When initiating a strengthening program, how would you decide what resistance to begin with?

An OT has a goal to increase ROM in a patient who has tightness in their UE due to neurological involvement and is very fearful of pain and movement. To gain the patient’s trust, one method the OT might use FIRST could include: 

If a patient sustained a myocardial infarction and is on a cardiac activity, Level 1 precaution, which of the following activities would they likely be able to complete?

You have a patient with cardiac precautions. You are trying to increase the patient’s tolerance for functional daily activity. Prior to your morning OT session you measure your patient’s resting heart rate. Following your morning OT session, where you worked on dressing with your patient, you measure your patient’s heart rate again. Heart rate has increased after your session and you notice that upon completion of dressing, your patient is breathing heavily and sweating profusely. Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate action to take in this situation?

You are working with a client on increasing endurance in order to improve their ability to perform their morning self-care routine. Your client suddenly starts to acquire beads of sweat on their forehead, upper lip, and feels cool and clammy to the touch. Which of the following are they likely experiencing?

Which set of instructions best describes how to acquire a client’s Total Active Motion of the hand? 

When completing retrograde massage, you should follow with a compression garment (e.g. isotoner glove, coban wrap, compressogrip)

A patient is referred to you for an outpatient OT evaluation for shoulder pain.  As your patient walked into the clinic you observed that they held their affected extremity in a guarded position, but otherwise you did not initially identify any other outward signs of dysfunction. After completing an occupational profile, the OT should NEXT perform _______ when evaluating upper extremity function:

What would the most appropriate occupation-based intervention be used to replace an inclined, bilateral shoulder sander?

When trying to increase ROM, based on the biomechanical frame of reference, an OT may use methods to: