PTA Final Exam 2025/2026 Exam
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Physical agents categories - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-Thermal agents
-Electromagnetic agents
-Mechanical agents
Thermal agents transfer energy to a pt to increase or decrease... temp - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔tissue
Examples of thermal agents - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔hot packs, ice packs, ultrasound,
whirlpool, and diathermy
Electromagnetic agents apply energy in the form of ... or ... - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔electromagnetic radiation or electrical current
,Examples of electromagnetic agents - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔UV radiation, infrared
radiation, laser, diathermy, electrical current
mechanical agents apply force to increase or decrease ... - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Pressure on the body
Examples of mechanical agents - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Water, traction, compression,
ultrasound
Effects of physical agents - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-reduce inflammation
-accelerate tissue healing
-relieve pain
-alter collagen extensibility
-modify muscle tone
Choosing a physical agent (level of priority) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1 A. Primary
underlying problem
1 B. Problem most likely to respond to treatment
2. Treatments that address more than one problem simultaneously
3. Symptomatic treatment only
, Attributes to be considered in the selection of physical agents. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1.
Goals and effects of treatment
2. Contraindications and precautions
3. Evidence for physical agent use
4. Cost, convenience, and availability
Interventions are generally combined when: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-They have similar
effects -Address different aspects of a common array of symptoms (ex: Rest, Ice,
Elevation, Compression)
When are physical agents most commonly used - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔during the initial
rehabilitation sessions
In the US, chronic pain is more expensive to care for than... - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer
Pain is defined as... - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Unpleasant sensory and emotional
experience associated with tissue damage
Is pain conscious or unconscious - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Conscious (produced and
perceived by the brain)
Nociception - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔neural process of encoding noxious stimuli
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Questions and Verified Answers |
Already Graded A+
Physical agents categories - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-Thermal agents
-Electromagnetic agents
-Mechanical agents
Thermal agents transfer energy to a pt to increase or decrease... temp - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔tissue
Examples of thermal agents - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔hot packs, ice packs, ultrasound,
whirlpool, and diathermy
Electromagnetic agents apply energy in the form of ... or ... - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔electromagnetic radiation or electrical current
,Examples of electromagnetic agents - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔UV radiation, infrared
radiation, laser, diathermy, electrical current
mechanical agents apply force to increase or decrease ... - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Pressure on the body
Examples of mechanical agents - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Water, traction, compression,
ultrasound
Effects of physical agents - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-reduce inflammation
-accelerate tissue healing
-relieve pain
-alter collagen extensibility
-modify muscle tone
Choosing a physical agent (level of priority) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1 A. Primary
underlying problem
1 B. Problem most likely to respond to treatment
2. Treatments that address more than one problem simultaneously
3. Symptomatic treatment only
, Attributes to be considered in the selection of physical agents. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1.
Goals and effects of treatment
2. Contraindications and precautions
3. Evidence for physical agent use
4. Cost, convenience, and availability
Interventions are generally combined when: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-They have similar
effects -Address different aspects of a common array of symptoms (ex: Rest, Ice,
Elevation, Compression)
When are physical agents most commonly used - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔during the initial
rehabilitation sessions
In the US, chronic pain is more expensive to care for than... - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer
Pain is defined as... - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Unpleasant sensory and emotional
experience associated with tissue damage
Is pain conscious or unconscious - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Conscious (produced and
perceived by the brain)
Nociception - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔neural process of encoding noxious stimuli
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
