MIDTERMS: Pedia Reviewer Flashcards
Most common type of CP?
Spastic Hemiplegia
Consists of rapid, irregular, unpredictable contractions of individual muscles or small muscle groups
a. Athetosis
b. Chorea
c. Dystonia
d. Ballismus
b. Chorea
Severe perinatal Asphyxia may result in injury of the following, except:
a. Medulla oblongata
b. Cerebral cortex
c. Basal ganglia
d. Hippocampus
a. Medulla oblongata
Consists of slow, smooth, writhing movements that involve distal muscles
a. Athetosis
b. Dystonia
c. Spasticity
d. Chorea
a. Athetosis
Inability to use both hands in midline or to reach out with the affected limb
Spastic hemiplegia
In choreoathetotic CP, athetosis is most apparent during reaching:
a. True
b. False
a. True
Kernicterus can cause:
a. Spastic quadriplegia
b. Athetoid CP
c. Spastic diplegia
d. Dystonic CP
b. Athetoid CP
In dyskinetic CP, which of the following is NOT true?
a. Flexion with shoulder protraction in the prone position
b. Involuntary movements are typically present
c. Movements are more noticeable during voluntary actions
d. The movements can fluctuate between stiffness and lack of control
a. Flexion with shoulder protraction in the prone position
Clonus and extensor plantar responses are absent in:
a. Spastic CP
b. Athetoid CP
c. Dystonic CP
d. Ataxic CP
c. Dystonic CP
Lower limbs are more affected than the upper limbs:
a. Spastic diplegia
b. Spastic quadriplegia
c. Ataxic CP
d. Dystonic CP
a. Spastic diplegia
Congenital infection could result in:
a. Spastic diplegia
b. Athetoid CP
c. Spastic quadriplegia
d. Ataxic CP
c. Spastic quadriplegia
Poor head control
a. Spastic Quadriplegia
b. Spastic Hemiplegia
c. Athetoid CP
d. Ataxic CP
a. Spastic Quadriplegia
Most commonly associated with periventricular leukomalacia:
a. Spastic quadriplegia
b. Ataxic CP
c. Spastic diplegia
d. Athetoid CP
c. Spastic diplegia
Language skills are typically delayed
a. Ataxic CP
b. Spastic CP
c. Athetoid CP
d. Spastic Hemiplegia
a. Ataxic CP
In a patient with spastic hemiplegia, which of the following is NOT true?
a. Abducted arm
b. Poor head control
c. Asymmetry in muscle tone
d. Affected side has more flexion
a. Abducted arm
A 10-month-old (corrected age) infant born at 23 weeks gestational age suffered grade III intraventricular hemorrhage prenatally and was on a ventilator for 2 months after birth. During a physical therapy evaluation, increased resistance to passive movement is noticed in all extremities, but most markedly in the lower extremities. The infant will probably be diagnosed with:
a. Spastic Hemiplegia
b. Spastic Quadriplegia
c. Spastic Diplegia CP
d. Athetoid CP
c. Spastic Diplegia CP
It describes a hernia of the meningeal membranes with little or no dysgenesis of the underlying nervous systems
a. Meningocele
b. Myelomeningocele
c. Hydrocephalus
d. Encephalocele
Meningocele
A therapist completes an examination on a young girl with spastic CP. The therapist determines that the girl has involvement in all four extremities as well as the head, neck, and trunk. What type of CP classification best describes the girl’s condition?
a. Spastic Diplegia
b. Spastic Hemiplegia
c. Spastic Tetraplegia
d. Ataxic CP
c. Spastic Tetraplegia
A 1-year-old child is being evaluated by an Early Intervention Team. The child demonstrates fluctuating muscle tone and has difficulty with stability. Righting and equilibrium reactions are delayed. The type of CP exhibited by this child is most likely:
a. Spastic Diplegia
b. Ataxic CP
c. Athetoid CP
d. Spastic Hemiplegia
c. Athetoid CP
A 12 yr old child with severe spastic quadriplegia CP can be expected to exhibit all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Increased muscle tone
B. Abnormal righting and equilibrium reactions
C. Impaired voluntary control
D. Decreased reflex activity
B. Abnormal righting and equilibrium reactions
A CP child with periventricular leukomalacia involving medial fibers of the corticospinal tract manifests as:
a. Spastic Hemiplegia
b. Spastic Quadriplegia
c. Spastic Diplegia
d. Athetoid CP
c. Spastic Diplegia
Which has sensorineural hearing loss?
a. Spastic Quadriplegia
b. Athetoid CP
c. Ataxic CP
d. Spastic Hemiplegia
b. Athetoid CP
What is the IQ of a mild mental retardate?
a. 85-100
b. 70-84
c. 55-69
d. Below 55
c. 55-69
The following characteristics are used to formally define mental retardation EXCEPT:
A. Significant limitations in intellectual functioning
B. Significant limitations in adaptive behavior
C. Onset before the age of 18
D. Premature birth
D. Premature birth
Tipping the wheelchair backwards to keep a child with increased trunk and lower extremity extensor tone from slipping forward is not advisable because it exaggerates the:
A. Symmetrical tonic neck reflex
B. Tonic labyrinthine reflex
C. Moro reflex
D. Labyrinthine posturing
D. Labyrinthine posturing
A 2-week old baby is suspected to have a dislocatable (L) hip. The most appropriate special test to confirm this is:
A. Barlow maneuver
B. Ortolani test
C. Galleazzi sign
D. Trendelenburg test
C. Galleazzi sign
Which of the following would NOT be recommended when treating a child?
A. Using games as therapy activities
B. Scheduling therapy in a consistent, structured environment
C. Various therapists should be involved at each visit so that the child feels secure with a variety of social contacts
D. Encouraging the child to make choices during treatment
C. Various therapists should be involved at each visit so that the child feels secure with a variety of social contacts
A child is being evaluated for physical therapy. The child is able to hop on one foot several times, throw a ball overhand, and dress self. The most likely developmental age of the child would be:
A. 3 years
B. 4 years
C. 5 years
D. 6 years
C. 5 years
A therapist performs a developmental assessment on a 3-month-old child. Which reflex is stimulated by the head suddenly dropping into extension?
A. Moro reflex
B. Startle reflex
C. Palmar grasp reflex
D. Landau reflex
A. Moro reflex
The therapist holds an infant in ventral suspension. The patient exhibited extension of the neck, trunk, and hips. The reflex is described as the:
A. Asymmetrical tonic neck reflex (ATNR)
B. Symmetrical tonic neck reflex (STNR)
C. Landau reflex
D. Moro reflex
C. Landau reflex
The following are considered normal in a toddler’s gait, EXCEPT:
A. Flat feet
B. Increased knee flexion during stance phase
C. Toe walking
D. Wide base of support
C. Toe walking
An infant is able to control his head in supported sitting. The correct age of this infant is:
A. 2 months
B. 3 months
C. 4 months
D. 5 months
C. 4 months
If a therapist elects to examine a 5-month infant’s palmar grasp reflex, which of the following stimuli is the most appropriate?
A. Light touch on the palm
B. Quick stretch to the fingers
C. Maintained pressure to the palm of the hand
D. Gentle traction of the wrist
C. Maintained pressure to the palm of the hand
This reflex is NOT present at birth:
A. Suckling reflex
B. Moro reflex
C. Rooting reflex
D. Protective extension
D. Protective extension
A developmental examination is completed on an 8-month-old infant. Findings from the examination include: the patient brings hand to mouth, requires assistance for ring sitting, presents with slight head lag, and does not reach across midline for objects. This child appears:
A. Developmentally delayed
B. Developmentally normal
C. Developmentally advanced
D. Developmentally disorganized
A. Developmentally delayed
The following are symptoms of the presence of ATNR in school-going children EXCEPT:
A. Difficulty crossing midline
B. Poor handwriting
C. Travel sickness
D. Difficulty sitting still
C. Travel sickness
An appropriate fine motor behavior that should be established by 9 months of age would be the ability to:
A. Transfer objects from one hand to another
B. Pick up small objects with a pincer grasp
C. Build a tower of 2 blocks
D. Scribble spontaneously
A. Transfer objects from one hand to another
If a therapist elects to examine a 5-month infant’s palmar grasp reflex, which of the following stimuli is the most appropriate?
A. Light touch on the palm
B. Quick stretch to the fingers
C. Maintained pressure to the palm of the hand
D. Gentle traction of the wrist
C. Maintained pressure to the palm of the hand
This reflex is not present at birth:
A. Suckling reflex
B. Moro reflex
C. Rooting reflex
D. Protective extension
D. Protective extension
A developmental examination is completed on an 8-month-old infant. Findings from the examination include: the patient brings hand to mouth, requires assistance for ring sitting, presents with slight head lag, and does not reach across midline for objects. This child appears:
A. Developmentally delayed
B. Developmentally normal
C. Developmentally advanced
D. Developmentally disorganized
A. Developmentally delayed
An appropriate fine motor behavior that should be established by 9 months of age would be the ability to:
A. Transfer objects from one hand to another
B. Pick up small objects with a pincer grasp
C. Build a tower of 2 blocks
D. Scribble spontaneously
A. Transfer objects from one hand to another
Stage of social play wherein the child plays near other children but still does not engage in play with them:
A. Cooperative play
B. Parallel play
C. Solitary play
D. Associative play
B. Parallel play
Which of the following anti-spastic medications reduces the release of calcium from the sarcoplasmic reticulum in the intrafusal and extrafusal muscle fibers?
A. Baclofen
B. Dantrolene
C. Diazepam
D. Tizanidine
B. Dantrolene
Which is not considered a normal finding during an examination of a newborn infant?
A. Dramatic skin color changes with change of state
B. Head molding
C. Presence of primitive reflexes
D. Jaundice in the first 24 hours
A. Dramatic skin color changes with change of state