Therapeutics: Unit 1 Test

Many physical therapists pursue a residency or fellowship in order to specialize in a specific area of the body or type of therapy. True False

True

In addition to the health care setting, which of the following settings do physical therapists work in? research health care policy/government advocacy organizations all of these

All of these

A muscle pulls on a ligament to move a bone. True False

False

A physician or other health care professional, who is trained for and skilled in comprehensive patient care from the first contact to continuing care is called a secondary care provider. True False

False

An athletic trainer must always defer to the medical judgment of the coach. True False

False

Athletic trainers often have summers and between-season times off. True False

False

Muscles contract when iron ions are released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. True False

False

The basic action of any muscle is retraction. True False

False

What is the difference between kinematics and kinetics? Kinematics is the geometry of motion (also called kinesiology), while kinetics refers to the forces that produce motion. Kinematics refers to the forces that produce motion, while kinetics describes that motion. Kinematics and kinetics are the same thing. none of the above

Kinematics is the geometry of motion (also called kinesiology), while kinetics refers to the forces that produce motion.

An important law that made discrimination against people with disabilities illegal is ADA. True False

True

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is an emergency procedure performed on someone who is not breathing until further measures can be taken to restore breathing and blood flow. True False

True

Eighty percent of the health care costs paid by employers are for preventable conditions. True False

True

Former U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt had polio. True False

True

In 1990, the American Medical Association formally recognized athletic training as an allied health profession. True False

True

Muscle cells are called fibers. True False

True

OSHA stands for Occupational Health and Safety Administration. True False

True

What was an "iron lung"? the lungs of a rehabilitated polio survivor a machine that breathed for paralyzed polio survivors a nickname for nurses serving wounded soldiers a medical condition similar to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

a machine that breathed for paralyzed polio survivors

What was the "Gymnasticon"? an institution for wounded war veterans a contraption resembling stilts used to rehabilitate polio survivors an early exercise machine a type of brace to immobilize the limbs of polio survivors

an early exercise machine

Muscles are arranged in "opposing teams," which means that _____. as one team pushes, the other team pulls one slides beneath the other as one team pulls, the other relaxes both teams are involved in a "tug-of-war" type of movement

as one team pulls, the other relaxes

Which of the following stages is one of Prochaska's stages in his "Readiness to Change" model? rumination denial contemplation gestalt

contemplation

The four subtypes of voluntary muscle are _____. whorled, convergent, pennate, and parallel pennate, convergent, sphincter, and obligate pennate, convergent, parallel, and convex pennate, sphincter, convergent, and parallel

pennate, sphincter, convergent, and parallel

The jaw and the bicep as it lifts a hand weight are good examples of which type of lever? Fourth class First class Third class Second class

third class

With which type of muscle is physical therapy concerned? involuntary voluntary cardiac smooth

voluntary