Exam 54: Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Posture testing includes ____.

Which of the following is a form of hydrotherapy?

Which of the following is not a benefit of exercise therapy?

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

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

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

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

Which type of traction uses a special device that intermittently pulls and relaxes a prescribed body part?

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

The type of testing in which a patient is asked to resist pressure applied by the physician or medical assistant is ____.

A physician assesses a patient's _______, or the way she walks, by asking the patient to walk away, turn around, and walk back.

Self-directed exercises the patient performs without assistance to increase muscle strength and function are ________ mobility exercises.

To perform ________ traction, or weight traction, the therapist places a patient's limb, pelvis, or chin in a harness, which is then attached to weights through a pulley system.

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

Self-directed exercises that the patient performs with the help of a device such as an exercise machine or therapy pool are known as ________ mobility exercises.

In ________ diathermy, a gel-covered transducer is rubbed over the skin in circular patterns.

The degree to which a joint is able to move is its ___.

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