DAY 6 Flashcards
The following are short term goals in clients with rheumatism EXCEPT
a.Provide assistive devices for safety.
b. Decrease inflammation
c. Maximize endurance to ADL and functional activities.
d. Maintain strength and endurance to activity
d. Maintain strength and endurance to activity
A patient with rheumatoid arthritis and currently exhibiting acute symptoms in wrist will benefit from grade I or II mobilization technique because it
a. Reduce preexisting deformity
b. Retards synovitis and the progression of the disease process, albeit only temporary.
c. Increases the range of motion by stretching restrictions
d.Temporarily relieves pain, thereby allowing freer motion of the wrist.
d.Temporarily relieves pain, thereby allowing freer motion of the wrist.
The following treatments are appropriate for a patient with a history of rheumatoid arthritis diagnosed with acute
glenohumeral joint pain, EXCEPT:
a. Grade III and IV mobilization
b. Gentle joint oscillation techniques of small amplitude
c. Periodic immobilization in a sling
d. Passive range of motion in a pain free range
a. Grade III and IV mobilization
A patient with rheumatoid arthritis and currently exhibiting acute symptoms in wrist will benefit from grade I or II
mobilization technique because it
a. Reduce preexisting deformity
b.Retards synovitis and the progression of the disease process, albeit only temporary
c.Increases the range of motion by stretching restrictions
d. Temporarily relieves pain, thereby allowing freer motion of the wrist.
d. Temporarily relieves pain, thereby allowing freer motion of the wrist.
Factors contributing to neuropathic plantar ulceration in patients with diabetes include the following, EXCEPT:
a. Limited mobility of the great toe metatarsophalangeal joint
b. Increased plantar sensation
c. Foot deformities
d. Limited mobility of the subtalar joint
e. Limited mobility of the talocrural joint
b. Increased plantar sensation
The following conditions are contraindications to aquatic therapy EXCEPT
a. Raynaud’s disease
b. Fever
c. Infectious disease
d. UTI
a. Raynaud’s disease
While performing ROM, your patient with dermatomyositis complains daily about pain. For BEST long term positive result,
the PT’s strategy should be
a. discontinue exercise and use only positioning splint
b. do ROM to the maximum limits possible
c. continue to stretch slightly past the point of pain
d. stop exercise as soon as patient complains of pain
d. stop exercise as soon as patient complains of pain
Joint stiffness, a common complain of RA and OA patients has these physical components.
a. inertia, viscocity, friction, plasticity, elasticity
b. elongation, viscocity, friction, plasticity, inertia
c. texture, inertia, viscocity, plasticity, elasticity
d. friction, elongation, texture, viscocity, elasticity
a. inertia, viscocity, friction, plasticity, elasticity
______________ is issued to a PT who passes the board examination, after approval of his ratings and payment of
required fees.
a. Diploma from the Board Examiners
b. Certificate of Recognition for passing the Board Examinations
c. Certificate of Completion
d. Certificate of Registration
d. Certificate of Registration
For a research study to be ethical, which of the following should take place FIRST?
a. patient should be informed that he has the right to terminate the experiment at any time
b. end results of the experiment should be explained to the patient
c. have patient sign the informed consent document
d. patient should be debriefed following the experiment
c. have patient sign the informed consent document
A PT is designing an exercise program for a patient with ankylosing spondylitis. Which of these strategies should NOT be considered?
a. Rigid progressive resistive exercise using weights
b. Relaxation activities including breathing strategies
c. Flexibility exercise for the trunk
d. Aerobic capacity/endurance, conditioning or reconditioning like an aquatic program
a. Rigid progressive resistive exercise using weights
