Corr Tech Final

Question 1

According to Stillwagon, his contribution to Thompson’s technique is ____.

(a) posterior c5 move
(b) sacral leg check
(c) double AS and double PI listings
(d) the T2 drop

Answer 1

(c) double AS and PI listings

Question 2

In a typical drop table listings system (like Pierce-Stillwagon), a patient is considered a candidate for chiropractic care and further examination if founded sublimated via ______.

(a) x-ray and thermography
(b) x-ray and motion palpation
(c) derifield leg check and x-ray
(d) thermography and leg checking

Answer 2

(c) derifield leg check and x-ray

Question 3

The diversified formula “body right - spinous left” probably generates an inappropriate clinical inference when _____.

(a) the fixation is on the side of the body rotation
(b) the fixation is on the side of the spinous rotation
(c) the spine goes into a rotatory scoliosis
(d) the convexity is on the side of body rotation

Answer 3

(b) the fixation is on the side of the spinous rotation

Question 4

In the diagram, which is the most appropriate terminology?

Answer 4

Anteriorlisthesis of C4

Question 5

A patient who is hyperextended in the lumbar spine is found to be restricted going into extension. A strict practitioner of the motion palpation technique would want to ____.

Answer 5

Adjust him further into extension.

Question 6

A patient has left lateral curvature, diminished left lateral bending, and hyperkyphosis in the mid-thoracic spine. It would be best to ____.

Answer 6

Adjust the patient prone

Question 7

A patient has a body rotation toward the side of restriction at the C5 level on the right. Which of the following is the most indicated move?

Answer 7

Anterior cervical break

Question 8

Forward flexion malposition of a segment with respect to the one below is probably coupled with ____?

Answer 8

Anterior misalignment

Question 9

Supine pelvis blocking ____ the SI joints where as prone blocking ____ them.

Answer 9

Approximates; distracts

Question 10

A pair of prepadded wedges are inserted under the prone patient, the right upper block under the ischium; the left block under the crest. If this increases tenderness in the right SI joint, the most consistent impression is ____.

Answer 10

(R) AS Ilium

Question 11

Some clinicians believe that a vertebrae must translate posteriorly with respect to the subjacent (caudal) segment when it sublimates. If this were true, which of the following listings would such clinicans have a hard time ____?

Answer 11

Base posterior sacrum

Question 12

When a Thumb Move is traditionaly performed, the joints most affected are likely to be ___?

Answer 12

Between the contacted bone and the segment below

Question 13

The point made in class that a hypermobile joint ____.

Answer 13

could be toward a posteriorly neutral position

Question 14

Harrison validated a clinical protocol for increasing cervical lordosis. He found ____ to probably be the mosti mportant component of the protocol.

Answer 14

extension traction of the neck

Question 15

Spinal manipulation in rotation ____.

Answer 15

has not been shown to be relatively dangerous

Question 17

Stillwagon’s double AS listing most likely refers, in a mechanical sense, to ____

Answer 17

hyperextended lumbosacral area

Question 18

In cases of cervicobrachialgia, there appears to be more risk of exacerbating the patient’s condition ____.

Answer 18

in performing a MRB opposite to the side of arm pain.

Question 19

Which of the following best describes the kinematic effect of the typical diversified set-up for adjusting a lower cervical motor unit?

Answer 19

It places the neck into an unphysiological coupling pattern.

Question 20

The patient has a double AS Ilium subluxation, which of the following orthopedic tests is most likely to be positive?

Answer 20

Kemp’s Test

Question 21

The most appropriate listing for a patient with diminished lateral flexion of C5 to the left is ____.

Answer 21

left lateral flexion restriction [at C5]

Question 22

A patient has spinous process rotation to the right, and is restricted in right lateral flexion at C5. Which of the following is the most indicated move?

Answer 22

Modified Modified Rotary Break (MMRB)

Question 23

The most mechanically efficient way to “close the wedge” in a spinal lateral curvature would proboably be to ____.

Answer 23

Pre-position the patient in lateral flexion opposite of the presenting pattern.