Modalities Mid Term - Rizvi

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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?

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?

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)?

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?

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

Ultrasound primarily affects which of the following structures:

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

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

Which of the following temperatures is considered therapeutic warmth?

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

Which of the following is a property of water?

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?

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

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

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

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)?

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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?