16: positioning

Question 1

long term care settings should have _____

Answer 1

wheelchair and positioning device dungeons

Question 2

3 assessment categories:

Answer 2

1. body structure
2. activities and participation
3. environment and current technology

Question 3

things to look at when you do an assessment:

Answer 3

pt interview 
skin integrity 
positioning solution 
provision of devices
mobility status 
postural observation

Question 4

two types of assessment with positioning

Answer 4

sitting and supine

Question 5

what is the IDEAL assessment:

Answer 5

Mat assessment

Question 6

mat assessment tells you

Answer 6

measure pts core stability and sitting balance

Question 7

want what two types of support

Answer 7

supported support

unsupported support

Question 8

when we move to the mat we eliminate what?

Answer 8

the affects of gravity on posture

Question 9

removing the affects of gravity will help us

Answer 9

determine how movable they are passively

Question 10

what is the FIRST thing you fix with positioning ?

Answer 10

the pelvis

Question 11

three types of positioning:

Answer 11

hands free
hands dependent
propped sitting

Question 12

the pelvis serves as

Answer 12

the center of gravity and anchor of the skeleton

- it affects everything proximal and distal to it

Question 13

posture can be two things:

Answer 13

fixed - not going to move

flexible - going to move

Question 14

anterior tilt is

Answer 14

increased lordosis

Question 15

posterior tilt is

Answer 15

increase kyphosis

Question 16

anterior tilt results in need of

Answer 16

lumbar support

Question 17

anterior tilt puts pressure on

Answer 17

ischial tuberosity

Question 18

posterior tilt results in

Answer 18

a forward head forward rounded shoulders

limits UE ROM

Question 19

posterior tilt puts pressure on

Answer 19

coccyx sacrum

Question 20

cushion w/o hard bottom just causing a

Answer 20

anterior tilt

Question 21

a cushion needs what

Answer 21

a hard bottom

Question 22

goal of a butt cushion is to

Answer 22

contour the butt

Question 23

pelvic obliquity

Answer 23

one side of the pelvis is rotated forward compared to the other

Question 24

pelvic rotation:

Answer 24

one side of the pelvis is rotated forward compared to the other side

Question 25

kyphosis

Answer 25

posterior tilt

Question 26

osteoporosis can lead to a

Answer 26

fixed kyphosis

Question 27

tilting a chair back will help with

Answer 27

kyphosised hips

Question 28

reducable means

Answer 28

mobile

Question 29

fixed mean

Answer 29

non mobile