Fundamentals of Physical Therapy
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Course Introduction
Fundamentals of Physical Therapy introduces students to the core principles and foundational knowledge essential to the practice of physical therapy. This course covers the history, scope, and roles of physical therapists within the healthcare system, emphasizing ethical and professional standards. Students will learn basic anatomical and physiological concepts, movement science, and common assessment techniques. Key topics include patient evaluation, therapeutic exercises, manual therapy principles, and rehabilitation strategies for various conditions. The course also explores communication skills, documentation, and the importance of evidence-based practice, preparing students for further study and clinical experiences in physical therapy.
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Mobility in Context Principles of Patient Care Skills 1st Edition by Charity Johansson
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Chapter 1: Establishing the Therapeutic Alliance
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Q1) Culture is best defined as
A) a group of people living in a specific area.
B) the fact or state of belonging to a social group.
C) the geographical characteristics associated with a group.
D) the beliefs, customs, and norms of a particular group.
Answer: D
Q2) Health-care biases must be recognized to be changed. Which of the following actions would be most helpful in changing our beliefs?
A) Be aware of behaviors in others that might reflect bias.
B) Look for reinforcement of our beliefs within our peer group.
C) Reflect annually on our attitudes and beliefs about others.
D) Seek out commonalities with those we perceive as different.
Answer: D
Q3) Establishing good rapport enhances patients' perceptions of being valued and respected. List two benefits of patients' enhanced perceptions of value and respect.
Answer: Patients who perceive that they are personally valued and respected have better clinical outcomes. Patients who feel valued and respected are much less likely to pursue legal actions against health-care workers.
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Chapter 2: The Mechanics of Movement
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Q1) Which of the following force-couple applications is less than optimal for patients to use when preparing to transition from sitting to standing?
A) Leaning forward and pulling up with both arms supported on the walker
B) Leaning forward and using the hip and thigh muscles to achieve liftoff
C) Pushing the upper trunk into the back of the chair while sliding the pelvis forward
D) Shifting from side to side to walk the hips forward to the front of the chair
Answer: C
Q2) Pressure
A)Pulling that tries to stretch or lengthen tissue
B)The amount of force across a given area
C)The force applied to a given area
D)Twisting force about a structure's axis
E)Two opposite direction forces, parallel to contacting surfaces
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Special Environments
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Q1) Patients have varied home environments that include a variety of meaningful emotional and cultural attachments. It is important as clinicians to avoid ________________a person's choice of environment, whatever it might be.
Answer: judging
Q2) You have just received a referral to evaluate a patient who is in the cardiac care unit. You have already checked the patient's chart and spoken with the patient's nurse before entering the room. Which of the following tasks is most important to attend to when you are working with this patient?
A) Silencing any audible alarms on the machines and monitors
B) Keeping closely to your timed treatment schedule
C) Preventing any lines or tubes from becoming pinched or detached
D) Monitoring the responses of family members in the room during the treatment
Answer: C
Q3) List two things you should watch for when you are working with patients in special environments such as the ICU.
Answer: Skin color, alertness and responsiveness, nonverbal signs of pain or discomfort, physiological changes
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Chapter 4: Keeping It Clean: Maintaining Cleanliness in the Clinical Environment
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Q1) Which of the following is an element of the infection process?
A) A means to leave the host
B) A mode of transmission
C) A moist environment
D) A source of nutrition
Q2) Which of the following represents bad practice in hand washing?
A) Drying your hands thoroughly, because doing so facilitates skin cracking
B) Turning the handle of the water off with your clean hand
C) Washing between your fingers as well as on top of the hands
D) Washing for a total of 45 sec
Q3) List three common patient responses to staying in isolation rooms while hospitalized.
Q4) List two precautions that health-care facilities take to limit the spread of infection caused by visitors.
Q5) Which of the following is true of standard precautions?
A) They apply only in certain practice settings or environments.
B) They are characterized by the use of gowns, gloves, and shoe coverings.
C) They are designed only for pediatric and geriatric patients.
D) They are to be used with anyone at risk for the presence of pathogens.
Q6) ________________are infections acquired in any health-care setting.
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Chapter 5: Assessing Physiological Status: Vital Signs
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Q1) You are working in an outpatient rehabilitation setting. Your patient is a 39-year-old man who had knee surgery 4 weeks ago and is ready to begin aerobic conditioning activities. Which of the following represents this patient's estimated maximum heart rate?
A) 165 beats per minute
B) 181 beats per minute
C) 197 beats per minute
D) 216 beats per minute
Q2) You are a therapist working in home health care. Your new patient is a 75-year-old woman who fell and broke her hip. She is home after a brief rehabilitation stay. Which of the following would typically be most important to include in your initial assessment?
A) Blood pressure
B) Lung sounds
C) Pedal pulses
D) Weight
Q3) List four factors that can affect a person's heart rate. ____________________
Q4) Explain how "counting from 1" is done when assessing pulse rate.
Q5) The openness of arterial vessels is called ____________________.
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Chapter 6: Draping for Minimum Exposure and Maximum
Dignity
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Q1) When you are getting to know a new patient, which of the following is essential for developing an effective therapeutic relationship?
A) Establishing a good line of communication between you and the patient
B) Establishing what your goals for the patient are going to be.
C) Letting patients know that they should not feel embarrassed about their disabilities
D) Explaining the behavioral expectations for patients in the clinic
Q2) Experiences of sexual and physical abuse can elicit patient responses that are similar to those associated with which disorder? ____________________
Q3) You have just received a new referral for a female patient of Asian descent who has undergone total hip arthroplasty. Which of the following responses is consistent with culturally related concerns more common within Asian populations?
A) She prefers to work with a clinician of the opposite gender.
B) She is very uncomfortable with your touching her affected leg.
C) She is very uncomfortable with wearing a hospital gown because it has been worn by other patients.
D) She is very uncomfortable with having her legs exposed in your presence.
Q4) List three benefits of draping patients:
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Chapter 7: Positioning Your Patient for Mobility
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Q1) List four things that you must be careful to ensure when doing long-term positioning with your patients. ____________________
Q2) Which of the following methods should you use to screen for patient tolerance of pressure on the skin?
A) Press firmly with one or two fingers on the skin in question, hold for 30 seconds, then release.
B) Press firmly with one or two fingers on the skin in question, hold for 1 minute, then release.
C) Press gently with one or two fingers on the skin in question and quickly release.
D) Press gently and quickly with one or two fingers on the skin in question three or four times, then release.
Q3) When determining which mobility procedures to use in patient care, what is the first question you should consider?
A) How much assistance will be required for the maneuver?
B) What am I trying to accomplish with the maneuver?
C) Which movement does the patient want to practice?
D) Which movement will be the easiest for the patient?
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Chapter 8: Transferring Dependent Patients
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Q1) You are performing a lateral transfer of your patient from the bed to a stretcher in the ICU. No one is available to assist you with the transfer, but you do have an air cushion transfer device. Where should you position yourself for the safest transfer once the device is in place?
A) At the foot of the device so that you can have maximum control of it
B) At the head of the device so you can protect the patient's head
C) On the far side of the stretcher, positioned at the patient's trunk
D) Beside the bed, positioned at the patient's trunk
Q2) Which of the following maneuvers is considered to be the most physically stressful to the caregiver?
A) Transferring a patient from bathtub to chair
B) Transferring a patient from bed to chair
C) Transferring a patient from chair to bed
D) Transferring a patient from chair to toilet
Q3) Which of the following items is generally not advised for repositioning of the seated patient?
A) Friction-reducing sheet
B) Sit-to-stand lift
C) Rigid transfer board
D) Total body lift
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Chapter 9: Maintaining Capacity for Mobility Through Range of Motion
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Q1) A joint capsular pattern
A) affects only the joints of the upper extremities.
B) is an indicator of a specific pathology.
C) is a typical pattern of range of motion limitation.
D) is the result of joint hypermobility.
Q2) Define range of motion. Be complete in your answer.
Q3) Ballistic stretching
A) involves a bouncing motion at the end of the range.
B) is most effective with sedentary individuals.
C) is more effective than static stretching.
D) results in long-term range of motion gains.
Q4) To accurately assess capsular and ligamentous flexibility of two-joint muscles, it is necessary to lengthen the muscles simultaneously over both of the joints involved.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The development of hypertonia that results in atypical and dysfunctional movement is a contraindication to active range of motion.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Bed Mobility
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Q1) When transitioning from supine to sitting through side lying, what is the advantage of moving both legs off the edge of the bed together?
A) It allows the patient to maintain a neutral spine.
B) It is easier to move the legs together than individually.
C) It shifts the load to the upper extremities.
D) The legs provide a counterweight to the upper body.
Q2) During assisted bed mobility activities, the pelvic and shoulder girdles are considered
A) Centers of mass
B) Points of control
C) Prime movers
D) Stabilizing points
Q3) When patients demonstrate generalized weakness, which of the following characteristics is commonly observed during their attempts at functional mobility?
A) They use extension to replace flexion.
B) They use flexion to replace extension.
C) They use rotational movements to replace extension.
D) They use rotational movements to replace flexion.
Q4) What are at least three of the benefits of spending time in a seated position?
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Chapter 11: Horizontal Transfers
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true regarding use of a gait belt during transfers?
A) The belt can always prevent a patient from falling.
B) The belt is used primarily to control the motion of an unstable patient.
C) The belt provides the clinician with leverage to lift the patient effectively.
D) The belt should be used for all seated transfers.
Q2) Which of the following factors is a requirement for performing independent seated lateral transfers without a transfer board?
A) Full weight-bearing on the lower extremities
B) Good trunk control
C) Good quadriceps strength
D) Level transfer surfaces
Q3) When positioning the feet for a pivot transfer, the inner foot is positioned
A) in close contact with the outer foot to create an increased base of support.
B) separated from, but in line with, the outer foot for maximum stability.
C) slightly back to allow maximum liftoff.
D) slightly forward to prevent obstruction.
Q4) What are the three ways to move a patient's hips forward in a chair in preparation for a transfer?
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Chapter 12: Vertical Transfers
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Q1) During a floor-to-wheelchair transfer, the casters are positioned forward. Why is this done?
A) To keep the chair from rolling during the transfer
B) To make the chair less likely to tip backward
C) To make the chair less likely to tip forward
D) To position the casters out of the way for the transfer
Q2) Which of the following is the best wheelchair position for a chair-to-plinth transfer if the patient is going to lie down on the table?
A) The back edge of the chair seat should be near the center of the length of the table.
B) The back edge of the chair seat should be near the upper third of the table.
C) The front edge of the chair seat should be near the center of the length of the table.
D) The front edge of the chair seat should be near the upper third of the table.
Q3) The turnaround into quadruped technique to move from a wheelchair to the floor requires that the patient rise from the seat and turn around before lowering the body to the floor.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Seated Mobility: Sitting but Not Sitting
Still--Fitting and Propelling a Wheelchair
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Q1) Which of the following measures for wheelchair fitting is best taken with the patient in supine?
A) Back height
B) Seat height
C) Seat depth
D) Seat width
Q2) Your patient is a 63-year-old man who is undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy for treatment of colon cancer and is very weak as a result. His mobility level has been decreasing over the past few years, and he has very tight hamstring and hip flexor muscles. You are helping him select a wheelchair that he can use at home, where he lives alone. Which of the following legrests would be most appropriate for this patient?
A) Removable articulating legrests
B) Removable elevating legrests
C) Nonremovable, fixed footrests
D) Removable swing-away legrests
Q3) The most common method of transporting a patient in a wheelchair up and down steps is to ascend the steps backward.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Navigating the Challenges of Ambulating
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Q1) Your patient underwent total right hip arthroplasty (posterior approach) 2 days ago. She required frequent reminders regarding movement precautions because she was getting out of bed. You are now initiating gait training with a walker. When it is time to turn around and walk back to her chair, in which direction should you instruct her to turn?
A) Toward either side is acceptable
B) Toward her dominant side
C) Toward her left side
D) Toward her right side
Q2) Cannot be used when non-weight-bearing status on one extremity is required
A)Hemi-walker
B)Loftstrand or Canadian
C)Parallel bars
Q3) How much knee flexion range of motion is typically needed to descend steps?
A) From 7° to 65°
B) From 10° to 92°
C) From 20° to 87°
D) From 25° to 95°
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