Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Quiz

What is the purpose of assistive gait devices?

• To limit mobility

• To reduce weight bearing

• To improve patient's stability

• To decrease balance and coordination

Which assistive gait device provides the greatest amount of support?

• Walkers

• One cane

• Parallel bars

• Axillary crutches

What is the advantage of using crutches?

• Difficulty in stair use

• Increased patient balance

• Damage to radial nerve

• Awkward in small areas

What muscles need strengthening in preparation for crutch walking?

• Latissimus dorsi, Triceps, Biceps

• Quads, Hip Extensors, Hip Abductors

• Shoulder flexors, Shoulder depressors, Shoulder adductors

• Flexors of fingers and thumb, Wrist extensors, Elbow extensors

Which gait pattern is used when one lower extremity is unable to fully bear weight?

• Three-point gait

• Swing gait

• Two-point gait

• Four-point gait

What is the disadvantage of using a walker?

• Allows normal gait pattern

• Difficult to maneuver through doorway

• Provides less lateral stability

• Reduces speed of ambulation

What is the purpose of forearm crutches?

• To limit mobility

• To provide maximum stability

• To increase patient balance

• To allow patient to use hand while ambulating

Which assistive device is the most stable according to the text?

• Parallel bars

• Cane

• Walker

• Crutches

What is the measurement for adjusting the height of parallel bars?

• Provide 15 to 25 degrees of elbow flexion

• Adjust to patient's hip width

• Adjust to patient's knee level

• Adjust to patient's shoulder height

What is the purpose of gutter crutches?

• Used for patients with neurological deficit

• Used for patients with decreased balance

• Used for patients with amputation

• Used for patients with Rheumatoid disease