140 Orthotic fitter test review questions and answers 2024.
Which of these ABC practitioners would be allowed to treat unstable spinal
conditions and
... [Show More] long bone fracture. - Answer Certified Orthotist
Spinal bracing helps to control back pain by all of these except - Answer allowing
free vertebral motion
These are used to de-weight spinal structures by increasing abdominal compression
- Answer corsets
Thermoplastic panels added to a corset - Answer Enhance A/P control
True of false. Static orthoses allow restricted range of motion against resistance at a
fixed angle. - Answer False
This is a long-term disease that causes inflammation of the joints between the spinal
bones and the joints between the spine and the pelvis, eventually causes the
affected spinal bones to join together - Answer Ankylosing Spondylitis
This occurs when the bones of the spine between due to trauma. usually the trauma
necessary to break the bones of the spine is quite large. in certain circumstances
however, such as in elderly people and in people with cancer these same bones can
break with little or no force. The vertebrae most commonly broken are those in the
lower back. - Answer Vertebral compression fracture
This is an inward curvature of a portion of the vertebral column.Although the human
spine has some normal inward curvature, excessive inward curvature can be caused
by tight low back muscles, excessive visceral fat, and pregnancy. - Answer Lordosis
This condition is characterized by pain that shoots shown the leg. A bulging or
ruptured (herniated) disk is the most common cause of the pain. - Answer Sciatica
These orthoses usually offer additional immobilization fort he thumb area. They are
indicated for soft tissue injuries, gamekeeper injuries, collateral ligament support and
avulsion fractures of the thumb - Answer Thumb Spica
Classic way to splint ht hand after a stroke with thumb in full opposition, wrist in
dorsiflexion, and MP joints flexed. - Answer Wrist- hand Cock- up splint
A shoulder orthoses provides _________ pressure on the forearm/elbow - Answer
Upward
This brace is effective following rotator cuff repairs, involved humeral fractures, and
post op shoulder/ arm surgery where shoulder position and elbow flexion control are
desired - Answer Airplane splint
This upper extremity pathology is caused by an abnormal thickening of tough tissue (
fibrous layer) underneath the skin of the palm and finger that can cause the finger to
curl - Answer Dupuytren Contracture. [Show Less]