As part of the POC, the PTA is to perform PROM to all extrem…

As part of the POC, the PTA is to perform PROM to all extremities to a patient in the ICU with a diagnosis of brainstem TBI. Before initiating the exercise, the PTA notes that all four extremities are sustained in extension. What is the appropriate term to describe this impairment?

A PTA is to begin gait training with a patient diagnosed wit…

A PTA is to begin gait training with a patient diagnosed with a CVA. The results of an MMT of the affected side include: hip flexion 3+/5 and hip extension 3/5, knee flexion 3-/5 and knee extension 3+/5, ankle DF 2-/5 and ankle PF 3/5. Based upon the minimum strength necessary, where will the PTA MOST LIKELY need to assist AND/OR block during gait training?