Muscle and Anatomy
This large muscle in the front of your thigh helps you straighten your knee.
What is the quadriceps?
OTs help people with dressing, bathing, feeding & other ADLs, short for?
What is Activities of Daily Living?
This 1997 movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet takes place on a doomed ship.
What is Titanic?
This type of therapy helps patients recover strength, mobility, and function after injury or surgery.
What is physical therapy?
A structed plan designed by a PT to help a patient meet recovery goals
What is a treatment plan/plan of care?
The shoulder joint connects the humerus to this part of the body.
What is the scapula (shoulder blade)?
OTs are expert makers & utilizers of these rigid supports used to immobilize or brace a limb
What are splints?
This black and white bear eats bamboo almost exclusively.
What is a panda?
A therapy that uses water resistance to help improve movement and reduce pain.
What is aquatic therapy?
After surgery, a therapist may teach a patient to safely move from sitting to standing to improve independence in daily activities.
What is transfer training?
This plane divides the body into left and right halves.
What is the sagittal plane?
Nearly 1/3 of OTs work with children, often on the kids' cacography, bad this skill
What is Handwriting?
What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
This therapy uses electrical currents to help reduce pain and improve muscle activation.
What is electrical stimulation (e-stim)?
The process of gradually returning an athlete to sport ater an injury
What is rehabilitation? (or return to play protocol)
The term for movement that decreases the angle between two body parts.
What is flexion?
What does COTA stand for?
What is Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant?
What is a term for a period of 100 years?
What is a century?
This type of therapy uses controlled pressure applied by a therapist’s hands to break up scar tissue and improve circulation.
What is myofascial release?
PTs often use this measure to track how far a joint can move
What is range of motion?
The muscle commonly called the “calf muscle.”
What is the gastrocnemius?
Thanks to OT, Aron Ralston had his survival story told in this 2010 James Franco Film
What is 127 Hours?
This band from Liverpool became one of the most famous music groups in history
Who are The Beatles?
This type of therapy focuses on improving balance, coordination, and walking.
What is gait and balance training?
This aconym refers to rest, ice, compression, and elevation
What is RICE?