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You are treating a patient with a head injury on a Saturday who was evaluated on Friday afternoon by another therapist. You note in the evaluation that the patient has MAS 3 in her left ankle plantarflexors. ROM is within normal limits. What would you expect to see in your patient’s walking as a result of this? Choose all that apply. 

Nomie (they/them) is 14 y/o and recently sustained a severe traumatic brain injury in a motor vehicle accident.  They are able to ambulate 150 feet with verbal cues only from the PT or their mom, before fatiguing and needing to rest.  What FIM score would Nomie receive for locomotion?

Assume that the body structure/functions you assessed in the previous question showed impairment in those areas.  Given what you know to this point, choose a type of ankle-foot orthosis that you think might benefit Betsaida and provide rationale/justification. 

You are treating Juan (he/him) in outpatient PT about 3 months after he experienced a left hemisphere stroke impacting his right arm motor control. You do the quick Fugl-Meyer screen and find that he is able to flex his right shoulder forward with his elbow straight. When you ask him to abduct his shoulder out to the side, his elbow flexes and his forearm supinates. You ask him to repeat the shoulder abduction movement two more times with cues to keep his arm straight, but you continue to note elbow flexion and forearm supination. What do these screening results tell you? 

Which patient would be most appropriate for a ground reaction AFO?

While in the line of duty, Private Roads (she/her) experienced a blast injury with injuries affecting her head and neck. She is reporting some blurry vision. Her peripheral vision is reduced on the right side in both the upper and lower quadrants. Her resting gaze is stable and her H-test is smooth and accurate. During the pupillary light reflex test, neither eye constricts when you shine the light in the right eye, and both eyes constrict when you shine the light in the left eye. Which cranial nerve is involved?

Your newest patient, Nancy (she/her), was recently diagnosed with a stroke in the left cerebellar hemisphere. She presents with ataxic gait. Which of the following coordination deficits would you expect to see during your evaluation?   

According to the Orthotics Clinical Practice Guideline (2021), the potential benefits of using an AFO include all of the following, except:

You are reviewing the medical chart of Ronnie, a patient who was referred for neuro PT after an acute infection in the midbrain. The chart indicates that Ronnie has Cranial Nerve IV palsy. Which of the following would you observe and/or expect Ronnie to report experiencing?