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Frage 1 von 45

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Which of the following is not typically used in Evidence-based practice (EBP)?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • What your coworkers do

  • Patient goals and values

  • Clinical expertise

  • Best current research evidence

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Frage 2 von 45

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The use of EBP in clinical decision-making skills benefits whom?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The profession

  • The clinician

  • All of the above

  • The patient

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Frage 3 von 45

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Which of the following is the first step in implementing EBP?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Applying the data

  • Appraising the data

  • Acquiring data

  • Asking a clinical question

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Frage 4 von 45

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Which of the following research designs has at least two groups, with one of them being a control group?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Nonexperimental

  • Quasi-experimental

  • Experimental

  • Case study

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Frage 5 von 45

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Which of the following terms is defined as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience”?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Inflammation

  • Anesthesia

  • Pain

  • Analgesia

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Frage 6 von 45

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Pain, heat, erythema, edema, and loss of function are signs of which of the following?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Ischemia

  • Wound healing

  • Chronic pain

  • Inflammation

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Frage 7 von 45

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Chronic pain is pain that lasts longer than which of the following?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • 4 months

  • 3 months

  • 2 months

  • 1 month

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Frage 8 von 45

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Which of the following best describes the two main categories that an analgesic drug may fall into?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Toxic and non-toxic

  • Aspirin and NSAIDs

  • Narcotics and non-narcotics

  • Legal and illegal

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Frage 9 von 45

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Melzack and Wall proposed the gate control theory of pain perception. Which of the following is a psychological factor that they feel may influence pain response and perception?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Age

  • Gender

  • Past experience

  • Culture

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Frage 10 von 45

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Skin types with the greatest amounts of melanin will appear________ relative to those skin types with a lower amount of melanin present.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Tougher and scarred

  • Softer and more pliable

  • Darker

  • Lighter

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Frage 11 von 45

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The presence of a scar in the treatment area that is about to be treated with a thermal agent is only a factor if:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The scar is unremarkable

  • The scar tissue lacks sensation and vascularization

  • The scar is immature and not well vascularized

  • The scar is mature and well vascularized

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Frage 12 von 45

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Blanching is another term used to describe which of the following normal phenomenon?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • An indication that excessive heat or cold has been applied

  • Capillary refill after pressure to the area is released

  • The appearance of fair-skinned individuals after exposure to heat

  • The response of arterioles to pressure

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Frage 13 von 45

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The patient that you are working with this afternoon has a palpable difference in skin temperature between the involved and uninvolved sides, with the involved side noticeably warmer than the uninvolved side. What could this potentially indicate if that area on that side also had an erythema?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • That heat would potentially be indicated for this patient

  • That the involved side is actively inflamed

  • That one side has an active process taking place

  • Nothing in particular; you do not have enough information

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Frage 14 von 45

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A patient whom another clinician worked with yesterday is on your schedule for today. You were informed that the patient was involved in a motor vehicle accident (MVA) and that an attorney has been engaged to attempt to gain a large sum of money for the patient in a court case. Which of the following pain scales would be the most objective for you to use to attempt to gather data regarding the patient’s progress?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Visual analog scale

  • Numeric pain-rating scale

  • The McGill-Melzack Pain Questionnaire

  • All of the above are objective and equally reliable as long as they are administered correctly

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Frage 15 von 45

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Which of the following statements most accurately describes the response of muscles that have been subjected to a soft tissue injury whereby they temporarily protect the area and limit range of motion (ROM)?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Muscle guarding

  • Muscle spasm

  • Strain

  • Sprain

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Frage 16 von 45

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One of the patients whom you were working with last week was initially evaluated via
volumeter for the presence of edema in her nondominant left hand. Today is her fourth session and you have been asked to reassess the presence of edema. Which of the following scenarios is most likely and why?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • You use a volumeter again and determine that the volume displaced today is less than it was on the first visit. She has improved.

  • You use a tape measure today to reassess her edema because it is negligible. She appears to have improved.

  • You use a volumeter again and compare left with right and there is no difference between the two hands. She has not improved.

  • You determine that you will not have enough time for edema assessment today but base her improvement status on function rather than on anything else. She can now make a fist, so she is functional.

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Frage 17 von 45

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Elevating the tissue temperature results in an increase in blood flow to the area, attributable in part to the vasodilatory response in surface blood vessels. What mechanism normally prevents excessive heat accumulation?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The increased blood flow removes heat from the area, and blood that is relatively warmer from the circulatory system flows into the area

  • The increased blood flow moves heat into the area, and blood that is relatively warmer from the circulatory system flows into the area

  • The increased blood flow removes heat from the area, and blood that is relatively cooler from the circulatory system flows into the area

  • The decreased blood flow removes heat from the area, and blood that is relatively cooler from the circulatory system flows into the area

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Frage 18 von 45

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Hydrocollator packs, or hot packs, are one of the most commonly applied forms of superficial moist heat in the clinical environment. After a 20-minute application of a hot pack on a patient, how long will it take for the pack to reach the temperature of the water in the storage unit?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • 5–10 minutes

  • 60 minutes

  • 30–40 minutes

  • 20–30 minutes

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Frage 19 von 45

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Muscle guarding is a protective mechanism to protect against potential pain and further injury or pain associated with joint movement. Heat application to relieve muscle guarding accomplishes all but which of the following?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Reduction of pain

  • Increase in ROM

  • Muscle relaxation

  • Increase in pain perception

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Frage 20 von 45

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A 30-year-old secretary has been evaluated by the physical therapist following a motor vehicle accident. The PTA used ultrasound to treat the pain and muscle guarding after palpating a small nodule in the upper trapezius. During the treatment, the patient complained of burning sensation under the transducer. What most likely caused the burning sensation?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • b. Too low of an intensity was used during treatment

  • c. Too high of a frequency was used during treatment

  • a and b

  • a. The BNR of the transducer was too high

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Frage 21 von 45

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Every ultrasound transducer is tested in a lab to determine the quality of the energy as it leaves the head. The surface area of the transducer that is producing acoustical energy 5 mm from the surface of the transducer is referred to as

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Acoustical streaming

  • Effective radiating area

  • Unstable cavitation

  • Beam nonuniformity ratio

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Frage 22 von 45

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Ultrasound primarily affects which of the following structures:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The hyaline cartilage in synovial joints

  • The cell membrane

  • The tendons

  • The arterioles

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Frage 23 von 45

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There is a relationship between the power of ultrasound and the intensity of ultrasound. Which of the following statements is most accurate?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The power of ultrasound is a measure of the intensity of the acoustical energy delivered to each square centimeter of the transducer

  • The power of ultrasound is a measure of the electrical energy delivered to each square centimeter of the transducer

  • The intensity of ultrasound is a measure of the electrical energy delivered to each square centimeter of the transducer

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Frage 24 von 45

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The relative “weightlessness” that occurs when a body is immersed in water is owing to which of the following?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Viscosity

  • Specific gravity

  • Hydrostatic pressure

  • Buoyancy

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Frage 25 von 45

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Which of the following temperatures is considered therapeutic warmth?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • 110°F

  • 100°F

  • 94°F

  • 92°F

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Frage 26 von 45

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Which of the following best describes the type of wound débridement provided by whirlpool hydrotherapy?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Sharp débridement

  • Enzymatic débridement

  • Nonselective débridement

  • Selective débridement

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Frage 27 von 45

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Which of the following is a property of water?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Circulatory stimulation

  • Specific heat

  • Hydration

  • Cleansing

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Frage 28 von 45

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Your 15-year-old patient sprained her ankle while wearing flip-flops and is coming to you for care in the outpatient clinic where you work. Her ankle is painful and swollen and has a small abrasion on the lateral malleolus from scraping against the concrete. The patient’s mother sprained her ankle 20 years ago and remembered receiving whirlpool therapy for her sprained ankle. She is curious to know why whirlpool is not being done for her daughter. Which of the following best explains the reason?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The warmth of the whirlpool and the dependent position of the lower extremity may increase edema and pain

  • It takes too long to prepare and clean up the whirlpool

  • Her wound is too small for the whirlpool

  • It is not on the doctor’s prescription

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Frage 29 von 45

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Which of the following best defines the term “traction”?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • It is the same as friction

  • A piece of physical therapy equipment

  • A force that draws apart or pulls apart joint surfaces

  • The separation of joint surfaces

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Frage 30 von 45

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Which of the following is not a general treatment goal of traction?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Reduction of range of motion

  • Reduction of pain

  • Reduction of muscle guarding

  • Reduction of radicular signs and symptoms

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Frage 31 von 45

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Which of the following positions is the preferred position for cervical traction?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Hook-lying

  • Sitting

  • Prone

  • Supine

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Frage 32 von 45

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Which of the following percentages of body weight is necessary to overcome the frictional forces of the lower body (with a thoracic harness and in the absence of a split traction table)?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Three-quarters body weight

  • One-half body weight

  • One-fourth body weight

  • One-eighth body weight

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Frage 33 von 45

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Which of the following is not a potential contraindication for the use of traction?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Rheumatoid arthritis

  • Low back pain

  • Spinal cancers

  • Osteoporosis

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Frage 34 von 45

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Which of the following usually occurs with acute edema that occurs in conjunction with a normal venous and lymphatic system?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Lymphedema

  • Protein-rich edema

  • High-protein edema

  • Low-protein edema

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Frage 35 von 45

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Which of the following is the only mechanism that removes protein from the interstitial space?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Surgery

  • Rest, ice, compression, elevation (RICE)

  • Lymphatic system

  • Circulatory system

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Frage 36 von 45

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Which of the following best describes the type of massage that can reduce edema?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Retrograde massage

  • Effleurage

  • Transverse friction massage

  • Scar massage

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Frage 37 von 45

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Which of the following diagnoses would be most likely to benefit from complete decongestive therapy for edema management?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Congestive heart failure

  • Total knee replacement with infection

  • Postmastectomy with lymphedema

  • Acute ankle sprain

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Frage 38 von 45

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You are setting the parameters for your patient’s intermittent compression device. You took her blood pressure when she arrived in the clinic and it was 120/80 mm Hg. When deciding which compression pressure to set the device at, you determine which of the following?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • It shouldn’t be under 80 mm Hg, so you set the device to 100 mm Hg

  • It shouldn’t be over 80 mm Hg, so you set the device to 60 mm Hg

  • It shouldn’t be under 120 mm Hg, so you set the device to 140 mm Hg

  • It shouldn’t be over 120 mm Hg, so you set the device to 100 mm Hg

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Frage 39 von 45

1

Which of the following statements best reflects how laser light differs from other forms of light?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Laser light is ionizing and white light is nonionizing

  • Laser light is noncollimating and white light is collimating

  • Laser light is monochromatic and white light is multichromatic

  • Laser is an acronym and white light is not an acronym

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Frage 40 von 45

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The application of diathermy as a potential treatment intervention in physical therapy is based upon which of the following?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Diathermy is not a heat source

  • As a heat source that works by conversion

  • As a convective heat source

  • As a conductive heat source

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Frage 41 von 45

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Which of the following represents a potential use for UV as a treatment intervention in physical therapy?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Killing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

  • Psoriasis

  • Preparing of wound beds for healing

  • UV is not a potential treatment intervention in physical therapy

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Frage 42 von 45

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What does a rainbow have to do with the EM spectrum?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • A rainbow represents each of the colors of the EM spectrum and is identical to the light that a laser is capable of producing

  • A rainbow is a myth

  • A rainbow is an example of the visible wavelengths of light in the EM spectrum

  • A rainbow has nothing to do with the EM spectrum

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Frage 43 von 45

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If you decided to use anatomical pain drawings as part of a pain assessment for a patient,
which of the following would be the most important for you as a clinician to remember to do to assure that no information was lost?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Watch the patient complete the form

  • Place the form in the patient’s chart after it has been completed

  • Collect the form from the patient after it has been completed

  • Place the patient’s name on the form prior to giving it to him or her

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Frage 44 von 45

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Other than a manual muscle testing (MMT), what can be used to objectively and accurately
test the strength of muscles?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Isokinetic testing equipment

  • A dolorimeter

  • An EMG reading

  • ROM measurements

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Frage 45 von 45

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When sensory information reaches the brain, the information is integrated and interpreted
along with information about the temperature of the blood circulating through the hypothalamus. Which of the following mechanisms regulates temperature?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • All of the above are examples of temperature regulation

  • Sweating, to lose heat

  • Shivering, to maintain heat

  • Vasodilation or vasoconstriction of blood vessels

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