Sports
Medicine Exam Questions
Course Introduction
Sports Medicine is an interdisciplinary field that focuses on the medical care, prevention, and management of injuries related to physical activity and sports. This course explores the fundamental principles of sports medicine, including anatomy and physiology, mechanisms of injury, emergency response, rehabilitation techniques, and performance optimization. Students will examine the roles of physicians, athletic trainers, physical therapists, and other allied health professionals in supporting athletes health, as well as strategies for promoting safe participation and enhancing athletic performance. Ethical considerations, current research trends, and case studies are also integrated to provide a comprehensive understanding of sports medicine in practice.
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Joint Structure and Function 5th Edition by Pamela
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K. Levangie
Chapter 1: Biomechanical Applications to Joint Structure and Function
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Q1) Is naming the plane of motion considered part of kinetics or kinematics? Why?
Answer: Kinematics.It is purely a description of motion without regard to the forces causing it.
Q2) As your patient abducts her shoulder from 90° to 120°,the moment arm decreases.If the torque from the deltoid remains constant,the force of the deltoid would ________________as the shoulder abducted.
A) remain the same
B) increase
C) decrease
D) become 0 N
Answer: B
Q3) In what type of lever is the M Ad always less than one?
A) First
B) Second
C) Third
D) Fourth
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Joint Structure and Function
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Q1) As a clinician,you are attempting to produce permanent elongation in a severely contracted flexor digitorum profundus tendon.Which of the following general strategies concerning treatment will be least effective in achieving permanent lengthening of the tendon?
A) Apply force slowly to decrease the stiffness of the tendon.
B) Apply a short duration force,keeping the force in the elastic range.
C) Apply enough force to cause microfailure of some fibers in the tendon.
D) Use a splint that will apply a low load to the tendon (at the beginning of the elastic range)for 3 weeks.
Answer: B
Q2) The plastic portion of the stress-strain curve pictured above lies between:
A) Point A and point B
B) Point A and point D
C) Point B and point D
Answer: C
Q3) Cartilage primarily receives its nutrition from ____________________.
A) its high level of permeability
B) diffusion
C) a process of joint loading and unloading
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Muscle Structure and Function
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Q1) The function of a Sharpey fiber is to:
A) Attach the periosteum to the bone
B) Attach ligaments to capsules
C) Attach muscle to tendon
D) Attach tendon to bone
Answer: D
Q2) Describe what happens to the angular velocity of a limb during a constant concentric muscle contraction when the load (resistance)is increased.Describe this in terms of net torque.
Answer: The limb will slow down.In a concentric muscle contraction,the muscle is the effort force.If the magnitude of the resistance is increased,the result will be a reduced net torque; consequently,the angular acceleration of the limb will decrease in magnitude.
Q3) The elbow flexors will exert the greatest amount of torque/tension for which type of muscle contraction?
A) Isometric
B) Eccentric
C) Concentric
D) Synergistic
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: The Vertebral Column
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Q1) Which of the following abdominal muscles would be active during trunk rotation to the right?
A) Right internal oblique,right external oblique
B) Left internal oblique,left external oblique
C) Right internal oblique,left external oblique
D) Left internal oblique,right external oblique
Q2) Identify and describe the three articulations of the atlantoaxial joint.
Q3) What effect will normal gravitational moments tend to have on a weak sacroiliac joint?
Q4) In the cervical spine,the greatest amount of rotation is available at which of the following motion segments?
A) C0 to C1
B) C1 to C2
C) C4 to C5
D) C6 to C7
Q5) The (R)alar ligament limits ________________of C1 on C2.
A) (R)rotation
B) (L)rotation
C) Extension
D) Both (R)and (L)lateral flexion
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Chapter 5: The Thorax and Chest Wall
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true regarding the ribs?
A) Ribs 11 and 12 are considered false ribs,because they attach indirectly to the sternum through the cartilages of the eighth and 10th ribs.
B) The lateral portion of the tubercle of the rib articulates with the transverse process to form the costotransverse joint.
C) The crest of the head of a typical rib articulates with the intervertebral disc above.
D) The subclavian vessels and a portion of the brachial plexus create a groove on the inferior surface of the first rib.
Q2) Which of the following statements best describes how chronic obstructive pulmonary disease affects the mechanics of the chest wall?
A) The elastic recoil properties of the chest wall decrease.
B) The resting position of the chest wall remains unchanged.
C) The chest wall becomes concave.
D) There is an increased zone of apposition.
Q3) Describe the ligamentous support system for the costotransverse (CT)joint.
Q4) What makes up the interchondral joints?
Q5) How does pregnancy affect the biomechanics of the chest wall?
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Chapter 6: The Temporomandibular Joint
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Q1) Which of the following muscles is considered to be a prime mover for mandibular lateral deviation to the right?
A) Right masseter
B) Right medial and lateral pterygoid
C) Left medial and lateral pterygoid
D) Left temporalis
Q2) With which of the following pathological conditions will the patient experience joint noise at two different intervals during mandibular depression and elevation?
A) Disc displacement
B) Capsulitis
C) Joint hypermobility
D) Capsular fibrosis
Q3) Describe the attachments of the articular disc of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ).
Q4) What is the relationship of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ)with the cervical spine?
Q5) Describe the articulations and functions of the upper and lower joint spaces.
Q6) What is the significance of a "reciprocal click"?
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Chapter 7: The Shoulder Complex
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Q1) Which of the following best describes motion at the sternoclavicular (SC)joint?
A) During clavicular elevation and depression,the disc of the SC joint moves with the medial end of the clavicle on the manubrial facet.
B) During clavicular protraction and retraction,the disc of the SC joint moves with the medial end of the clavicle on the manubrial facet.
C) During clavicular elevation and depression,the lateral end and medial end of the clavicle move in the same direction.
D) During clavicular protraction and retraction,the lateral end and medial end of the clavicle move in opposite directions.
Q2) Which of the following muscles assists in counteracting the upward translatory force caused by the deltoid muscle at the glenohumeral joint?
A) Supraspinatus
B) Serratus anterior
C) Coracobrachialis
D) Teres minor
Q3) How would range and strength of abduction of the upper extremity be affected if there were paralysis of the deltoid muscle?
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Chapter 8: The Elbow Complex
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Q1) When the elbow is flexed using a lot of speed with the forearm in neutral (midposition),which elbow flexors are active?
Q2) During elbow extension from 90° flexion at the humeroradial joint,the radial head rolls in a(n)________________direction and glides in a(n)________________direction on the capitulum at the humeroradial joint.
A) anterior/cephalic,posterior/inferior
B) posterior/caudal,posterior/inferior
C) anterior/cephalic,anterior/inferior
D) posterior/caudal,anterior/inferior
Q3) What is the causative mechanism and the structure(s)involved in "Nursemaid's elbow"?
Q4) Which of the following would you consider to be a limiter of motion when a patient cannot achieve full elbow extension?
A) Passive tension of the flexor muscles
B) Tension in the posterior ligaments
C) Passive tension of the elbow extensor muscles
D) Posterior capsular tightness
Q5) Which muscles are the first recruited in forearm supination and pronation?
Q6) What is the causative mechanism and the structure(s)involved in "tennis elbow"?
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Chapter 9: The Wrist and Hand Complex
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Q1) Tip-to-tip prehension involves which of the following muscle groups?
A) Extensor carpi ulnaris,extensor carpi radialis longus,and flexor pollicis brevis
B) Flexor digitorum profundus,opponins pollicis,and abductor pollicis brevis
C) Flexor digitorum profundus and flexor pollicis longus
D) B and C
Q2) Which of the following muscles is the primary finger flexor of digits two through five?
A) Flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS)
B) Flexor digitorum profundus (FDP)
C) Lumbricales
D) Interossei
Q3) What secondary motions do the extensor pollicis longus,pollicis brevis,and abductor pollicis longus cause at the wrist? What synergy do they require to function effectively as thumb extensors?
Q4) At what points in the range do each of the following joint motions begin and end as the wrist moves from flexion to extension: (a)radiocarpal motion,(b)midcarpal motion,or (c)distal carpal row/scaphoid on lunate/triquetrum.
Q5) What metacarpophalangeal (MCP)joint position is most prone to injury and why?
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Chapter 10: The Hip Complex
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Q1) During ambulation,a patient complains of left hip pain when stepping forward with the right leg.You suspect that this is due to degenerative changes at the hip joint and wish to reduce the amount of compressive forces at the left hip joint during ambulation.When considering the mechanical forces acting on the left hip joint,which of the following would be most effective in reducing the hip joint compression force?
A) Using a cane in the right hand with a moment arm of 15 inches
B) Using a cane in the right hand with a moment arm of 20 inches
C) Using a cane in the left hand with a moment arm of 5 inches
D) It is not possible to distinguish between these answers with the information given.
Q2) What is the close-packed position of the hip joint?
Q3) The three reinforcing capsular ligaments at the hip will act together to limit motion in which plane?
A) Sagittal
B) Transverse
C) Frontal
Q4) What forces maintain A-P equilibrium of the hip joints in bilateral stance?
Q5) How can the two-joint hip muscles affect this rhythm?
Q6) What is the role of the ligamentum teres at the hip joint?
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Chapter 11: The Knee Complex
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Q1) Which of the following describes the effect on the lumbar spine of a subject standing in excessive bilateral genu recurvatum?
A) Compensatory increase in lumbar lordosis
B) Compensatory increase in lumbar kyphosis
C) Compensatory increase in thoracic lordosis
D) Compensatory increase in thoracic kyphosis
Q2) Which of the following describes the movement of the menisci during closed kinetic chain medial rotation of the tibiofemoral joint?
A) Medial meniscus moves posteriorly; lateral meniscus moves anteriorly.
B) Medial meniscus moves anteriorly; lateral meniscus moves posteriorly.
C) Medial meniscus moves superiorly; lateral meniscus moves posteriorly.
D) Medial meniscus moves anteriorly; lateral meniscus moves superiorly.
Q3) Which facet(s)of the patella are subject to the earliest degenerative changes under normal conditions? Why?
Q4) Which structure is a stabilizer of the patella in the transverse plane?
A) Patellar tendon
B) Quadriceps tendon
C) Patellotibial ligaments
D) Iliotibial band
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Chapter 12: The Ankle and Foot Complex
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Q1) When a person supinates during a closed chain activity,the head of the talus dorsiflexes and ________________on the calcaneus while the calcaneus
A) adducts,everts
B) abducts,everts
C) adducts,inverts
D) abducts,inverts
Q2) Your patient demonstrates decreased open chain pronation at the subtalar joint.Which of the following would be limited?
A) Eversion of the calcaneus on the talus
B) Adduction of the calcaneus on the talus
C) Plantarflexion of the calcaneus on the talus
D) Both A and C are correct.
Q3) What is the function of the tarsometatarsal (TMT)joints in relation to the talocalcaneonavicular and the transverse tarsal (TT)joints?
Q4) How does pronation twist of the tarsometatarsal (TMT)joints relate to supination of the subtalar joint?
Q5) What is the close-packed position for the subtalar joint? Which motion of the tibia will lock the subtalar joint?
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