AMCA PTT PREP GUIDE 2025 BRAND NEW
ACTUAL EXAM WITH ANSWERS.
1. What modality is typically used as the first step in teaching the
patient to ambulate - correct answer -parallel bars
2. This aliment, which affects a patients gait, is the result od
osteoarthritis, generally called what gait - correct answer -
coxalgia
3. Gait seen in elderly pts caused by neurological involvement is
what type of gait - correct answer -hemiplegic
4. Gait usually accompanied by abnormal gait and continuous
tumors is what kind of gait - correct answer -parkinsons
5. The goal of any therapeutic exercise program is to increase the
strength, mobility and ____________ of the patient - correct
answer -Rage of motion and endurance
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6. This type of exercise is to help maintain or improve the strength
of a muscle without bringing about any joint motion - correct
answer -conditioning
7. Paraffin baths are frequently used to treat what disease -
correct answer -rheumatoid arthritis, corpal tunnal
8. This type of massage/modality involves superficial stroking
toward the body or heart, using a slow, gentile rhythmic
movement. The rhythmic movements help produce a reflex
action - correct answer -effleurage
9. This type of massage involves kneading, wringing, lifting or
pressing of a part to help circulation - correct answer -
petrissage
10. In this type of movement, the movements are performed by
someone other than the pt - correct answer -passive range of
motion