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The cardiac rehabilitation team is conducting education classes for a group of patients. The focus is on high risk factor reduction and successful lifestyle modification. A participant asks the PT to interpret cholesterol findings. Total cholesterol is 220mg/dL, HDL is 24mg/dL, and LDL is 160mg/dL. Analysis of these values reveals:
a. All are abnormally low
b. LDL, HDL are normal, Total Cholesterol should be below 200mg/dL
c. All are abnormally high
d. LDL and Total Cholesterol are abnormally high, HDL is abnormally low
d. LDL and Total Cholesterol are abnormally high, HDL is abnormally low
(2015 A 9.)
Which of the following would be an example of an individual’s right to autonomy being violated?
A. an older woman who refuses surgery
B. an older man coerced to have surgery
C. an infant whose parent elect for surgery
D. an athlete who seeks a second opinion
an older man coerced to have surgery
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Which of the following statements about cardiovascular response to exercise in train and/or sedentary patients is false?
a. If exercise intensities are equal, the sedentary patient’s heart rate will increase faster than the trained patient’s heart rate.
b. Cardiovascular response to increased workload will increase at the same rate for sedentary patients as it will for trained patients.
C. Trained patients will have a larger stroke volume during exercise
d. The sedentary patient will reach anaerobic threshold faster than the trained patient if workloads are equal
b. Cardiovascular response to increased workload will increase at the same rate for sedentary patients as it will for trained patients.
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A 21-year-old female sprains her ankle at a basketball game. You are the medical staff member attending the Game. You notice that swelling is beginning but she insists on continuing to play. Which of the following modalities would not decrease swelling
a. Ice massage
b. Cryopressure
c. Ice towel
d. Evaporative coolants
D. Evaporative coolants
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Which among the following is a cause of (+) trendelenburg sign
A. Knee Pain 2˚ to OA
B. G. Max Weakness
C. Hip Instability
D. Hip Adductor Weakness
C. Hip instability
An elderly patient is being treated for depression following the death of her husband. She is currently taking a tricyclic antidepressant medication (amitriptyline) and has a recent history of fall. The PT suspects the precipitating cause of the fall is the medication because it can cause:
a. Hyper alertness
b. Postural Hypotension
c. Dyspnea
d. Hypertension
B. Postural hypotension
(2015 A 10.)
A physical therapist attempts to strengthen the lumbricals on a patient with a low metatarsal arch. Which exercise would be the most appropriate
A resisted extension of the metatarsophalangeal joint
B resisted flexion fo the metatarsophalangeal joint
C resisted abduction of the metatarsophalangeal joint
D resisted abduction of the metatarsophalangeal joint
B resisted flexion of the metatarsophalangeal joint
A 200
A patient on calcium channel blocker therapy might complain during therapy sessions about all of the following except
a. Lightheadedness and dizziness
b. Muscle pain and joint stiffness
c. Tremors
d. Edema
c. Tremors
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You are an administrator in a facility trying to motivate your clinical staff to improve their performance. You are looking to increase the number of patient visits and utilization of equipment at your facility. Which of the following would be the most appropriate method of improving your staff performance?
a. Keep statistics on the number of patients seen per physical therapist per day
b. Keep daily statistics on the number of modalities the therapist perform on patients.
c. Set short- and long-term goals for the physical therapists regarding the appropriate number of paitnets and modalities per day. Encourage open communication on setting these goals
d. Have daily meetings at which you rank each physical therapist according to who performed the highest number of visits and modalities
c. Set short- and long-term goals for the physical therapists regarding the appropriate number of paitnets and modalities per day. Encourage open communication on setting these goals
vol 1 set 2 C
IgA Can be seen in the following fluids except
Breastmilk
Saliva
Sweat
Amniotic Fluid
Amniotic Fluid
A patient has fixed forefoot varus malalignment. What possible compensatory motion or posture might occur?
A. excessive subtalar pronation
B. ipsilateral pelvic external rotation
C. hallux varus
D. genu recurvatum
excessive subtalar pronation
(2018 C 7)
A patient is postiion in supine with the hips flexed to 90˚ and the knees extended. As the patient slowly lowers her extended leg toward the horizontal, there is an increase in lordosis of the low back. Finding is indicative of weakness of the:
a. Hip flexors
b. Back extensors
c. Hip extensors
d. Abdominals
d. Abdominals
C 101
All of the following may be part of the clinical picture of a child in the first 48 hours after the onset of osteomyelitis EXCEPT
a. Radiographs are positive for signs of infection and avascular necrosis
b. Needle aspiration may or not be produce pus
c. The child does not appear sick and has no fever
D. High fever and refusal to walk
A. Radiographs are positive for signs of infection and avascular necrosis
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A thin sheet of connective tissue with blood vessels and lymphatics is called?
a. Synovial joint
b. Synovial cavity
c. Haversian glands
d. Synovial membrane
d. Synovial membrane
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Most common infection in people with AIDS
a. Gonorrhea
B. E. Coli
c. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
d. Rabies
c. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
A patient presents with weakness and atrophy of the biceps brachii resulting from an open fracture of the humerus. The therapist reads a report of needle EMG of the biceps. What is the anticipated muscle response after the needle is inserted and prior to active contraction?
polyphasic potentials
interference patterns
electrical silence
fibrillation potentials
electrical silence
2018 B 7
A patient reports significant discomfort in the lower leg during ultrasound treatment. The therapist believes the discomfort is caused by periosteal pain from the ultrasound. Which scenario is most likely associated with the patient’s subjective report of discomfort?
a. an ultrasound unit with a high beam nonuniformity ratio
b. An ultrasound unit with a low beam nonuniformity ratio
c. A transducer with a large effective radiating area
d. A transducer with a small effective radiating area
A. An ultrasound unit with a high beam nonuniformity ratio
A physical therapist is treating a patient with balance deficits. During treatment, the physical therapist notes that large-amplitude changes in the center of mass cause the patient to lose balance. The patient, however, can accurately compensate for small changes nearly every time A change is introduced. What muscles most likely need to be strengthened to help alleviate this dysfunction?
a. Tibialis anterior, gastrocnemius
b. Peroneus longus/brevis, tibialis posterior
c. Rectus abdominis, erector spinea
d. iliopsoas, gluteus maximus
D. iliopsoas, gluteus maximus
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You are performing an assessment on a patient with cardiac abnormalities. In listening to the heart sounds, you notice that after the first heart sound, S1 lub, you hear an increased resistance to ventricular filling. This is heard immediately preceding the first heart sound and is associated with increased resistance to ventricular filling. In writing your progress notes, what term would you use to describe this sound?
a. S1 lub
b. S2 dub
c. S3 ventricular gallop
d. S4 atrial gallop
d. S4 atrial gallop
Temporal Classification of stroke in which the infarction laster for more than 24 hours but not more than 3 weeks
a. TIA
b. Stroke in Evolution
c. RIND
d. Completed Stroke
C. RIND
The results of isokinetic dynamometry at 180 degrees per second indicate that a male patient can generate a peak torque of 120 ft.lbs. With the right quadriceps muscle and only 80 ft.lbs. With the right hamstring musculature. What situation is being described?
A. quadriceps torque generation is excessive
B. hamstring torque generation is insufficient
C. both quads and hams torque generation is excessive
D. torque generation is proportionally correct
torque generation is proportionally correct
hamstring/quadriceps torque generation at various speeds in 15 to 45 year old males:
65% at 60˚/sec
69% at 180˚/sec
71% at 300˚/sec
A physical therapist examines several pathological reflexes on a patient with a suspected upper motor neuron disease. Which stimulus would be the most appropriate when assessing Hoffman’s reflex
a. Tapping the nail of the middle finger
b. Stroking the inner thigh
c. Stroking the plantar aspect of the foot
d. Rapidly dorsiflexing the foot
a. Tapping the nail of the middle finger
B 83.
The most common hand deformity following burn injury in children is
a. Hyper-extension of fifth MCP
b. radial deviation
c. Boutonniere deformity
d. Palmar contracture
D. palmar contracture
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Your patient is a 36-years-old male who tore his ACL skiing downhill in the winter. After much consideration the patient and the surgeon decided to take a nonsurgical regabilitation course. What functional level would you expect for this patient as the outcome of the physical therapy treatment?
a. The patient will be able to participate at all activity levels in various sports.
b. The patient will have to avoid further athletic events for a period of three years
C. The patient will be able to participate in light activites or sports with the assitance of bracing
d. The patient will have to avoid all athletic events for one year
C. The will be able to participate in light activites or sports with the assitance of bracing
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IDENTIFICATION: The most common origin of embolus in embolic stroke
Atrial Wall