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NBCE PHYSIOTHERAPY EXAM
WITH CORRECT SOLUTION
100% VERIFIED
A patient with a hx of thrombosis who is taking an anticoagulant
presents with lower extremity muscle sorenes after hiking. Which
of the following modalities is contraindicated?
A. Interferential with suction
B. Cryotherapy
C. High-volt Pulsed Direct Current
D. Low-Frequency - answer -A. interferential with suction
A 46 yo Male hemiplegic presents with a history of shoulder
spasticity and secondary shoulder joint dysfunction. Which of the
following would elicit a temporary, therapeatically effective
decrease in spaspaticity?
A. ultraviolet
B. Fluidotherapy
C. Crypotherapy
D. Effleurage Massage - answer -C. cryotherapy
Which of the following units of measure indicates the rate of
electrical current flow?
A. volt
B. Watt
C. ampere
D. ohm - answer -C. ampere
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The physiological effects of which of the following modalities are
most similar to those of high-volt therapy?
A. ultrasound
B. Russian Stimulation
C. Faradic Current
D. shortwave diathermy - answer -C. faradic current
Positive galvanic current produces which of hte following
physiological effects?
A. hyperemia
B. softened tissue
c. faradic current
D. shortwave diathermy - answer -D. shortwave diathermy
which of the following is a systemic effect of applying heat to the
body?
A. decreased metabolism
B. Bradypnea
C. polyuria
D. Bradycardia - answer -C. polyuria
The presence of which of the following contraindicates the use of
paraffin for treatment of osteoarthritis of the hands
A. contracture
B. Scar Tissue
C. Impaired Circulation
D. Postfracture stiffness - answer -C. impaired circulation
Which of the following is the treatment of choice for generalized
rheumatoid arthritis?
A. ultraviolet
NBCE PHYSIOTHERAPY EXAM
WITH CORRECT SOLUTION
100% VERIFIED
A patient with a hx of thrombosis who is taking an anticoagulant
presents with lower extremity muscle sorenes after hiking. Which
of the following modalities is contraindicated?
A. Interferential with suction
B. Cryotherapy
C. High-volt Pulsed Direct Current
D. Low-Frequency - answer -A. interferential with suction
A 46 yo Male hemiplegic presents with a history of shoulder
spasticity and secondary shoulder joint dysfunction. Which of the
following would elicit a temporary, therapeatically effective
decrease in spaspaticity?
A. ultraviolet
B. Fluidotherapy
C. Crypotherapy
D. Effleurage Massage - answer -C. cryotherapy
Which of the following units of measure indicates the rate of
electrical current flow?
A. volt
B. Watt
C. ampere
D. ohm - answer -C. ampere
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The physiological effects of which of the following modalities are
most similar to those of high-volt therapy?
A. ultrasound
B. Russian Stimulation
C. Faradic Current
D. shortwave diathermy - answer -C. faradic current
Positive galvanic current produces which of hte following
physiological effects?
A. hyperemia
B. softened tissue
c. faradic current
D. shortwave diathermy - answer -D. shortwave diathermy
which of the following is a systemic effect of applying heat to the
body?
A. decreased metabolism
B. Bradypnea
C. polyuria
D. Bradycardia - answer -C. polyuria
The presence of which of the following contraindicates the use of
paraffin for treatment of osteoarthritis of the hands
A. contracture
B. Scar Tissue
C. Impaired Circulation
D. Postfracture stiffness - answer -C. impaired circulation
Which of the following is the treatment of choice for generalized
rheumatoid arthritis?
A. ultraviolet
