A Get Up and Go Test Involves Having the Patient

question 10

Multiple Choice

A Get Up and Go Test involves having the patient rise from a chair, walk 20 feet, turn, and walk back to the examiner. This should be completed within ______ seconds.

• A) 10
• B) 15
• C) 20
• D) 25

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Definitions:

Photograph

A picture made using a camera, where light is captured and recorded on a light-sensitive surface.

Sensory Memory

The shortest-term element of memory, it is the ability to retain impressions of sensory information after the original stimuli have ended, acting as a buffer for stimuli received through the senses.

Proactive Interference

Memory problem that occurs when older information prevents or interferes with the learning or retrieval of newer information.

Recall

Type of memory retrieval in which the information to be retrieved must be “pulled” from memory with very few external cues.