Lesson 5 Quiz: Grip, Upper Body Strength and Eye_Hand Coordination

Chicago school districts have reported a 20% rise in the need for occupational therapy interventions over a three year period due to a concern over *

Reduced ability for self-care tasks

A lack of physical readiness for school

Poor core strength

Visual integration challenges

Therapists believe the rise in the need for physical therapy stems from *

Less free play time

Too much keyboard activity

Bouncy seats

The Back to Sleep Campaign

Some parents have traded ____________________ for a “sterile, educational tablet.” *

The messiness of playdough

Outdoor experiences

Tutoring

Riding a bike

Kids can ______________ but can’t use ___________. *

Clap; a crayon

Swipe an iPad; scissors

Use a mouse; a zipper

Tap a screen; a keyboard

Kids are showing up for school unable to hold a marker while also _____________ *

Making a circle shape

Listening

Counting

Holding the paper still to color

When working on a vertical surface, the hand gains strength because it is working _________ and __________. *

The shoulder; causing the arm to move more

Hand; using a heavier writing utensil

Core; building upright, strong posture

The vestibular system; causing the eyes to move more

A vertical surface encourages reaching across all spaces which causes a child to ___________ *

Build hand strength

Build upper body strength

Practice body awareness

Cross the midline

The human hand has ______ muscles *

10

27

30

42

The human hand has _________ bones *

10

27

30

42

Match these *

Power grip

Fingers wrap around the palm

Precision grip

Used for delicate movements

Touch receptors recognize (check all that apply) *

Movement

Vibration

Texture

Precision

Power

Pressure

Dexterity

Temperature

There are how many touch receptors in the hand? *

27

30

17,000

25 million

Fingers of both hands flex and extend how many times in a lifetime? *

17,000

30,000

25 million

50 million

Grip strength in kids has been found to be an indicator of long term health, particularly *

Alzheimers

Parkinsons

Arthritis

Diabetes and cardiovascular disease

Writing activates ___________ with ___________ by leaning into the functional mechanics of writing and the manipulation of language. *

The logical left brain; the emotional right brain

The corpus callosum; creative thinking

Visual awareness; body awareness

Directional awareness; the corpus callosum

Signs of weak grip include: (Check all that apply) *

Writing horizontally on a page

Switch between right and left hand to write

Challenged with opening containers

Breaking pencil lead frequently while writing

Using two hands for scissoring

Wobbling while bear crawling

Difficulty maintaining plank pose

Challenged with snapping buttons

Grip is strengthened with the following (check all that apply) *

Crawling

Ripping open a snack package

Spinning

Hanging upside down

Clapping

Climbing

Upper body muscles help with *

Jumping

Strong posture

Sliding

Squatting

The shoulder girdle consists of (check all that apply) *

Vertebrae

Collar bone

Spinal cord

Shoulder blade

Rhomboids

Trapezius

Obliques

Pectorals

Forearm

The concept of “proximal stability for distal mobility” could apple to which of the following: (check all that apply) *

A sailboat

Shoulder girdle

Core

Jumping

Hip joint

A door’s hinge

Clues to weak upper body strength (check all that apply) *

Poor proprioceptive development

Using the whole arm to write

Shrugging while working on a fine motor task

Poor core strength

Inability to cross the midline

We build upper body strength (check all that apply) *

Sliding

Crawling

Using a scooter board

Climbing

Working on a vertical surface

Spinning

Carrying heavy items

Wiping counters

In tummy time

Shaking a rattle

Somersaulting

Cartwheeling

In mountain pose

In bridge pose

Eye-hand coordination is the same as *

Visual motor integration

Building depth perception

Putting pressure in the hands in plank pose

Putting just enough pressure on a pencil to write effectively

Eye-hand coordination deficits usually appear *

In the toddler years

In preschool

In elementary school

In middle school

Writing requires using vision to guide the hand within the confines of *

Depth and perception

Strength and pressure

The coloring book

Line and space

Poor eye-hand coordination is demonstrated by (check all that apply) *

Difficulty copying shapes

Inability to sit still

Inability to grip the edge of a parachute

Challenges holding the body still in downward facing dog

Disjointed handwriting

A great deal of effort to write

Eye-hand deficits are usually a communication problem between *

Proprioceptive system and auditory system

Vestibular system and the core

The visual system and the motor system

The hands and the upper body

Building eye-hand coordination comes primarily with *

Core strength

Yoga

Strong posture

Practice

The _________ and __________ the ball, the easier it is to catch *

Bigger; softer

Smaller; harder

Bigger; harder

Smaller; softer

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Lesson 5 Quiz: Grip, Upper Body Strength and Eye_Hand Coordination