Name: Ma. Eliza B.

Samontina

I. Identification

1. It is a person’s manner of walking

Ans. Gait

2. Are a type of Walking Aids that serve to increase the size of an individual’s base of support.

Ans. Crutches

3. The gait a person assumes on crutches by alternating body weight on one or both legs and the
crutches.

Ans. Crutch gait

4. Assisting patient to walk using crutches while providing support and as a convenient method of
getting one place to another.

Ans. Crutch walking

5. It transfers weight from the legs to the upper body and is often used by people who cannot use their
legs to support their weight

Ans. Crutches

II. Enumeration.

Types of Crutches

6. Underarm crutches

7. forearm crutches

8. Gutter crutches

Gait Pattern with Crutches

9. Two-point gait

10. Three-point gait

11. Four-point gait

12. Two-point swing through gait

13. two-point swing to gait

Purpose of Crutchwalking

14. Improves balance and lateral stability

15. facilities mobility and activity for client

III. Multiple Choice

16. Your patient is prescribed to use crutches for ambulation. The patient can bear partial weight and
needs to be taught how to use the two-point gait while using crutches. Which description below best
describes this type of gait with crutches?

A. The patient moves both crutches forward and then moves both legs forward to the same point as the
crutches.

B. The patient moves the right crutch (injured side), then moves the left foot (non-injured side), then
moves the left crutch (non-injured side), and then moves the right foot (injured side).

C. The patient moves both the right crutch (injured side) and left foot (non-injured side) forward
together and then moves the left crutch (non-injured side) and right foot (injured side) forward
together.
D. The patient moves both crutches and injured leg forward together, and then moves the non-injured
leg forward.

17. While your patient is ambulating with crutches he moves both crutches forward along with the
injured leg and then moves the non-injured forward. When you document you will note that the patient
used what type of gait while ambulating with crutches?

A. Two-point gait

B. Three-point gait

C. Four-point gait

D. Swing-to-gait

18. While using crutches the patient moves both crutches forward and then moves both legs forward
past the placement of the crutches. This is known as the:

A. Two-point gait

B. Swing-to-gait

C. Swing-through-gait

D. Three-point gait

19. While going down the stairs with crutches the patient will move the crutches down onto the step
followed by?

A. moving the non-injured leg down onto the step.

B. moving the injured leg down onto the step.

C. moving both legs down onto the step.

D. moving both crutches and legs together

20.  Your patient attempts to sit down in the bedside chair after ambulating in the hallway with crutches.
What finding requires you to re-educate the patient on how to sit down in the chair correctly while using
crutches?

A. The patient places both crutches on the non-injured side before sitting down in the chair.

B. The patient backs up to the chair’s seat until he feels it with his non-injured leg and stops.

C. The patient keeps the injured leg extended out in front of him while sitting down.

D. The patient holds both crutches on one side and reaches for the handgrips on the crutches and places
weight on them while sitting down.