Athletic Training Exam Review
A Student Guide to Success, 7th Edition
What does ?extension lag? mean?
What is the best method of determining the recovery status of the hand and forearm after a flexor injury?
Which of the following is the correct sequence of tissue healing?
What amount of time may it take for complete remodeling of tissues to occur after a soft tissue injury?
Where is the primary location for adenosine triphosphate production in skeletal muscle?
Sensory receptors located at the musculotendinous junction, which monitor active tension generated by the muscle during a contraction, are called:
Which of the following describes a neurapraxia?
Bone grows via a process of apposition and resorption on its surface. Which of the following cells are responsible for the resorption of bone during its growth or repair?
Why is the repair response so limited in the articular cartilage of a joint after an injury in the adult athlete?
What are the 4 sensations an athlete will experience with the application of cryotherapy?
The effects of treating a subacute musculoskeletal injury with a warm whirlpool include all of the following except:
Which cells are active after an injury to begin building collagen?
Heat is dissipated in the body by all of the following except:
External muscular force available for useful work is the result of all of the following factors except:
Balance and coordination are critical for athletic performance. Feedback from the muscles as to what they are doing during a particular activity is known as _______. The area of the brain that assists in controlling movement is the _______.
What is a stretching exercise that consists of a ?stretch and hold? position called?
If hyperventilation does not adequately increase the oxygen supply in the blood during aerobic exercise, what must occur to meet the gas exchange demands?
An injured athlete is led through a therapeutic mental process in which he pictures himself being evaluated by the athletic trainer and assured the injury is not serious. He then pictures himself moving through rehabilitation, recovering nicely, and, finally, returning to his sport fully healed. What is this therapeutic approach to the recovery process called?
What must the athletic trainer establish with the athlete prior to and during the rehabilitation in order for the rehabilitation of an injured athlete to be successful?
A basketball player who has sprained her ankle for the second time in 3 months reports to the athletic training facility for her third treatment session. The athletic trainer notices she is demanding and wants to know why the athletic trainer ?did not fix her ankle the right way the first time.? She becomes somewhat threatening, stating that she will find someone else to help her if she is not successfully helped this time. What would be the best response to an attention-seeking athlete?
If an athlete needs to lose weight for health reasons, how many calories must his or her daily diet be reduced by in order to lose 1 to 2 pounds per week?
Which modality would be best utilized if the desired therapeutic effect is decreased pain, edema, and inflammation?
What are heat-producing currents in the body that are formed by a magnetic field that is externally applied in short-wave diathermy called?
High-voltage pulsed monophasic generators deliver current to deep tissues without damaging superficial tissues and are used for pain modulation. What type of waveform is used with this type of stimulator?
A moist heat pack causes all of the following effects except:
What physiological effects occur under the cathode of an electrical stimulator?
All of the following are contraindications for using cryotherapy except:
What would be a functional skill for a patient in an ankle rehabilitation program?
When rehabilitating a musculoskeletal injury, what is the proper progression of treatment?
Which of the following PNF techniques is not a strengthening technique?
During a lower extremity D1 flexion PNF pattern, what movements are taking place at the hip?
During a D2 extension pattern of the upper extremity, what is the proper timing sequence?
According to Maitland?s 5 grades of joint motion, which grade would be most appropriate when joint movement is limited by pain and spasm?
A patient is seen by the athletic trainer 4 weeks postoperatively after shoulder arthroscopy. During the athletic trainer?s assessment, it is found that the patient has limited abduction secondary to capsular stiffness. Which of the following joint glides would be appropriate to improve this motion?
Which of the following statements accurately describes isokinetic training?
Which of the following massage techniques is a method of tapotement?
When massage is utilized to induce a sedative effect, which type of massage technique is indicated?
What conditioning component is needed to perceive the position of the foot as it lands on the ground after the swing phase of gait?
Descending hills during running requires what type of muscular contraction by the quadriceps to decelerate the body?
What should a postseason conditioning program specifically focus on?
During the acute phase of an ankle injury, the water temperature of a whirlpool should be set at what temperature?
Before returning an athlete to full activity, all of the following criteria should equal those taken from the uninvolved side at the end of the rehabilitation program except:
Which of the following components of a rehabilitation program is most often overlooked by the athletic trainer during rehabilitation?
What type of exercises may be safely initiated immediately after knee surgery?
When rehabilitating a patient who has been diagnosed with ?jumper?s knee,? which muscle group should eventually be strengthened?
When treating an athlete with trochanteric bursitis, flexibility should be increased in which of the following muscles?
A tight Achilles tendon can cause _____ or _____ in order to allow the lower leg to move over the foot during running.
Which of the following is not a factor in designing an appropriate treatment program?
When rehabilitating a cervical strain, what must the athletic trainer maintain the integrity of?
Which of the following sequences contains the appropriate steps in rehabilitating a grade II ankle sprain?
When is the best time to begin a rehabilitation program after an injury?
When following the DAPRE technique of progressive resistive exercise, the first set of 10 repetitions is performed with a weight that is ____ of the weight that will be lifted in set 3.
When rehabilitating a patient with patellofemoral pain syndrome, which muscle groups should be strengthened?
Which of the following exercises are appropriate in attempting to decrease the symptoms of thoracic outlet syndrome?
What are the most appropriate exercises for a diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis?
Which of the following exercises does not address proprioception?
When rehabilitating a shoulder, in what area should strengthening exercises be initiated first?
When rehabilitating a patient who has undergone an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, which of the following muscle groups must be strengthened to support the graft?
Which of the following pieces of equipment is not considered closed kinetic chain?
When rehabilitating the lateral epicondylitis, which muscle group needs to be strengthened?
When rehabilitating a patient with a recent herniated lumbar disc, which of the following exercises are most appropriate?
A patient needs instruction on how to properly perform an abdominal sit-up. What should the athletic trainer recommend?
Knee braces can be classified as either functional, prophylactic, or rehabilitative. Which type of brace might be worn for 1 to 2 weeks after a grade II medial collateral ligament tear?
In terms of specificity of training, which type of exercise would be appropriate during the late phases of rehabilitation of a soccer player?
Which of the following conditions is not indicated for mechanical traction?
Which of the muscle groups listed below are involved during a bench press?
Which of the following muscle groups are involved during a full squat with weights?
Which of the following muscles are involved in a seated military press?
Which of the following describes a grade III joint mobilization technique?
When rehabilitating a patient, it is important that the area being rehabilitated is stressed with a variety of intensities and durations during conditioning. The body responds to these stresses by adapting to the specific demands imposed on it. What is this principle known as?
Which of the following is not an example of an isotonic device?
When stretching during a warm-up routine, which type of stretching should not be encouraged because it may lead to an injury?
In which of the following sports would plyometric training be beneficial?
Which of the following exercises improves proprioceptive feedback when rehabilitating a lower extremity injury?
An athlete is recovering from a partial meniscectomy performed 5 days ago. All of the following actions would be appropriate at this time except:
Which of the following exercises should be avoided in the early stages (phase I) of anterior cruciate reconstruction rehabilitation?
Two exercises that are designed to stabilize the lumbar spine during low back rehabilitation include _______ and _______.
An athletic trainer working in a sports medicine clinic may have to read a SOAP note. In what section would a finding such as a positive Lachman?s test be recorded?
Bracing for scoliosis of the spine may be effective with all ages except:
Ultrasound is based on the _______ effect.
What medium does not transmit ultrasound waves?
What kind of heating method does a warm whirlpool utilize?
What is the term used in ultrasound to describe the time that sound waves are being emitted during one pulse period?
A moist heat pack offers what type of thermotherapy?
Conventional TENS uses a frequency in the _____ pulses per second range with a phase duration of _______ ?seconds.
What is one of the most serious adverse reactions during iontophoresis treatment?
Paraffin bath therapy is commonly used on the hands and feet as a method of superficial heating. To keep the paraffin mixture in a molten state, the temperature should be maintained between:
The therapeutic conversion of electrical energy into high-frequency sound energy above the audible range to create heat in the tissues is the definition of what modality?
Ultrasound waves are reflected by _______ and absorbed by _______.
Which of the following are contraindications to massage?
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