PTRP 2022: BOOK REVIEW SENSITIVITIES

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PTRP 2022: BOOK REVIEW SENSITIVITIES

Study Guide Questions with Correct Verified Answers.

You are instructing a patient how to rise from a chair so that they can begin ambulation using a walker.Which of the following instructions should you give the patient?

• While holding the walker with one hand push up on the chair with the other hand
• Place both hands on the walker and pull yourself into the standing position
• Push up on the chair using both hands and reach for the walker while rising
• Push up on the chair with both hands and reach for the walker once you are standing

ANS -D. Push up on the chair with both hands and reach for the walker once you are standing

You are presenting a departmental in-service on the lymphoid system. The lymphoid system is composed

of all of the following except:

• Spleen
• Liver
• Bone marrow
• Thymus - ANS -B. Liver

You are reviewing the medical chart of a patient diagnosed with metastasis of Hodgkin's disease. All of

the following are sites of metastasis of Hodgkin's disease except:

• Lymph nodes
• Spleen
• Liver
• Lungs- ANS - D. Lungs 1 / 4

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You are examining a patient with a diagnosis of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). Which of the following

statements does not apply to this condition:

• The etiology of OI is unknown
• OI is a rare congenital skeletal disease
• The bone fragility and the tendency for fractures is more severe following puberty
• The bones are extremely fragile and multiple fractures are common-

ANS - C. The bone fragility and the tendency for fractures is more severe following puberty (less severe)

Which of the following teaching strategies is MOST appropriate for an older adult patient with mild dementia?

• Use auditory or visual input separately.
• Use metaphors to reinforce new concepts.
• Establish a consistent pace for teaching.
• Present one piece of new information at a time.

ANS -d. Present one piece of new information at a time

Which of the following lower extremity findings is MOST likely to be the FIRST sign of vascular occlusive disease?

• Edema of the legs and ankles
• Brown discoloration at the ankles
• Increased cyanosis when legs are dependent
• Lack of hair on the toes - ANS -d. Lack of hair on the toes

Which of the following factors is considered to be a primary risk factor for atherosclerosis?

• Stress
• Obesity
• Cigarette smoking
• Sedentary lifestyle - ANS -c. Cigarette smoking
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3 physical therapist is working on transfers with a patient who had a brainstem cerebrovascular accident.The patient has ataxia in all 4 extremities and a high level of extensor tone in the lower extremities. The patient has fair to good trunk control. Which of the following transfers is BEST for this patient?

• Squat-pivot
• Sliding-board
• Standing-pivot
• Dependent tuck - ANS - Squat-pivot

While performing an ultrasound treatment on a patient's lateral epicondyle using an intensity of 1.5 W/cm², the patient reports some burning sensation in the treatment area. Based on this feedback, what be the most appropriate action?

• Change the ultrasound frequency
• Add more transmission gel and continue
• Decrease the ultrasound intensity
• Increase the size of the treatment area - ANS -B. Add more transmission gel and continue

patient is referred to your department with a burn wound on the left hand. Upon examination, you find that the majority of the wound is anesthetic, but that there is significant eschar formation over the dorsum of the involved hand with moderate subcutaneous tissue damage. What is the most likely classification of this burn?

• Full thickness
• Partial thickness
• First-degree
• Second-degree- ANS - A. Full thickness

You are examining the gait of a patient who was recently diagnosed with a mild stroke . During the examination you observe that the patient's left foot slaps the ground during the loading response.Weakness of which of the following muscles would you suspect?

• Tibialis anterior 3 / 4

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• Tibialis posterior
• Quadriceps
• Gastrocnemius

ANS -A. Tibialis anterior

You have been asked by a colleague to ambulate a patient for the first time after a left total hip replacement. The patient is using crutches and he is wearing a gait belt. How should you guard the patient?

• standing slightly behind and to the right side, and with one hand on the gait belt
• Standing behind and to the intact side, one hand on the gait belt.
• In front of the patient, walking backward, with one hand on the gait belt and one hand on the

shoulder

• Keep out of the patient's way by standing behind him, while keeping both hands on the gait belt

E. NOTA

ANS -E. NOTA

A patient is referred to you for a course of iontophoresis for Achilles tendonitis. The patient arrives with the pain medication to be applied, which has a positive charge. The correct current type, polarity and

active electrode placement is:

• Low volt continuous current with the anode placed distal on the tendon
• Monophasic current with the cathode placed on the tendon
• Low level current with the anode placed on the tendon
• Biphasic current with the cathode placed proximal on the tendon- ANS - C. Low level current with the

anode placed on the tendon

You are performing manual muscle testing (MMT) of a patient's shoulder. As the patient was unable to perform shoulder abduction in sitting, you position the patient in supine. In the supine position, the patient is unable to complete full range of motion in the horizontal plane. What MMT grade would you give the patient for shoulder abduction?

• Poor
• Fair minus
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