Stroke Rehabilitation: Guidelines for Exercise and Training to Optimize Motor Skill: Module 1

BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES

Course Goals:    

This course is intended to instruct the student through self-paced study on the treatment principles for treating a stroke patient emphasizing early mobility in respect to balance training and ambulation and to identify specific treatment principles for the rehabilitation environment for stroke patients.

 Student Objectives:               

At the end of this course the student will be able to:

1. List 3 components of the rehabilitation environment
2. List 2 methods of directing the focus of attention of a patient
3. List the 2 principle forms of feedback to patients and site examples of each
4. List 3 objective testing profiles which can be used to objectify functional outcomes of treatment
5. List 3 advantages of “group” rehabilitation over one-on-one treatment
6. List the 3 principle challenges the postural system must meet for activities of daily living
7. List 4 factors associated with decreased balance in the elderly
8. List 6 reasons to re-establish sitting balance early in stroke rehabilitation
9. List 5 functional balance tests
10. Describe a balance treatment program progressing from sitting balance to standing balance with varying factors of difficulty
11. List 6 major requirements for successful walking
12. List 4 roles of the lower extremities in the stance phase of gait
13. Describe 5 common differences between normal gait and hemiplegic gait
14. List 6 functional gait tests for objectifying gait measurements
15. List 7 benefits of training on a treadmill with a harness for partial body weight support
16. Describe the effects on gait ambulation assistive devices (walkers, canes) may have