Question

1. The patient is able to walk 60ft and requires the assistance of 1 helper. Level_______

Answer 1

LEVEL - 3

The functional independence measures is categorized as a) NO HELPER and b) HELPER with modified and complete dependence.

The 7 categories for locomotory functional independence measure includes:

a) 0 - Activity does not occur. The patient is completely depended on more than one assistance for help.

b) 1 - Total assistance ( patient performs less than  25% of activities or walk to 50 feet or for 15 minutes. They are also completely depended on the assistance and also need more than one person to assist.

c) 2 - Maximum assistance. The patient only performs 25 - 49% of activities or 50 feet or for 15minutes. They are also completely depended on the helpers

d) 3 - Moderate assistance. The patient performs to about 50 - 74% of activities or walks to about 50 m to 150 feets.

e) 4 - Minimum assistance. The patient does 75% of activities or walks to about 150 feet or for 50 minutes.

f) 5 - only supervision is needed. The patient can performs the activities moderately.

g) 6 - Modified independence. The patient requires a device to walk but no need of any physical assistance

i) 7 - Completely independent. They can perform all the activities without any device or assistance.

In this case, the patient is on level 3 because patient can able to perform moderate activities and only one helper is needed to perform the patient tasks. They are mainly used by physical therapists and other healthcare professionals to measure the overall independence while performing a specific functional tasks. These measures are used to find out a valid and reliable outcomes and based on that the burden of the care reduced to perform the tasks.