Test Bank for Physical Agents: Theory and Practice, 3rd Edition, Barbara J. Behrens, Holly Beinert

Chapter 1: Evidence-Based Practice with Physical Agents Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 1. Which of the following is NOT an essential component in the implementation of evidence-based practice? A. Current research B. Clinical experience C. Patient goals D. Notes from school from 10 years ago ____ 2. Which of the following organizations includes the use of evidence-based practice in its “Vision 2020”? A. Commission on Accreditation of Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) B. American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) C. Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) D. Medicare ____ 3. After reading a patient’s evaluation, you determine that exercises to strengthen the vastus medialis muscle would be beneficial. You ask yourself, “What exercises would promote maximum firing of vastus medialis muscle fibers?” This is an example of which of the following steps of evidence-based practice? A. Ask B. Acquire C. Appraise D. Apply ____ 4. When evaluating the design of a research study, we can utilize the hierarchy of evidence. With which of the following factors does the hierarchy rank research designs? A. Publication date B. Length of study C. Bias D. Number of subjects ____ 5. Which of the following best defines the term “control group”? A. The group that controls the entire study B. The group receiving the intervention C. The group not receiving the intervention D. The group that reviews the study outcome ____ 6. Which of the following research designs contains a control group? A. Experimental B. Quasi-experimental