Assessments Flashcards
WEIS - Work Environment Impact Scale - Purpose
Semi-structured interview that allows therapists to understand how individuals perceives their work environment
WRI - Worker Role Interview - Purpose
Semi structured interviews that assesses personal causation, values, interests, roles, habits, and perception of environment
GCS - Glasgow Coma Scale - Purpose
Scoring system to describe level of consciousness in person following TBI
Tardieu Scale - Purpose
Assess muscles response to stretch at different velocities.
Measuring spasticity – taking into account resistance to passive movement at slow + fast speed
Modified Ashworth Scale
Measures resistance during passive soft tissue stretching
Oxford Scale
Grades muscle strength
Mini mental State Examination (MMSE)
Screens for cognitive impairment e.g. ABI or Dementia
Clock drawing test
screens for cognitive dysfunction
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA)
screens for detection of mild cognitive dysfunction
Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS)
Minimises effects of cultural learning and language diversity – short cognitive screening tool on basement measurements of cognition
Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination (ACE III)
Detects mild dementia; and differentiates between fontrotemporal dementia and alzheimers
The Rivermead behavioural + Memory Test (RBMT II)
Detect and identify memory impairments occurring in everyday activities
Double Letter Cancellation Test
evaluates visual scanning and unilateral spatial neglect
Star Cancellation test
screen detects unilateral neglect
Cognistat: Neurobehavioural Cognitive Status Examination
assesses intellectual functioning
- language
- constructions
- memory
- calculations
- reasoning