Cynthia is seen for the first OT session after a new left below-knee amputation related to an infected wound that would not heal due to her constant high glucose levels. During the session, she reports she has experienced intermittent blind spots at various times of the day and her ophthalmologist found poor circulation and hemorrhages in her eyes. What may be the cause?

A client presenting with peripheral field loss may have a difficulties determining the beginning of a sentence or when the sentence ends while reading.

15.  Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis is characterized by inflammation of the connective tissue, especially of the joints. Physical therapy for a patient with this condition would emphasize all of the following EXCEPT:

Characteristics of normal movement include  

Match the condition to the possible signs and symptoms 

18.  Which of the following is a Perinatal (during birth) cause for cerebral palsy?

An OTA teaching proper body mechanics to a group of newly hired nursing aides. What would she MOST LIKELY be telling the aides to do? (Choose 3)

An OT practitioner confides to a colleague that he has been feeling very depressed and irritable at work and has been turning to some maladaptive coping strategies during the evenings to help combat the high stress levels in the work setting. The colleague has also noticed that the practitioner appears to be exhausted at work and has been rather rude with several of the clients, causing them to request a different practitioner. What would be the BEST suggestion to help improve the OT practitioner’s mental health?

30.  Problems of a child with spastic diplegia (lower extremities are only involved) may include poor balance in sitting and standing and:

7.  Hydrocephalous, or “water on the brain”, occurs with blockage of the spinal fluid pathways and is present in 90% of all children with