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NBCE PT BOARDS EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ What is the formula for calculating target heart rate? - -(((220-age) - resting HR) x heart rate range from .6-.9) + resting HR) What HR range do you use to calculate target HR for a couch potato or post MI patient? - -.6 What HR range do you use to calculate target HR for a well trained athlete? - -.9 What HR range do you use to calculate target HR for a normal patient? - -.75 How does target HR vary for older patients? - -It will be lower. How does target HR differ for athletic patients? - -It will be higher. Which of the following does not effect target HR? A) BPM B) Resting HR C) BP D) Activity Level - -C) BP What type of exercises are Williams exercises? - -Flexion What exercises are best for general low back pain? - -Williams What type of exercises are McKenzie exercises? - -Extension What are some contraindications for McKenzie exercises? - -Spondy, Bastrocks, Facet Syndrome What exercise is best for an acute disc? - -McKenzie What exercise is second best for an acute disc? - -Williams The activities in Williams exercises are geared towards doing what? - -Reducing lumbar lordosis The premise behind Williams exercises states that the cause of most low back pain is through what activity? - -Walking upright in a straight position. According to Williams what is a normal posture? - -Knees bent and torso slightly bent forward. At what height from the ground does the iliopsoas engage? - -6" According to Williams exercises most back pain is caused by a weakness in what muscle group? - - Abdominals How are the hamstrings most commonly described in comparison to the quadriceps? - -Tight and weak What are the first three Williams Flexion Exercises? - -Crunch, Pelvic Tilt/Rocks, Hamstring Stretch What muscle does the Pelvic Tilt exercise work to strengthen? - -Glute Max What are the three types of pain syndromes? - -Postural, Dysfunction, Derangement Describe a postural pain syndrome. - -End range stress of normal structures Describe dysfunction pain syndrome. - -End range stress leading to contracted or adherent structures Describe deranged pain syndrome. - -Anatomical disruption or displacement of structure "herniated disc" What is the plyometric formula? - -Force x Speed = Po