Final Study Guide

Properly donning and doffing orthotic devices, maintaining appropriate schedules of orthotic use, and maintaining orthotic devices is an ADL

True

Which of the following is NOT TRUE regarding gait training?

• None. All of the above are true statements.

  • Gait training may address the biomechanical problems of walking such as limited stride after an injury

  • Gait training may address balance concerns or an altered center of gravity as the result of an injury.

  • Gait training may address the neuromotor deficits that impact walking, such as decreased initiation time in the affected leg after a stroke

  • Gait training may involve the use of orthotic devices or ambulation aides.

Which of the following lists ambulation aids in order from most supportive to least supportive?

FWW -> hemi-walker -> quad cane -> single point cane

The type of ambulation aide may change due to the nature of the activity or the type of surface.

True

Which of the following is a consideration for safe ambulation?

• All of the above

  • Weight bearing precautions

  • Cognitive limitations

  • Motor skill deficits

Which orthotic provides stability, alignment, and protection while allowing anterior-posterior movement of the ankle?

Hinged AFO

The type of ambulation aide may change over time due to improvements or due to progression/exacerbation of health impairment.

True

Using the occupation-based approach regarding the use of ambulation aides, OT practitioners must consider?

• all of the above

  • the client’s role in the activity

  • desire to complete the functional activity

  • client factors and limitations

  • safety in performing the activity

It is NOT important for the OTA to follow through on recommendations made by the PT regarding gait.

False

Most serious falls take place in which room of the home?

bathroom

When ambulating with a patient, you should position yourself

slightly behind and to one side of the patient

The use of a mobility device or ambulation aide simplifies the task for the client.

False

Describe two differences between Rehabilitative Technologies and Assistive Technologies?

An OTA is teaching an individual who has a traumatic brain injury to use an assistive technology device. The OTA should FIRST focus on the individual’s

ability to control the technology.

These technologies 'assist' a person with disabilities to perform a task

Assistive Technologies

These technologies help to restore an individual to a prior level of function.

Rehabilitative Technologies

Intended to meet the needs of people with a wide range of abilities

Universal Design

Category of devices that control electrical devices in the individual's immediate environment

Electronic Aids for Daily Living (EADLs)

Uses technology to allow communication without assistance

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AACs)

This form of assistive technology looks as various ways to adapt input and output as well as performance enhancements

Computer access

An OTA is working in an intensive care unit with an individual on a respirator. To assist the individual in communication, the OTA should:

Introduce a low-tech communication board.

Rehabilitative technology is meant to be used within the client’s home over a long period of time.

False

An OTA is providing training to an individual who is an office assistant on using an alternative keyboard layout. To help the individual achieve success, the OTA should INITIALLY suggest:

using e-mail

An OTA is teaching an individual to use an electronic aid to daily living (EADL). The OTA should INITIALLY assess the individual’s ability to:

Understand which control operates which device.

“Assistive Technology” includes only electronic devices, not items such as a pen and paper to write when you are unable to talk or the use of a picture communication board.

False

Identify two considerations an OTA would consider when teaching a client to use assistive technology?

if the client is able to use the AT to complete the activity and if the client will benefit from using AT.

Assistive Technologies are NOT expected to change the basic ability of the user.

True