NBCE physiotherapy Exam Study Questions and Answers 2024

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 - 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 - C. cryotherapy Which of the following units of measure indicates the rate of electrical current flow? A. volt B. Watt C. ampere D. ohm - C. ampere 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 - C. faradic current Positive galvanic current produces which of hte following physiological effects? A. hyperemia B. softened tissue c. faradic current D. shortwave diathermy - 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 - 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 - C. impaired circulation Which of the following is the treatment of choice for generalized rheumatoid arthritis? A. ultraviolet B. Ultrasound C. Infrared Lamp D. microwave diathermy - C. infrared lamp Which of the following conditions contraindicates continuous shortwave diathermy? A. cervical radiculitis B. arteriosclerosis obliterans C. sinusitis D. Brochitis - B. arteriosclerosis obliterans Which of the following is the treatment of choice during exacerbations of Raynaud's disease? A. smooth-wave galvanism B. ultraviolet radiation C. infrared therapy D. cryotherapy - c. infrared therapy To enhance ultrasound treatment of the target area, which of the following additional areas should be treated? A. antagonistic muscle B. dermatomal nerve root C. Contralateral Muslce D. motor nerve root - b. dermatomal nerve root Overuse of which of the following modalities may cause platelet aggregation and risk of thrombus formation? A. shortwave B. ultrasound C. galvanism D. ultraviolet - b. ultrasound