AAAI/ISMA Practice Test – Injuries
questions with complete solutions
Sprains - correct answer ✔✔Damaged ligaments. Ligaments are not vascular so
they take time to heal. The severity falls into 3 categories.
Sprain I - correct answer ✔✔Tweak minimal damage. Can be walked off. No loss of
ROM.
Sprain II - correct answer ✔✔30-80% rupture of tissue fibers. Ligaments stretched
beyond functional limits. ROM is limited. Usually 8-10 weeks for sprain to heal
during which should be immobilized.
Sprain III - correct answer ✔✔Ligament has been ruptured. Almost complete loss
of function, severe pain and swelling. Surgical repair. 8-10weeks recovery.
Strains - correct answer ✔✔Tear in Tendon. Tendons are vascular so they heal
better than ligaments. The severity falls into 3 categories.
Strain I - correct answer ✔✔Tweak minimal damage. Can be walked off. No loss of
ROM.
Strain II - correct answer ✔✔Tendon stretched beyond functional limits. followed
by immobilization. Tendon regains full function with rehabilitation
, Strain III - correct answer ✔✔Tendon has been ruptured. Almost complete loss of
function, severe pain and swelling. Surgical repair.
Tendonitis - correct answer ✔✔The inflammation of a tendon. usually caused by
overuse of a joint. Most common areas are shoulders and knees. Taking time off
or correction poor mechanics usually eliminates problems.
Achilles Tendonitis - correct answer ✔✔Common aerobic injury. swelling about
the achilles tendon. anybody mechanics that cause the foot to land in an
excessively supinated position or compensatory hyperpronation. Person usually
complains of burning sensation during workout and stiffness in tendon area in
morning. Treatment consists of Ice and gentle straight leg stretches of achilles
tendon.
Bursitis - correct answer ✔✔Inflammation of the bursa sac. Characterized by
painful movement and swelling of the joint.
Prepatellar Bursitis - correct answer ✔✔Caused by trauma below the knee cap.
Usual tenderness from swelling of bursa sac and area becomes puffy. May be
wrapped and treated with ice and nonsteriodial anti-inflammatory drugs.
Stress Fracture - correct answer ✔✔Microscopic or even larger breaks in bones,
usually weight bearing. Left untreated they can compound and cause compound
fractures that require surgery. Reducing impact activities, and time, can heal stress
fractures.
Shin Splints - correct answer ✔✔Area of pain felt on the shin (Posterior tibial
syndrome). Condition exists when tibial anterior is pulled away from the tibia and
questions with complete solutions
Sprains - correct answer ✔✔Damaged ligaments. Ligaments are not vascular so
they take time to heal. The severity falls into 3 categories.
Sprain I - correct answer ✔✔Tweak minimal damage. Can be walked off. No loss of
ROM.
Sprain II - correct answer ✔✔30-80% rupture of tissue fibers. Ligaments stretched
beyond functional limits. ROM is limited. Usually 8-10 weeks for sprain to heal
during which should be immobilized.
Sprain III - correct answer ✔✔Ligament has been ruptured. Almost complete loss
of function, severe pain and swelling. Surgical repair. 8-10weeks recovery.
Strains - correct answer ✔✔Tear in Tendon. Tendons are vascular so they heal
better than ligaments. The severity falls into 3 categories.
Strain I - correct answer ✔✔Tweak minimal damage. Can be walked off. No loss of
ROM.
Strain II - correct answer ✔✔Tendon stretched beyond functional limits. followed
by immobilization. Tendon regains full function with rehabilitation
, Strain III - correct answer ✔✔Tendon has been ruptured. Almost complete loss of
function, severe pain and swelling. Surgical repair.
Tendonitis - correct answer ✔✔The inflammation of a tendon. usually caused by
overuse of a joint. Most common areas are shoulders and knees. Taking time off
or correction poor mechanics usually eliminates problems.
Achilles Tendonitis - correct answer ✔✔Common aerobic injury. swelling about
the achilles tendon. anybody mechanics that cause the foot to land in an
excessively supinated position or compensatory hyperpronation. Person usually
complains of burning sensation during workout and stiffness in tendon area in
morning. Treatment consists of Ice and gentle straight leg stretches of achilles
tendon.
Bursitis - correct answer ✔✔Inflammation of the bursa sac. Characterized by
painful movement and swelling of the joint.
Prepatellar Bursitis - correct answer ✔✔Caused by trauma below the knee cap.
Usual tenderness from swelling of bursa sac and area becomes puffy. May be
wrapped and treated with ice and nonsteriodial anti-inflammatory drugs.
Stress Fracture - correct answer ✔✔Microscopic or even larger breaks in bones,
usually weight bearing. Left untreated they can compound and cause compound
fractures that require surgery. Reducing impact activities, and time, can heal stress
fractures.
Shin Splints - correct answer ✔✔Area of pain felt on the shin (Posterior tibial
syndrome). Condition exists when tibial anterior is pulled away from the tibia and
