PTA 1010 – SUPPLEMENTARY EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS.
Today what are physical therapist described as?
practitioners
How did physical therapy become a new occupation?
Soldiers were in need of physical function after World War I
What role did Mary McMillian play in the evolution and history of physical therapy?
Recognized as the first physical therapist in the US; however she received her training in
England
What was the impact of WWI and WWII on physical therapy?
WWI- high number of people stricken with disease called for physical therapist; WWII- the polio
epidemic
Rehabilitation
A specialty that concerns itself with the overall improvement of the functional capacity of
patients who, for one reason or another, have been left with impaired motion of an arm or leg or
with impaired balance or coordination
What is the purpose of the team approach to patient care?
. To provide care to the patient from a multi-disciplinary approach.
What is the aim of physical therapy?
Restoration of the locomotor function of the human body.
List at least three character attributes that should be developed by the physical therapy
aide.
Be clean and neat, avoid conflict, preserve the patient's dignity and self-esteem at all
times.
, Ethics
Codes of conduct for behavior
Disability
Partial or complete loss of function to an extremity or damage to a part of the nervous system
that may affect normal body movement and the ability to function in the daily environment.
Occupational therapist
A licensed technician who is a graduate of a school for occupational therapy and has acquired
expertise in making special equipment to facilitate the performance of a patient's daily activities.
Physical medicine
A specialty concentrated on caring for the patient through the use of physical properties, such as
light, heat, cold, water, electricity, massage, manipulation, exercise, and mechanical devices for
physical therapy.
Physical therapist
A licensed technician who is a graduate of a four-year college program with a bachelor's degree,
and in some cases, a master's degree in health sciences. Responsible for performing treatments
that require special training in therapeutic exercises, hydrotherapy, and electrotherapy, and for
carrying out procedures dealing with individual muscles and muscular movement.
How medical records should be kept
Organized
Examination
is the process of gathering information about the past and current status of the patient/client.
Evaluation
is a clinical judgment based the data gathered through the test and measurements and other
examination sources.
Shoulder
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS.
Today what are physical therapist described as?
practitioners
How did physical therapy become a new occupation?
Soldiers were in need of physical function after World War I
What role did Mary McMillian play in the evolution and history of physical therapy?
Recognized as the first physical therapist in the US; however she received her training in
England
What was the impact of WWI and WWII on physical therapy?
WWI- high number of people stricken with disease called for physical therapist; WWII- the polio
epidemic
Rehabilitation
A specialty that concerns itself with the overall improvement of the functional capacity of
patients who, for one reason or another, have been left with impaired motion of an arm or leg or
with impaired balance or coordination
What is the purpose of the team approach to patient care?
. To provide care to the patient from a multi-disciplinary approach.
What is the aim of physical therapy?
Restoration of the locomotor function of the human body.
List at least three character attributes that should be developed by the physical therapy
aide.
Be clean and neat, avoid conflict, preserve the patient's dignity and self-esteem at all
times.
, Ethics
Codes of conduct for behavior
Disability
Partial or complete loss of function to an extremity or damage to a part of the nervous system
that may affect normal body movement and the ability to function in the daily environment.
Occupational therapist
A licensed technician who is a graduate of a school for occupational therapy and has acquired
expertise in making special equipment to facilitate the performance of a patient's daily activities.
Physical medicine
A specialty concentrated on caring for the patient through the use of physical properties, such as
light, heat, cold, water, electricity, massage, manipulation, exercise, and mechanical devices for
physical therapy.
Physical therapist
A licensed technician who is a graduate of a four-year college program with a bachelor's degree,
and in some cases, a master's degree in health sciences. Responsible for performing treatments
that require special training in therapeutic exercises, hydrotherapy, and electrotherapy, and for
carrying out procedures dealing with individual muscles and muscular movement.
How medical records should be kept
Organized
Examination
is the process of gathering information about the past and current status of the patient/client.
Evaluation
is a clinical judgment based the data gathered through the test and measurements and other
examination sources.
Shoulder
