Table 1. Physical Therapy Examination Procedures.

Component	Assessment strategy
Cognitive Status	Ability to follow these commands: “open/close your eyes” “look at me” “open your mouth and stick out your tongue “nod your head” “raise your eyebrows when I have counted to 5”
Range of motion (ROM)	Passive and Active ROM23
Strength	MMT using the method of Daniels and Worthingham24 for the following motions: Shoulder flexion and abduction Elbow and wrist flexion/extension Hip Flexion/extension/abduction Knee flexion/extension Ankle dorsiflexion/plantarflexion
Functional Status	Bed mobility and transfers level assistance required to complete the task, safety, and other criteria for these tasks from the Functional Independence Measure Gait distance and assistive device required were recorded.
Sitting Balance	Sitting at edge of bed with LE supported: assistance and time. For dynamic sitting, Ability to reach with UE within and then outside base of support. Able, unable
Standing Balance	Assistance required to achieve and maintain standing with UE support in a static Ability to perform unilateral stance, tandem stance

ROM= range of motion, MMT= manual muscle test, FIM= functional index measure, LE= lower extremity, UE= Upper extremity