Physical therapy goals and interventions may be modified based on the patient’s cognitive abilities.  All of the following areas are observed by the Physical Therapist to assess cognition EXCEPT:

Your patient is demonstrating facial paralysis, inability to close one eye, drooping of the corner of the mouth, and difficulty with speech articulation.  Identify the cranial nerve involvement.  

Orientation x 2 refers to:

Assume you are going to perform a somatosensory examination for your supervising PT. Which of the following screenings would you have your patient perform?

This term is used to describe an impaired ability to perform rapid alternating movements.

Which cranial nerves are typically involved in a patient diagnosed with Bell’s palsy?

This term is used to describe an inability to judge the distance or range of a movement.

This term refers to the ability to execute smooth, accurate, controlled movement.

These skills are acquired in a manner that is inconsistent with skills that the individual already possesses and cannot easily be generalized to other task variations or to other environments.

When muscle tone exceeds normal levels and can be felt as resistance to passive elongation of the affected muscle, this is referred to as: