Total Hip Replacement Exam With 100%
Accurate Solutions 2025
Total hip replacement is surgery used to... CORRECT ANSWERS - replace diseased &
severely damaged components of hip joint with artificial components including metal,
plastic, or ceramics
Artificial hips... CORRECT ANSWERS - do not last forever
- have varying longevity
Partial replacement CORRECT ANSWERS - only femoral component is replaced
Total replacement CORRECT ANSWERS - Femoral and acetabular components both
replaced
Contraindications/Precautions CORRECT ANSWERS - Hip flexion past 90 degrees
- Internal rotation of affected leg
- Adduction past midline
- Lying on affected side
Modifications CORRECT ANSWERS - Adjusted foot bar or stopper
- Neutral or external rotation
- Pad or pillow ot keep legs at hip distance during side lying
- Other positions
Programming CORRECT ANSWERS - Contraindications must be followed until clients
physician/ surgeon advises otherwise
- Strengthening should be focused on hip adduction, extension, & quads
- Gently work to increase ROM & disassociate hip & lumbar movement
- Address biomechanical issues above & below hip as well (lumbar, knee, ankle/foot)
Exercise Examples CORRECT ANSWERS - Footwork (reformer) not on the chair
secondary to increaesed hip flexion
- Swimming & prone hip extension work - may want to use arc or support to eliminate
excess lumbar spine extension to compensate for decreased hip extension
- Bridging
- Feet in straps - caution to avoid hip flexion past 90 degrees, adducting past midline, &
internal rotation of hip
Accurate Solutions 2025
Total hip replacement is surgery used to... CORRECT ANSWERS - replace diseased &
severely damaged components of hip joint with artificial components including metal,
plastic, or ceramics
Artificial hips... CORRECT ANSWERS - do not last forever
- have varying longevity
Partial replacement CORRECT ANSWERS - only femoral component is replaced
Total replacement CORRECT ANSWERS - Femoral and acetabular components both
replaced
Contraindications/Precautions CORRECT ANSWERS - Hip flexion past 90 degrees
- Internal rotation of affected leg
- Adduction past midline
- Lying on affected side
Modifications CORRECT ANSWERS - Adjusted foot bar or stopper
- Neutral or external rotation
- Pad or pillow ot keep legs at hip distance during side lying
- Other positions
Programming CORRECT ANSWERS - Contraindications must be followed until clients
physician/ surgeon advises otherwise
- Strengthening should be focused on hip adduction, extension, & quads
- Gently work to increase ROM & disassociate hip & lumbar movement
- Address biomechanical issues above & below hip as well (lumbar, knee, ankle/foot)
Exercise Examples CORRECT ANSWERS - Footwork (reformer) not on the chair
secondary to increaesed hip flexion
- Swimming & prone hip extension work - may want to use arc or support to eliminate
excess lumbar spine extension to compensate for decreased hip extension
- Bridging
- Feet in straps - caution to avoid hip flexion past 90 degrees, adducting past midline, &
internal rotation of hip