This promotes asymmetries and poor alignment in the trunk and limbs, decreased weight acceptance, and leads to inefficient or unsafe movement production.  This usually results in secondary impairments.  An example would be a patient thrusting his knee into hyperextension to accomplish stability in stance during gait. 

This occurs when the firing rates of muscles are disrupted resulting in loss of smooth reciprocal movement, or when the CNS loses its ability to direct movement activity that requires accuracy.

This hypertonic state is characterized by constant resistance throughout ROM that is independent of velocity.

You are treating a patient in the hospital who sustained a CVA 3 days ago and are working with the patient to prevent secondary complications associated with stroke.  Which of the following in NOT a secondary complications?

An idea for purposeful movement made up of component motor programs is called:

Your patient who had a CVA has the inability to recognize that one side of the body exists.  This is known as: 

Mr. Smith has had a cerebral vascular accident (CVA) and has had an interruption in blood flow due to a/an _____ in the cerebral blood vessels.

The three main functional impairments that contribute to mobility problems in individuals with neurological dysfunction include all of the following EXCEPT:

The period of areflexia or flaccid paralysis and absence of all spinal reflexes below the level of the lesion in an SCI is known as: 

A PTA treats a patient diagnosed with complete C7 tetraplegia. The patient problem list includes the following: inability to complete an independent bed to wheelchair transfer, decreased passive lower extremity range of motion, tissue breakdown over the ischial tuberosities, and decreased upper extremity strength. Which of the following treatment activities should be given the HIGHEST priority?