Free Occupational Therapy Exam Practice Questions
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Your First Free Occupational Therapy Exam Practice Question
A client with hemiparesis of the dominant upper extremity is referred to occupational therapy. The OTR recommends the use of constraint-induced movement therapy in order to promote use of the upper extremity. Which BEST represents the OTR recommendations?
- A. Restraint of the unaffected limb; cognitive rehearsal of affected limb
- B. Restraint of the unaffected limb; forced use of affected limb
- C. Restraint of the affected limb; repetitive-task practice for unaffected limb
- D. Restraint of the affected limb; forced use of the unaffected limb
The Answer and Explanation
Did you get it right? The correct answer is ‘B’.
Hemiparesis is weakness on one side of the body following a cerebrovascular accident or stroke. In order to improve weakness and function of the weak limb, constraint-induced movement therapy is utilized when appropriate.
Constraint-induced movement therapy requires the unaffected limb to be restrained 90% of waking hours, forcing the affected limb to be utilized during daily activities. Constraint-induced movement therapy provides intensive and repetitive-task training using the affected limb.
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Wrong Answer Explanations
Answer A: Constraint-induced movement therapy requires the unaffected limb to be restrained 90% of waking hours, forcing the affected limb to be utilized during daily activities. Constraint-induced movement therapy provides intensive and repetitive task training using the affected limb.
Mental practice and cognitive rehearsal of a physical skill have been proven to be an effective training method that is often completed along with traditional task-specific interventions. This mental practice is not constraint-induced movement therapy.
Answer C: Constraint-induced movement therapy requires the unaffected limb to be restrained 90% of waking hours, forcing the affected limb to be utilized during daily activities. Constraint-induced movement therapy provides intensive and repetitive-task training using the affected limb.
Repetitive-task practice / task-specific practice for the unaffected limb is not appropriate to reduce hemiparesis for the affected upper extremity. In order to reduce hemiparesis, repetitive-task practice / task-specific practice is most beneficial when utilized with the affected upper extremity.
Answer D: Constraint-induced movement therapy requires the unaffected limb to be restrained 90% of waking hours, forcing the affected limb to be utilized during daily activities. Constraint-induced movement therapy provides intensive and repetitive-task training using the affected limb. Forced use of the unaffected limb will not promote function of the affected limb.
Bottom Line
Constraint-induced movement therapy involves restraining the unaffected limb and forcing the use of the affected limb with repetitive-task practice.
For more information, see Pendleton HM, Schultz-Krohn W, eds. Pedretti’s Occupational Therapy: Practice Skills for Physical Dysfunction. 8th ed. St. Louis, MO: Mosby Elsevier; 2018: Chapter 33: Cerebrovascular Accident (Stroke).
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