Exam 54: Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

-The type of movement shown by letter B in the picture is ____.

The pulling or stretching of the musculoskeletal system to treat fractured bones and dislocated, arthritic, or other diseased joints is ________.

Which of the following therapies can help prevent atrophy in muscles that cannot move voluntarily by causing the muscles to contract involuntarily and relax?

Which of the following is a form of hydrotherapy?

The use of water to treat physical problems is ____.

In the dry heat therapy called ________, the patient places the affected body part into a container of glass beads that are heated and agitated with hot air.

Exercises in which the patient relaxes and then contracts the muscles of a body part are ________ exercises.

-The type of movement shown by letter C in the picture is ____.

Eleanor is a 44-year-old patient who was brought to the emergency room where you work for treatment of minor injuries from an automobile accident. The physician has ordered an ice pack to be applied to Eleanor's right arm to help reduce swelling and pain. Five minutes after you place the ice on her arm, Eleanor asks you to remove it. She says it is "burning" her arm. You look, but do not see any unusual redness or paleness of the skin. What should you do?

Which type of therapy is most likely to be used to help a patient regain muscle strength in a badly injured leg?

During thermotherapy, treated skin becomes warm and develops redness, or ________, as the capillaries in the skin's deep layers fill with blood.

Exercises in which the patient works against a counter-pressure to increase muscle strength are ________ exercises.

To stimulate improved circulation, the physician may order ________ baths, in which the patient alternately moves the affected body part from a bath filled with hot water to a bath filled with cold water.

To which of the following professionals is a physician likely to refer a patient to help the patient recover from a stroke?

A protractor device called a(n) ________ is used to measure range of motion.

A receptacle for heated wax and mineral oil that is used to reduce pain, muscle spasms, and stiffness in patients with arthritis is a(n) ________ bath.

Applying heat to a patient's body for therapeutic reasons is called ________.

-The type of movement shown by the letter C is ____.

-The type of movement shown by the letter D is ____.

Mrs. Peterson is an 87-year-old patient whose arthritis has been very painful lately. When the practitioner asks if she has been performing the prescribed exercises for the affected joints, she says, "No, because it hurts too much." The practitioner explains that performing the exercises is important to help keep her mobility. Which of the following therapies might help Mrs. Peterson?