Deck 9: Information Technology in Rehabilitative Therapies: Computerized Medical Devices, Assistive Technology, and Prosthetic Devices

Question 1

________ is a "computer-based system [which] gives physical therapists real-time, objective measures of the motion of each joint in the patient's body."

A) Measuring monitor
B) Step monitor
C) Walking monitor
D) Motion monitor

Answer 1

Motion monitor

Question 2

Assistive or ________ technology allows some people with disabilities to work and/or live independently.

A) helpful
B) adaptive
C) aiding
D) None of the above

Answer 2

adaptive

Question 3

A/An ________ communication device is any device that helps a person communicate.

A) augmentative
B) diminutive
C) impaired
D) None of the above

Answer 3

augmentative

Question 4

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York used a technique called ________ to look at the body's response to an implant at the cellular level.

A) microcell
B) neuropacing
C) microdialysis
D) None of the above

Question 5

________ is a technology that allows the integration of living bone with titanium implants.

A) Bone integration
B) Bone cloning
C) Osseocloning
D) Osseointegration

Question 6

Electronic ________ help physically challenged people control their environments.

A) computer
B) warming
C) aids to daily living
D) None of the above

Question 7

________ is technology that involves delivering low-level electrical stimulation to muscles.

A) FES
B) SFE
C) CES
D) ABC

Question 8

Implants pose certain dangers. Among them are ________.

A) infection
B) rejection
C) blood clots
D) All of the above

Question 9

In 2016, the FDA approved a ________ (CGM) for diabetics.

A) compact glucose monitor
B) continuous glucose monitor
C) connected glucose monitor
D) none of the above

Question 10

The ________ wheelchair stands up on its back wheels if the user needs to climb stairs and raises the seat to allow reaching.

A) standing
B) reaching
C) HuBot
D) iBOT

Question 11

________ devices are attempts to replace natural body parts or organs with artificial devices.

A) Replacement
B) Prosthetic
C) Artificial
D) None of the above

Question 12

The ________ prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities and requires that businesses with more than 15 employees provide "reasonable accommodation" to allow the disabled to perform their jobs.

A) Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
B) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
C) Welfare Reform Act
D) All of the above

Question 13

________ is a therapeutic robot developed in Japan. It looks and feels like a little furry seal.

A) CELIA
B) PARO
C) HELEN
D) None of the above

Question 14

________ is a bionic device that helps paraplegics walk. It is wearable and artificially intelligent.

A) eLegs exoskeleton
B) Skelelegs
C) Parawalk
D) None of the above

Question 15

In 2017, ________ (a brain implant) was enabling some people who were paralyzed to type by thinking and others to move their arms.

A) BrainGate
B) iMove
C) ThoughtGate
D) none of the above

Question 16

________ uses sensors that detect hand and finger movement and sends signals to the computer. The computer associates the hand movements with a particular word. It can then translate the sign language into text and speech.

A) Speech glove
B) Acceleglove
C) Translate glove
D) Talking glove

Question 17

The adult brain can retrain itself. ________ retrains the brain of some people who have lost their vision due to stroke.

A) Vision training therapy
B) Vision replacement therapy
C) Sight replacement therapy
D) None of the above

Question 18

Head mice and puff straws are assistive ________ devices.

A) output
B) input
C) processing
D) memory

Question 19

Computerized devices are used in optometry to ________.

A) detect glaucoma
B) make cataract surgery more precise
C) detect retinal tears
D) All of the above

Question 20

________ is a field that helps treat disorders of the central nervous system including chronic pain.

A) Natural modulation
B) Neuromodulation
C) Neuropain
D) None of the above

Question 21

A/An ________ is any device that helps a person communicate.

Question 22

________ allow people to control the mouse with their mouths.

Question 23

Adaptive input devices include the ________, which moves the cursor according to the user's head motions.

Question 24

The ________ wheelchair stands up on its back wheels if the user needs to climb stairs and raises the seat to allow reaching.

Question 25

________ to daily living help physically challenged people control their environments.

Question 26

________ is a therapeutic robot developed in Japan.

Question 27

Assistive or ________ technology allows some people with disabilities to work and/or live independently.

Question 28

________ is technology that involves delivering low-level electrical stimulation to muscles.

Question 29

A/An ________ is a doctor who treats eye diseases.

Question 30

In 2015, researchers at Stanford University succeeded in developing artificial ________ of two-ply plastic that can sense pressure, using nanotubes.

Question 31

In hospitals and medical offices, ________ with embedded microprocessors are more accurate than their predecessors.

Question 32

A/An ________ examines the eye and prescribes glasses.

Question 33

________ (replacement limbs and organs) that contain motors and respond to electrical signals existed prior to computers.

Question 34

A lower leg prosthesis is called the ________. It includes a prosthetic knee and shin system controlled by a microprocessor.

Question 35

Electronic stimulation is also being used to relieve chronic ________. Electronic devices are implanted and send low levels of electrical energy to nerves. This does not allow the pain signals to reach the brain.