Intro to PTA: final exam 2025
Questions and Answers
Physical Therapy - ✔✔Care and services by a physical therapist to promote health and
function
State Practice Act - ✔✔Defines therapist scope of practice, varies by state
Examination - ✔✔Process to determine the nature of a condition
Intervention - ✔✔Designing and implementing specific treatment plans
Prevention - ✔✔Includes wellness promotion and health education
Polio Epidemics - ✔✔Outbreaks in 1894, 1914, 1916 leaving many children paralyzed
Reconstruction Aides - ✔✔Trained during WWI, predecessors of modern PTs
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis - ✔✔Established by FDR to support polio
research and treatment
Nagi Models - ✔✔Describes the relationship between health, function, and disability
ICF Model - ✔✔Focuses on functioning, disability, and health interactions
Rehabilitation Models - ✔✔Emphasize managing disability and improving function
Primary Care - ✔✔First contact for health needs, includes direct access PT
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, Secondary Care - ✔✔Clinician referral based care, common in outpatient settings
Tertiary Care - ✔✔Specialized care for specific health conditions
Patient Management Model - ✔✔Involves examination, history, systems review, and
tests
Therapy Diagnosis - ✔✔Categorization of exam findings based on function
Prognosis - ✔✔Prediction of improvement level and time needed for goals
Patient Instruction - ✔✔Education and training provided to clients
Critical Inquiry - ✔✔Research validation of PT interventions
Medicare - ✔✔Federally funded health insurance for elderly and disabled
Medicare Part B - ✔✔Covers therapy services under Medicare
Insurance Reimbursement - ✔✔Ingoing attempts to cut reimbursement, most
companies follow Medicare
State Determined Eligibility - ✔✔Medicare covers lower income, eligibility determined
by states
PT Services Rate - ✔✔Medicare covers PT services at a low rate set by the state
Direct Access - ✔✔Indiana last to pass in 2013, PT refers patient beyond scope to MD
PT Education - ✔✔Changed to masters in 2002, all programs doctorate, BS required for
application
Paraspinal muscles - ✔✔Muscles located alongside the spine, supporting and stabilizing
it
Lumber lordosis - ✔✔Natural inward curve of the lower spine
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Questions and Answers
Physical Therapy - ✔✔Care and services by a physical therapist to promote health and
function
State Practice Act - ✔✔Defines therapist scope of practice, varies by state
Examination - ✔✔Process to determine the nature of a condition
Intervention - ✔✔Designing and implementing specific treatment plans
Prevention - ✔✔Includes wellness promotion and health education
Polio Epidemics - ✔✔Outbreaks in 1894, 1914, 1916 leaving many children paralyzed
Reconstruction Aides - ✔✔Trained during WWI, predecessors of modern PTs
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis - ✔✔Established by FDR to support polio
research and treatment
Nagi Models - ✔✔Describes the relationship between health, function, and disability
ICF Model - ✔✔Focuses on functioning, disability, and health interactions
Rehabilitation Models - ✔✔Emphasize managing disability and improving function
Primary Care - ✔✔First contact for health needs, includes direct access PT
COPYRIGHT © 2025 BY OLIVIA WEST, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
, Secondary Care - ✔✔Clinician referral based care, common in outpatient settings
Tertiary Care - ✔✔Specialized care for specific health conditions
Patient Management Model - ✔✔Involves examination, history, systems review, and
tests
Therapy Diagnosis - ✔✔Categorization of exam findings based on function
Prognosis - ✔✔Prediction of improvement level and time needed for goals
Patient Instruction - ✔✔Education and training provided to clients
Critical Inquiry - ✔✔Research validation of PT interventions
Medicare - ✔✔Federally funded health insurance for elderly and disabled
Medicare Part B - ✔✔Covers therapy services under Medicare
Insurance Reimbursement - ✔✔Ingoing attempts to cut reimbursement, most
companies follow Medicare
State Determined Eligibility - ✔✔Medicare covers lower income, eligibility determined
by states
PT Services Rate - ✔✔Medicare covers PT services at a low rate set by the state
Direct Access - ✔✔Indiana last to pass in 2013, PT refers patient beyond scope to MD
PT Education - ✔✔Changed to masters in 2002, all programs doctorate, BS required for
application
Paraspinal muscles - ✔✔Muscles located alongside the spine, supporting and stabilizing
it
Lumber lordosis - ✔✔Natural inward curve of the lower spine
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