Exam Preview for 5376: PTA Exercise Progression Within the Plan of

PTA Exercise Progression Within the Plan of Care for Individuals with Stroke

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1. Exercise has the potential to impact which nonmotor systems? Endocrine, motivation, cardiovascular, and musculoskeletal Working memory, implicit/explicit learning, nervous, and endocrine Perception, attention, motivation, and implicit/explicit learning Motivation, musculoskeletal, nervous, and perception
2. Which statement is true regarding CAMMO for frail individuals? C=Contract, A=Represents resistance, M=Represents an exercise snack, M=Momentum and O=Occasionally C=Means only concentric, A=Amplitude, M=Musculoskeletal, M=Movement and O=Means anytime is the best time C=Contract, A=Represents intensity, M=Micro, M=Any movement matters and O=Represents anytime is the right time C=Consensus, A=Attitude, M=Mitochondria, M=Motion Analysis and O=Obtrusive
3. How does aerobic activity improve poststroke health at the body structure function level or activity level? It stops endorphin release It increases neuroplasticity by releasing vitamin neurotransmitters It uses a mode of exercise that targets the upper extremity producing a change in VO₂Max It improves blood pressure, arterial dilation and glucose regulation
4. Within the scope of practice, you increase the time, speed, and incline on the treadmill while adding a 2-pound weight on the hemiparetic leg and cue the person to step over the 2-inch noodle with each step. What is the justification for this progression? A decrease in dosage and intensity decreases intramuscular fat in the muscle An increase in dosage and intensity drives neuromuscular adaptations like preventing gross muscle atrophy A decrease in dosage and intensity increases central drive An increase in dosage and intensity drives neuromuscular adaptations to promote gross muscle atrophy
5. A home treatment intervention addresses the goal: sit to stand (STS) effectively and efficiently from all 5 chair or couch surfaces allowing the person to safely make it to the bathroom before on urinating on self. What is an optimal solution? Circuit training STS from all 5 different surfaces in less than 20 seconds, progressing to standing from any self-selected surface and walking to bathroom 10 feet away in less than 20 seconds, with or without a device 5 times STS from the couch with the device and then without Circuit training STS from chair of PTA’s choice and walk at a self-selected speed to bathroom; repeat with no increase in gait speed 30-second STS test from ladderback kitchen chair without UEs