Profession of PT
seven characteristics that define and describe professionalism in physical therapy: accountability, altruism, compassion and caring, integrity, professional duty, and social responsibility
What are core values?
When was the ADA signed into law?
July 26th, 1990
muscle contraction that produces or controls joint motion, resulting in muscle lengthening (extending elbow)
What is Isotonic eccentric resisted exercise?
What does FAST stand for?
F - face drooping
A - arm weakness
S - speech difficulty
T - Time to call 911
Readout produced by placing electrodes on the anterior chest wall to record deploarization or contraction of the heart muscle; assesses the heart's rate and rhythm
What is an ECG?
foundation established in 1938 in response to repeated polio epidemics; established to provide research, education, and patient services; provided susbstantial support for the profession and practice of physical therapy
What is the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (The Foundation)?
What is the term for action requiring significant difficulty or expense taking into consideration direct and net cost of accomodations, the facitilies financial resources, number of persons employed and impact of operations.
What is Undue Hardship?
uses preswim stroke instruction and musculoskeletal rehabilitation
What is Halliwick method?
technique in which radiopaque material is injected into the blood vessels to to better visualize and identify such as blockage of blood vessels, aneurysms, and vascular malformations
What is angiography?
Noninvasive method of determining how the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems respond to controlled increases in activity; most frequently use to diagnose or assess suspected or established cardiovascular disease
What is exercise stress testing?
First national organization representing "physical therapeutics" Established in 1921 to maintain high standards and provide a mechanism to share information
What is American Woman's Physical Therapeutic Association?
What is managed care type of organization; contracts with selected doctors, hosptials and pharmacies to create a network of participating providers. You pay less if you use providers that belong to the plan's network.
What is preferred provider organization?
The ability to move a limb segment through a specific ROM
What is flexibility?
Neurologic technique based on the natural sequence of recovery after a stroke
What is the Bruunstorm approach?
the ability to of neurons in the brain to compensate for injury or disease
What is neuroplasticity?
Organization responsible for maintaining high standards and educational programs for physiotherapists; precursor to APTA
What is the APA?
PTA shall act i nthe best interest of patientsclients over the interests of the PTA
movement at one joint affects movement at other joints (ex. a two legged squat)
What is Closed kinetic chain exercise?
hypertoni vs hypotonia
high muscle tone/low muscle tone
spinal cord damage and resultant loss of sensory or motor function affecting the lower leg trunk and legs
What is paraplegia?
a statement adopted by the American Physical Therapy Association House of Delegates in 2000 that establishes expectations for the practice of physical therapy in the year 2020; it addresses six components: autonomous practice, direct access, practitioner of choice, doctor of physical therapy, evidence-based practice, and prefossionalism
What is vision 2020?
Physical therpaist assistnat shall achieve and mainatian clinical competence
What is standard of conduct 6A?
technique used when a patient's dysfunction is the result of joint stiffness or hypomobility (loss of motion); applies to joint-specific passive movements, either oscillatory (rapid, repeated movements) or sustained
What is joint mobilization?
lower trunk and legs paralysis.
What is paraplegia?
technique used to enhance movement and motor control, emphasizing proprioceptive (joint and position sense) stimuli but also using tactile, visual, and auditory stimuli
What is PNF?