The advantage of an occupation-based assessment over a functional motion assessment is that the occupation-based assessment affords the therapist the opportunity to do which of the following?
A. Observe movement patterns.
B. Observe compensatory motions.
C. Observe the effect of added resistance unto body structures.
D. Observe muscle strength and muscle imbalance.
ANS: C
The functional motion assessment has the client simulating the movement pattern involved in ADL and IADL activities, such as reaching overhead as if to get a plate from a cabinet. The oc-cupation-based assessment has the client actually placing or retrieving a plate from an overhead cabinet, thus requiring that the client deal with the weight, shape, and texture of the plate.
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