Week 4 Knowledge Check

The position of this client's arm would be documented as...

• Extensor Synergy Tone

• Flaccidity

• Flexor Synergy Tone

• Lower Motor Neuron Dysfunction

Coordination testing is primarily assessing...

• the lateral corticospinal tract

• the anterior corticospinal tract

• cerebellum and basal ganglia

• primary motor cortex

Trunk control and stability is innervated by which motor tract?

• rubrospinal tract

• anterior corticospinal tract

• lateral corticospinal tract

• medullary reticulospinal tract

True or False:

The RIGHT motor cortex sends signals to the LEFT side of the body to produce voluntary movement.

• True

• False

Terms to describe motor & movement dysfunction as "absence of" would be...

(select all that would apply)

• Areflexia

• Akinesia

• Ataxia

• Atrophy

• Apraxia

Muscle tone can be evaluated via...

(check all that would be appropriate)

• Ashworth Scale

• Observation of gait/walking

• Palpation

• Finger to Nose Test

• ROM