Motor/Cerebellar/Sensory

Question 1

To assess balance, we use two tests.

Answer 1

Romberg

Heel-to-toe walking

Question 2

Examples of tests for coordination are (4)

Answer 2

Nose touch (eyes open & closed)
Fingertip & thumb alternating
Palms up & down on thighs
Lie & slide heel of right foot down shin of left & vice-versa

Question 3

Sensory assessments include: (6)

Answer 3

Light touch
Pain (Sharp/Dull)
Temperature
Vibratory
Position
Tactile Discrimination

Question 4

In vibratory sensation assessment, if it is intact distally…

Answer 4

It is also intact proximally

Question 5

Placing a familiar object (paper clip, key, coin) in a clients hand and asking them to identify is an example of:

Answer 5

Stereognosis

Question 6

Using a blunt instrument to draw a number on the palm of client’s hand.

Answer 6

Graphesthesia

Question 7

Wide-based, staggering unsteady gait

Answer 7

Cerebellar Ataxia

Question 8

Shuffling, stiff turns, stooped over with flexed hips & knees

Answer 8

Parkinsonian (Effects on the basal ganglia)

Question 9

Stiff, short gait, thighs overlap with each step. Seen w/ partial paralysis of legs.

Answer 9

Scissors Gait

Question 10

Flexed arm held close to body while client drags toe of leg or circles it stiffly outward & forward.

Answer 10

Spastic Hemiparesis

Question 11

Spastic Hemiparesis is often seen with lesions of…

Answer 11

Upper motor neurons, stroke

Question 12

Client lifts foot and knee high with each step, then slaps foot down hard on ground. Cannot walk on heels.

Answer 12

Footdrop

Question 13

Footdrop is characteristic of diseases of:

Answer 13

Lower motor neurons