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IRENE GOLD PT BOARDS FINAL EXAM
NEWEST 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
150 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+
IRENE GOLD PT BOARDS EXAM
Deep heat modalities are contraindicated for:
- Scar tissue
- Chronic inflammation
- Infection
- Bone fractures - ANSWER- C. Infection
Paraffin provides which type of heat
- Dry superficial
- Moist superficial
- Dry deep
- Moist deep - ANSWER- B. Moist superficial
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What is an appropriate safety precaution for application of MWD
- Applicator should be 12-18 in from skin
- Perspiration should be promoted to enhance treatment
- Remove contact lenses during treatment around head
- Intensity settings should be based on the pt's tolerance -
ANSWER- A. Applicator should be 12-18 inches from skin
What form of cryotherapy doesn't use conduction
- Cold pack
- Ice massage
- Cold baths
- Vapocoolant spray - ANSWER- C. Cold baths
Cryotherapy reduces muscle spasm by inhibiting
- Scar tissue formation
- Muscle spindle activity
- Cellular metab
- Ach production - ANSWER- B. Muscle spindle activity
Which of these is typically the last sensation felt w/cryotherapy application 2 / 4
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- Intense cold
- Burning
- Aching
- Numbness - ANSWER- D. Numbness
Modulation of electrical current helps prevent ____ of muscle tissue
- Adaptation
- Fatigue
- Recruitment
- Excitation - ANSWER- A. Adaptation
Which type of electrotherapy is most likely to slow atrophy of a denervated muscle
A. TENS
- Microcurrent
- Interferential
- Low voltage Galvanic - ANSWER- D. Low voltage galvanic
In general, the smaller the electrode, the _____
- Stronger the motor response
- Weaker the current 3 / 4
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- Stronger the stimulus
- Weaker the nociceptive response - ANSWER- C. Stronger
the stimulus
Which of these is most appropriately treated w/high voltage pulsed stimulation
A. UMNL
- Edema
- Fungal infection
- Thrombophlebitis - ANSWER- B. Edema
Which type of massage is used for the treatment of adhesive capsulitis
- Effleurage
- Tapotement
- Transverse friction
- Petrissage - ANSWER- C. Transverse friction
A contraindication for continuous traction is
- IVF encroachment
- Osteoporosis
- Scoliosis
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