Week 9 Knowledge Check

Question 1

A 68-year-old patient reports to physical therapy due to concerns about balance and stability while walking. The physical therapist performs a comprehensive evaluation to understand the motor, sensory, perceptual, and cognitive changes affecting the patient’s motor control. Which of the following are consistent with the typical effects of aging on motor control?
-Increased muscle mass, reduced visual acuity, improved proprioception, and declined working memory capacity.
-Decreased muscle mass, improved visual acuity, reduced proprioception, and heightened working memory capacity.
-Increased muscle mass, improved visual acuity, enhanced proprioception, and heightened working memory capacity.
-Decreased muscle mass, diminished visual acuity, reduced proprioception, and declined working memory capacity.

Answer 1

Decreased muscle mass, diminished visual acuity, reduced proprioception, and declined working memory capacity.

Question 2

Which of the following terms best describes the ability to produce specific movement patterns in response to environmental demands?
-Motor control
-Motor learning
-Motor development
-Motor performance

Answer 2

Motor control

Question 3

A physical therapist works with a 45-year-old patient who recently had a stroke. The therapist designs a rehabilitation program to help the patient regain functional movement in the upper extremities. The therapist observes the patient’s movements, implements interventions to improve motor skills, and monitors their progress. In this therapist’s work with their patient, how can motor control, motor performance, and motor learning be differentiated?

Answer 3

Motor control refers to the patient’s ability to produce a movement, motor performance refers to the quality of the patient’s movement during therapy sessions, and motor learning refers to the long-term changes in the patient’s movement abilities due to rehabilitation.

Question 4

In the context of physical therapy, motor performance is best defined as ______________.

Answer 4

The outcome of a specific motor task at a specific point in time

Question 5

A 72-year-old patient with no history of neurological disorders is experiencing difficulty in maintaining their balance during functional tasks. Which combination of age-related changes is most likely contributing to this issue?
-Enhanced color vision and impaired depth perception
-Improved hearing and decreased tactile sensitivity
-Reduced muscle mass and slower reaction times
-Decline in problem-solving skills and increased sensitivity to pain

Answer 5

Reduced muscle mass and slower reaction times

Question 6

What is a general characteristic of motor control?

Answer 6

The ability to perform tasks without overt attention directed towards movement details.

Question 7

Which sensory change is most commonly associated with aging?

Answer 7

Reduced visual acuity.

Question 8

Which of the following principles is correct when trying to answer the question “How is motor behavior controlled and organized?”
-Performance
-Motor control
-Neural plasticity
-Motor learning

Answer 8

Motor control

Question 9

A 75-year-old patient has difficulty distinguishing between textures during a sensory assessment. Which age-related change is most likely responsible for this finding?

Answer 9

Decreased tactile sensitivity.

Question 10

A physical therapist treats a patient who recently experienced a stroke. The patient is struggling with coordinating their limb movements. Which aspect of motor function is primarily affected in this scenario?
-Motor performance
-Motor learning
-Motor control
-Motor development

Answer 10

motor control???
(motor performance is incorrect)