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IADLs: Washing Dishes While Standing
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During her treatment session at home, this stroke survivor requires assistance as she walks up to her kitchen sink. The therapist encourages her to utilize her involved hand and lower extremities as she washes dishes while standing, facilitating both
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IADLs: Arranging Flowers While Standing
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While working on standing tolerance, the therapist guides this stroke survivor’s involved hand, and uses both upper extremities to create a flower arrangement.
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Mobility: Ambulating Outdoors
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As she ambulates from her car to the clinic, this stroke survivor illustrates common gait patterns frequently seen in hemiplegia.
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Upper Extremity: Assessment of Motor Control, Part 1
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A stroke survivor, 10 years post stroke, walks into the clinic, sits down and proceeds to describe, in detail, the onset of her stroke and her medical history.
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Upper Extremity: Assessment of Motor Control, Part 2
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The therapist does a quick assessment of sensation and then observes problems in motor control as the stroke survivor attempts to move their involved shoulder, elbow and wrist.
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Upper Extremity: Assessment of Motor Control, Part 3
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It is easy to identify the atypical upper extremity movement patterns demonstrated by this stroke survivor in the outpatient clinic. Structures of the shoulder and scapula can be observed from the front, the side and the back.
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IADLs: Facilitating Hand Function While Making Iced Tea
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During an outpatient treatment session, the therapist encourages use of the involved hand during the task of making iced tea.
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IADLs: Facilitating Hand Function While Wiping the Table
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The therapist encourages functional use of the outpatient’s involved hand as she demonstrates two possibilities for utilizing the involved hand during the task of wiping off the table.
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Mobility: Independent Transfer from Bed to Wheelchair
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A stroke survivor transfers safely and independently from his bed to his wheelchair.
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Self-Care: Shaving
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During ADL tasks such as shaving, the therapist demonstrates how to include a stroke survivor’s involved upper extremity.
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Participation: Expanding Therapy into the Community
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A 47 year-old stroke survivor with expressive aphasia and right hemiplegia learns to use public transportation, navigate the public library and check out videos, all improving his quality of life.
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