Emerging Practices in Physical Therapy

It measures the quantity of balance.

• Activity monitor

• Movement monitor

• Both activity and movement monitors

• None of the above

Step watch is an example of __________

• Activity monitor

• Movement monitor

Grounded Cognition Framework

• States that perceptual-motor experiences and cognition co-develop and are embedded in dynamic everyday social environments.

• Active day-to-day engagement in perceptual-motor experiences (self-direct mobility) fosters the development of cognitive, language and social function.

• Associated with greater receptive language, more frequent participation in social play, and conversational interaction with adults

• All of the above

Defined as a physiologic increase in the responsiveness of neurons within the central nervous system, which is secondary to persistent nociceptive inputs arising from a peripheral pathology of mechanical, infectious, autoimmune, cancerous or ischemic etiology.

• Segmental pattern

• Central sensitization

• Neurogenic inflammation

• All of the above

It automatically measures more than 50 objective measures of balance and gait impairments and has 4 different subcomponents of mobility

• ISAW

• Electronic Health

• Digital Health

• CIMT