STI II QUIZ 3 (UNITS 5&6) Exam Questions with Verified Answers
(Correct Update)
Question 1: Free nerve endings connected to CNS by thin myelinated (group III)/unmyelinated
(group IV) afferent fibers.
Answer: Specific muscle nociceptors
Question 2: What are two important stimuli for muscle pain?
Answer: ATP and low tissue pH
Question 3: Which of the following is not a characteristic of soft tissue mechanical
dysfunction?
Answer: d. all of the above are characteristics
Question 4: Muscle pain disorder characterized by the presence of a myofascial trigger point
within a taut band, local tenderness, referral of pain to a distant site, restricted ROM, and
autonomic phenomena.
Answer: Myofascial pain
Question 5: What is the main criterion for the diagnosis of myofascial pain?
Answer: Presence of an active myofascial trigger point.
Question 6: Hyperirritable spot in skeletal muscle that is associated with a hypersensitive
palpable nodule in a taut band.
Answer: trigger point
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, Question 7: Produces symptoms, including local or referred pain or other paresthesia.
Answer: a. active trigger point
Question 8: Does not induce pain without being stimulated.
Answer: b. latent trigger point
Question 9: List the diagnostic criteria of identifying a myofascial trigger point.
Answer: -full stretch, limited by pain -taut band palpable -tender spot or nodule within a taut band
-reproducible pain of patient's complaint
Question 10: List the confirmatory observations needed to identify a myofascial trigger point?
Answer: -local twitch response -referred pain in the expected distribution of that muscle -endplate
noise or spontaneous electrical activity (SEA) demonstrated by an EMG study
Question 11: What are the 5 major features of a trigger point based on which excellent
interrater reliablity was established?
Answer: -palpable taut band -tenderness -local twitch response -referred pain -reproduced pain
Question 12: Which of the following is not an imaging technique used to view trigger points?
Answer: d. X-ray
Question 13: Endogenous localized contracture within the muscle without the activation of the
motor end plate.
Answer: a. taut band
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(Correct Update)
Question 1: Free nerve endings connected to CNS by thin myelinated (group III)/unmyelinated
(group IV) afferent fibers.
Answer: Specific muscle nociceptors
Question 2: What are two important stimuli for muscle pain?
Answer: ATP and low tissue pH
Question 3: Which of the following is not a characteristic of soft tissue mechanical
dysfunction?
Answer: d. all of the above are characteristics
Question 4: Muscle pain disorder characterized by the presence of a myofascial trigger point
within a taut band, local tenderness, referral of pain to a distant site, restricted ROM, and
autonomic phenomena.
Answer: Myofascial pain
Question 5: What is the main criterion for the diagnosis of myofascial pain?
Answer: Presence of an active myofascial trigger point.
Question 6: Hyperirritable spot in skeletal muscle that is associated with a hypersensitive
palpable nodule in a taut band.
Answer: trigger point
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, Question 7: Produces symptoms, including local or referred pain or other paresthesia.
Answer: a. active trigger point
Question 8: Does not induce pain without being stimulated.
Answer: b. latent trigger point
Question 9: List the diagnostic criteria of identifying a myofascial trigger point.
Answer: -full stretch, limited by pain -taut band palpable -tender spot or nodule within a taut band
-reproducible pain of patient's complaint
Question 10: List the confirmatory observations needed to identify a myofascial trigger point?
Answer: -local twitch response -referred pain in the expected distribution of that muscle -endplate
noise or spontaneous electrical activity (SEA) demonstrated by an EMG study
Question 11: What are the 5 major features of a trigger point based on which excellent
interrater reliablity was established?
Answer: -palpable taut band -tenderness -local twitch response -referred pain -reproduced pain
Question 12: Which of the following is not an imaging technique used to view trigger points?
Answer: d. X-ray
Question 13: Endogenous localized contracture within the muscle without the activation of the
motor end plate.
Answer: a. taut band
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