CI MES 4 Flashcards
A new patient referred for PT is complaining of inability to reach his back pocket for his wallet, comb his hair or reach above shoulder level. He may have joint contracture affecting which of the following movements?
a. Shoulder extension, adduction, internal rotation
b. Shoulder flexion, abduction, external rotation
c. Shoulder flexion, abduction, internal rotation
d. Shoulder flexion, adduction, internal rotation
b. Shoulder flexion, abduction, external rotation
On gait analysis of a patient with severe peroneal neuropathy, which of the following will probably NOT occur?
a. Decreased step length
b. Increased hip and knee flexion during swing
c. Decreased hip flexion before foot or heel strike
d. Increased step cadence
d. Increased step cadence
b. Increased hip and knee flexion during swing - steppage
c. Decreased hip flexion before foot or heel strike - vaulting
- Burns which are whitish, leathery and has no sensation are burns.
a. Deep partial thickness
b. Superficial partial thickness
c. Full thickness
d. Minor
..c. Full thickness
- The 55-year-old male lower limb amputee is referred on Day 2 post amputation. The program you make for him include the following. Which one will NOT be part of your program yet?
a. Edema control
b. Ambulation
c. Sitting balance and tolerance exercises
d. Range of motion exercises
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- The posterior muscles used in cervicothoracic stabilization include the following, EXCEPT:
a. Levator scapulae
b. Obliquus capitis inferior
c. Rectus capitis posterior major
d. Scalene muscles
d. Scalene muscles
- Most common direction of herniated nucleus pulposus in the lumbar region is
a. Posterolateral c. Central
b. Posterior d. Foraminal
A.Posterolateral
- This level of amputation allows the highest level of functional recovery in the majority of cases of upper limb amputation. What level is this?
a. Long transradial
b. Elbow disarticulation
c. Transhumeral
d. Short transradial
a. Long transradial
- What exercises focus on repetitive task-oriented practice?
a. Rood techniques
b. Bobath techniques
c. Brunnstrom techniques
d. Robot-aided therapeutic exercises
d. Robot-aided therapeutic exercises
- In this type of herniated nucleous pulposus, the patient may or may not have low back pain. What is this type?
a. Posterolateral
b. Foraminal
c. Central
d. Posterior
b. Foraminal
- In cases of pleuritis/pleurisy which is recovering, the following may be done by therapist for the patient. Which may NOT be needed?
a. Trunk bending exercises
b. Chest clapping exercises
c. Deep breathing exercises
d. Thoracic expansion exercises
b. Chest clapping exercises
- In a patient with cervical spondylosis with myelopathy, which of the following may NOT be present?
a. Babinski’s sign
b. Hyperreflexia
c. Weakness in a segmental distribution
d. Weakness at and below the involved levels
Weakness in a segmental distribution
- The 50-year-old male patient sustained a patellar fracture after a motor vehicular accident. What is the precaution after internal fixation surgery of the patella?
a. No range of motion
b. No quads setting
c. Non-weight bearing
d. No straight leg raising
a. No range of motion
- The main causes of delayed union in a fracture are the following EXCEPT:
a. Poor blood supply in the area
b. Presence of infection
c. Use of internal fixation
d. Bone gap is too wide
e. All of the answers are correct
All of the answers are correct
- The 86-year-old female patient with an impacted fracture of the surgical neck of the humerus did not undergo surgery of the fracture. The fracture is managed conservatively with a sling. What may be the most important reason why these fractures need not be operated on?
a. Lack of good alignment does not affect union of the fracture
b. The impaction causes stability of the fracture
c. Early ROM may not be done in a post-operative shoulder
d. Surgery in the elderly may be very high-risk
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b. The impaction causes stability of the fracture
- The 76-year-old female patient sustained a hip fracture after a fall from her bed. Xrays show a femoral neck fracture and is advised surgery to avoid a complication common to this area. What is this complication?
a. Avascular necrosis
b. Malunion
c. Osteomyelitis
d. Delayed union
a. Avascular necrosis
- The 16-year-old patient sustained a supracondylar fracture of the humerus. In the Rehabilitation and care of this patient over the next few weeks, you will need to watch out for several complications of this fracture mainly the following EXCEPT:
a. All of the answers are correct
b. Volkmann’s contracture
c. Myositis ossificans
d. Cubitus valgus
a. All of the answers are correct
- Prevention of neural tube defects such as myelomeningocoele requires intake of this vitamin
a. Ascorbic acid
b. Mecobalamin
c. Folic acid
d. Riboflavin
c. Folic acid /b9
- Palmar and plantar grasp are reflexes first seen at what age?
a. 8-9 mos
b. Birth
c. 2 mos
d. 3 mos
b. Birth
- A male patient complains of anterior knee pain especially on going down the stairs. You note that the ROM is full but with pain at end-range. The patella is noted to have a reduced medial glide. There is also some VMO atrophy and iliotibial band tightness. Which would NOT be included in the exercise program for the patient?
a. VMO squats
b. ITB stretching
c. Gluteal setting
d. Patellar taping
c. Gluteal setting
- The 20-year-old athlete friend of yours has pain on the inside of the knee and he says it hurts when he is doing sideways movements. This may be because of
a. Torn medial collateral ligament
b. Torn medial meniscus
c. Torn anterior cruciate ligament
d. Torn lateral collateral ligament
a. Torn medial collateral ligament