonstrate slow gait with circumduction of the LLE, slowed transfers with limited anterior trunk lean with 1 hand support, as well as step-to pattern for stair negotiation requiring use of 1 handrail. Their goal is to return to hiking.   During evaluation, you note that the patient is unable to see a pen to the left of his body when covering either eye. You would document this deficit as:

A physical therapist completes a neurologic assessment on a patient’s status post stroke. The therapist aims to assess the patient’s fine motor control with functional tasks. Which of the following tasks would be the MOST appropriate?