A PTA is performing several assessment procedures on a patie…
A PTA is performing several assessment procedures on a patient with an unknown diagnosis. The PTA notes that the patient’s great toe flexes when stroked along the lateral aspect of their foot then up across the ball of their foot. Which of the following BEST describes how the PTA should document this response ________________________?
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A PTA is treating a patient 16 weeks post C6 SCI. The PTA just transferred the patient to the wheelchair and placed the patient’s feet on the footplates of the wheelchair. The patient’s right leg began to move involuntarily with rapid contractions. Which of the following actions SHOULD the PTA take?
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A PTA has been treating a patient post head injury. The patient is at level VII on the Ranchos Los Amigos Scale for Cognitive Functioning. Today the PTA observes the patient is more confused and has a dilated pupil on the right eye. Which of the following actions should the PTA take FIRST?
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A patient is having difficulty when a PTA assesses if the patient can complete rapid alternating movements of supination and pronation or with foot tapping. With which of the following motor impairments does this patient present?
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