140 orthotic fitter test review questions with Answers 100% Accuracy |Updated 2024(ABC Certified Orthotic Fitter)

Which of these ABC practitioners would be allowed to treat unstable spinal conditions and long bone fracture. - correct answer Certified Orthotist Spinal bracing helps to control back pain by all of these except - correct answer allowing free vertebral motion These are used to de-weight spinal structures by increasing abdominal compression - correct answer corsets Thermoplastic panels added to a corset - correct answer Enhance A/P control True of false. Static orthoses allow restricted range of motion against resistance at a fixed angle. - correct answer False This is a long-term disease that causes inflammation of the joints between the spinal bones and the joints between the spine and the pelvis, eventually causes the affected spinal bones to join together - correct answer Ankylosing Spondylitis This occurs when the bones of the spine between due to trauma. usually the trauma necessary to break the bones of the spine is quite large. in certain circumstances however, such as in elderly people and in people with cancer these same bones can break with little or no force. The vertebrae most commonly broken are those in the lower back. - correct answer Vertebral compression fracture This is an inward curvature of a portion of the vertebral column.Although the human spine has some normal inward curvature, excessive inward curvature can be caused by tight low back muscles, excessive visceral fat, and pregnancy. - correct answer Lordosis This condition is characterized by pain that shoots shown the leg. A bulging or ruptured (herniated) disk is the most common cause of the pain. - correct answer Sciatica These orthoses usually offer additional immobilization fort he thumb area. They are indicated for soft tissue injuries, gamekeeper injuries, collateral ligament support and avulsion fractures of the thumb - correct answer Thumb Spica Classic way to splint ht hand after a stroke with thumb in full opposition, wrist in dorsiflexion, and MP joints flexed. - correct answer Wrist- hand Cock- up splint A shoulder orthoses provides _________ pressure on the forearm/elbow - correct answer Upward This brace is effective following rotator cuff repairs, involved humeral fractures, and post op shoulder/ arm surgery where shoulder position and elbow flexion control are desired - correct answer Airplane splint This upper extremity pathology is caused by an abnormal thickening of tough tissue ( fibrous layer) underneath the skin of the palm and finger that can cause the finger to curl - correct answer Dupuytren Contracture This deformity of a finger is caused when the extensor tendon is damaged preventing the finger or thumb is not able to be straightened - correct answer Mallet Finge