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A patient's history may include all of the following except:

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Manual Muscle Testing (MMT) and gait observation

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Home Exercise Program (HEP) handouts must include all of the following except:

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Patient's address and telephone number

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AAROM exercises can be done using all of the following except:

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Continuous Passive Motion (CPM) device

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All of the following are isotonic exercises except:

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Quadriceps sets

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Ultrasound and diathermy are used in physical therapy for all of the following except:

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to increase muscular strength

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NMES can be used for all of the following except:

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to decrease pain

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All of the following are part of friction massage forms except:

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petrissage

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All of the following physical therapy interventions can be used in osteoporosis except:

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toe- touches and curl- ups

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All of the following are forms of Rotator cuff tendonitis (RCT) except:

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bicipital tendonitis

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Inflammation of the bursa is also called:

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bursitis

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Weight bearing restrictions are necessary in all of the following orthopedic surgeries except:

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Spinal discectomy (laminectomy)

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The Numerical Rating System (NRS) consists of a 10 cm unmarked horizontal line and is used for pain description.

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false

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The traditional gait cycle describes swing phase as approximately 60% of the cycle and stance phase as approximately 40% of the cycle

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false

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PROM exercises can increase a patient's muscular strength.

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false

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AROM exercises can be used to increase a patient's joint range of motion (ROM).

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false

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Push-ups, squats and step-ups are CKC exercises.

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true

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During isometric exercises, the patient must be closely supervised for the potential of Valsalva maneuver.

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true

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Self-stretching exercises can be part of a HEP.

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true

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Ice packs can lower skin temperature faster than cold packs.

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true

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Cold packs and ice massage can be used to produce a "vascular exercise" through vasodilation and vasoconstriction of the blood vessels

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false

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Aquatic therapy is a form of hydrotherapy.

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true

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EMG Biofeedback can be used to increase muscular strength or to decrease muscular spasm and pain.

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true

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TENS units are more powerful for pain relief than IFC

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false

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Effleurage initiates the massage, and is used to move from one area to another and to end the treatment

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true

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Effleurage and vibration are massage forms used for pulmonary physical therapy.

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false

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Prostheses are artificial substitutes for missing body parts used for patients who have had amputations.

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true

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RA, similar to DJD, affects elderly patients 75 years or older.

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false

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JRA can have complete remission by late adolescence in 75% of children affected with the disease.

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true

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Tennis elbow is also called medial epicondylitis.

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false

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Tennis or golfer's elbow strains are always caused by chronic overuse in sports

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false

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All of the following sensations are superficial except:

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Kinesthesia

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Identifying numbers written on a patient's palm assesses:

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Graphesthesia

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All of the following are considered facilitation techniques except:

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Maintained touch

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All of the following are causes of stroke except:

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Arteriosclerosis

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Physical therapy for PD includes all of the following interventions except:

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Gait training with a walker to decrease kyphosis

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Quadriplegia (tetraplegia) can occur between:

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C1 and C8 spinal cord levels

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Cardiovascular signs and symptoms include all of the following except:

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Decreased short-term memory

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All of the following are physical therapy interventions in Phase I of cardiac rehab except:

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Treadmill running at 3.0 mph

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Signs and symptoms of myocardial infarction include:

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all of the above

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COPD interventions include all of the following except:

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isometric exercises

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The stages of death and dying are important for PTs and PTAs to understand in order to be sensitive to the patient's needs at any point in time.

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true

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Flaccidity and spasticity are neurological events when the muscular tone is abnormally increased.

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false

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TIA is a brief warning episode of dysfunction and a precursor to a major stroke.

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true

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Patients with a right side of the brain stroke (Right CVA) have different characteristics than patients with a left side of the brain stroke (Left CVA).

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true

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A TBI can cause an altered state of consciousness and decreased cognitive abilities.

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true

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Brown-Sequard syndrome can be similar to Guillain-Barre syndrome.

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false

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Bell's Palsy affects the cranial nerve 7, which is also called the facial nerve.

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true

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Secretion removal techniques in physical therapy include only postural drainage and airway clearance interventions.

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false

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Myocardial infarction is also called a heart attack.

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true

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The two large types of pneumonia are bacterial and aspiration pneumonia.

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true

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A screening test for newborns, which evaluates the infant's heart rate, respiration, muscle tone, and response to stimuli and color, is administered at five and ten minutes after birth and is called:

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APGAR

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Developmental milestones for a four-to-five month old infant include all of the following except

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Lifts head in supine position

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Physical therapy interventions for hypertonic CP use all of the following except:

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Supporting all limbs by using orthotics to prevent injury and hyperextension of elbows/knees

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Trisomy 21 is also called:

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down syndrome

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In geriatric physical therapy, gait training must consider:

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all of the above

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The most common orthopedic condition of elderly adults in the U.S. is:

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hip fracture

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All of the following are indicative of wound healing except:

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Bright yellow, thicker watery-like drainage

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Autograft is a graft transferred from:

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patient's own body

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The pediatric team includes, in addition to the rehabilitation team, the pediatric patient's family, psychologists, special educators, and teachers

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true

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A prone stander can stimulate the child to hold up the head and trunk and to stand upright.

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true

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Children born with Down syndrome should avoid activities such as tumbling or headstands that can dislocate the atlanto-axial joint.

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true

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An important physical therapy intervention for Duchene Muscular Dystrophy is stretching the patient's heelcords, TFL, hamstrings, and hip flexors.

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true

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Scoliosis curvatures of more than 40 degrees need the Milwaukee orthosis and functional electrical stimulation (FES) to the muscles on the convex side of the curve.

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false

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Myelomeningocele is the worst classification of spina bifida cystica.

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true

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Geriatric physical therapy intervention goals are geared toward the patient as a whole individual and his/her function in the environment.

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true

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In geriatric physical therapy, environmental assessment is done only for the patient's home.

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true

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In integumentary physical therapy, skin disorders are treated the same as wounds and burns.

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false

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The Rule of Nines estimates the percentage of body surface areas that has been burned.

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true

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The Rule of Nines divides the body into 11 parts of 9% each, with the perineum having 1%, for a total of 100% of the body's surface.

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true

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As per the APTA, the PTA cannot use sharp and surgical instruments such as scalpels, forceps, and scissors for wound debridement.

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true

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