PTA Board Exam 2025 Questions and
Answers
Ataxic - ANSWER✔✔-A gait pattern characterized by staggering and unsteadiness.
There is usually a wide base of support and movements are exaggerated.
Double Step - ANSWER✔✔-A gait pattern which alternate steps are of a different length or at a
different rate.
Equine - ANSWER✔✔-A gait pattern characterized by high steps; usually involves excessive activity
of the gastrocnemius.
Festinating - ANSWER✔✔-A gait pattern where a patient walks on toes as though pushed.
It starts slowly, increases, and may continue until the patient grasps an object in order to stop.
Spastic - ANSWER✔✔-A gait pattern with stiff movement, toes seeming to catch and drag, legs
held together, and hip and knee joints slightly flex.
Steppage - ANSWER✔✔-A gait pattern in which the feet and toes are lifted through hip and knee
flexion to excessive heights; usually secondary to dorsiflexor weakness.
The foot will SLAP at initial contact with the ground secondary to the decreased control.
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, Tabetic - ANSWER✔✔-A high stepping ataxic gait pattern in which the feet slap the ground.
Vaulting - ANSWER✔✔-A gait pattern where the swing leg advances by compensating through the
combination of elevation of the pelvis and plantar flexion of the stance leg.
Contusion - ANSWER✔✔-A sudden blow to a part of the body that can result in mild to severe
damage to superficial and deep structures.
Treatment includes AROM, ice and compression
Sprain - ANSWER✔✔-An acute injury involving a ligament.
Strain - ANSWER✔✔-An injury involving the musculotendinous unit that involves a muscle,
tendon, or their attachments to bone.
Reciprocating Gait Orthosis - ANSWER✔✔-A derivative of the HKAFO and incorporate a cable
system to assist with advancement of the L.E. during gait.
Patient shifts weight onto a selected L.E., the cable system advances the opposite L.E.
Primarily used for patients with paraplegia.
Parapodiums - ANSWER✔✔-A standing frame designed to allow a patient to sit when necessary.
A prefabricated frame and ambulation is achieved by shifting weight and rocking the base across the
floor.
Primarily used by pediatric population.
Corset - ANSWER✔✔-Constructed of fabric and may have metal uprights within the material to
provide abdominal compression and support.
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Ataxic - ANSWER✔✔-A gait pattern characterized by staggering and unsteadiness.
There is usually a wide base of support and movements are exaggerated.
Double Step - ANSWER✔✔-A gait pattern which alternate steps are of a different length or at a
different rate.
Equine - ANSWER✔✔-A gait pattern characterized by high steps; usually involves excessive activity
of the gastrocnemius.
Festinating - ANSWER✔✔-A gait pattern where a patient walks on toes as though pushed.
It starts slowly, increases, and may continue until the patient grasps an object in order to stop.
Spastic - ANSWER✔✔-A gait pattern with stiff movement, toes seeming to catch and drag, legs
held together, and hip and knee joints slightly flex.
Steppage - ANSWER✔✔-A gait pattern in which the feet and toes are lifted through hip and knee
flexion to excessive heights; usually secondary to dorsiflexor weakness.
The foot will SLAP at initial contact with the ground secondary to the decreased control.
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, Tabetic - ANSWER✔✔-A high stepping ataxic gait pattern in which the feet slap the ground.
Vaulting - ANSWER✔✔-A gait pattern where the swing leg advances by compensating through the
combination of elevation of the pelvis and plantar flexion of the stance leg.
Contusion - ANSWER✔✔-A sudden blow to a part of the body that can result in mild to severe
damage to superficial and deep structures.
Treatment includes AROM, ice and compression
Sprain - ANSWER✔✔-An acute injury involving a ligament.
Strain - ANSWER✔✔-An injury involving the musculotendinous unit that involves a muscle,
tendon, or their attachments to bone.
Reciprocating Gait Orthosis - ANSWER✔✔-A derivative of the HKAFO and incorporate a cable
system to assist with advancement of the L.E. during gait.
Patient shifts weight onto a selected L.E., the cable system advances the opposite L.E.
Primarily used for patients with paraplegia.
Parapodiums - ANSWER✔✔-A standing frame designed to allow a patient to sit when necessary.
A prefabricated frame and ambulation is achieved by shifting weight and rocking the base across the
floor.
Primarily used by pediatric population.
Corset - ANSWER✔✔-Constructed of fabric and may have metal uprights within the material to
provide abdominal compression and support.
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