Deck 11: Information Technology in Rehabilitative Therapies: Computerized Medical Devices, Assistive Technology, and Prosthetic Devices

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Vision replacement therapy

Question 2

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

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

Answer 2

Osseointegration

Question 3

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

Answer 3

All of the above

Question 4

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

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

Question 5

______________ 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 6

__________________ 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 7

_________________ 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

Question 8

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

Question 9

______________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 10

Glasses developed in Finland in 2010 that "recognize" people are called ___________ glasses.

A)automatic
B)focusing
C)smart
D)intelligent

Question 11

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

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

Question 12

_____________ 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 13

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

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

Question 14

A computerized program called _________________ contains diagnostic analyses that keep track of specific tests and tasks performed by the stroke patient.

A)HELEN
B)MARY
C)SIDNEY
D)HARRY

Question 15

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 16

Electronic _________________ help physically challenged people control their environments.

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

Question 17

_______________ 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 18

Head mice and puff straws are assistive ___________ devices.

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

Question 19

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 20

Implants pose certain dangers.Among them are __________.

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

Question 21

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

Question 22

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

Question 23

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

Question 24

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

Question 25

A/An _______________ examines the eye and prescribes glasses.

Question 26

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

Question 27

__________is a therapeutic robot developed in Japan.

Question 28

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

Question 29

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

Question 30

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

Question 31

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.

Question 32

_______________ allow people to control the mouse with their mouths.

Question 33

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

Question 34

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

Question 35

In 2010,researchers in Finland created a pair of _____________.They are attached to a small computer.The computer can "recognize" both people and objects,by looking them up in a database.The information is displayed.