CERTIFICATION OF ORTHOTIC
FITTERS EXAM WITH
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(GRADED TO PASS).
Patient records should be kept - ANSWER in locked cabinets outside of patient
access areas
understanding patients expectations relative to outcomes is - ANSWER an
important fitting consideration
the function of the skeletal system is - ANSWER to provide a flexible framework
and to manufacture red blood cells
ligaments heal best with - ANSWER controlled stress motion
In common practice, an avulsion is - ANSWER Torn tendon
Concentric muscle activity - ANSWER Accelerates mass
Tendons function by attaching - ANSWER muscle to bone
Joint stability requires - ANSWER adequate strength, appropriate range of motion,
adequate proprioception
Proprioception is - ANSWER the body's position sense in space
Most gross motions during gait occur in the - ANSWER Frontal plane
Superior - inferiodr positions refer to components of the - ANSWER trunk
adduction - abduction is determined by ending posture of the - ANSWER distal
segment
Transvers plane indicates - ANSWER Rotatory motion
A partial dislocation is referred to as a - ANSWER subluxation
Pressure points are - ANSWER the patients worst enemy, the fitter's worst enemy,
The referring physician's worst enemy
Documentation of a gait deficit prior to fitting a wrist orthosis is - ANSWER
important
The definition f a joint is - ANSWER a connective tissue between bones
Normally tendons, when torn loose by a sudden force, seldom break in the middle;
rather, - ANSWER they pull away from the bone at the end
FITTERS EXAM WITH
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(GRADED TO PASS).
Patient records should be kept - ANSWER in locked cabinets outside of patient
access areas
understanding patients expectations relative to outcomes is - ANSWER an
important fitting consideration
the function of the skeletal system is - ANSWER to provide a flexible framework
and to manufacture red blood cells
ligaments heal best with - ANSWER controlled stress motion
In common practice, an avulsion is - ANSWER Torn tendon
Concentric muscle activity - ANSWER Accelerates mass
Tendons function by attaching - ANSWER muscle to bone
Joint stability requires - ANSWER adequate strength, appropriate range of motion,
adequate proprioception
Proprioception is - ANSWER the body's position sense in space
Most gross motions during gait occur in the - ANSWER Frontal plane
Superior - inferiodr positions refer to components of the - ANSWER trunk
adduction - abduction is determined by ending posture of the - ANSWER distal
segment
Transvers plane indicates - ANSWER Rotatory motion
A partial dislocation is referred to as a - ANSWER subluxation
Pressure points are - ANSWER the patients worst enemy, the fitter's worst enemy,
The referring physician's worst enemy
Documentation of a gait deficit prior to fitting a wrist orthosis is - ANSWER
important
The definition f a joint is - ANSWER a connective tissue between bones
Normally tendons, when torn loose by a sudden force, seldom break in the middle;
rather, - ANSWER they pull away from the bone at the end
