Final ISSA Corrective Exercise Test –
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1. Your client is a professional basketball player with a 40" vertical jump and
he experiences no low back or knee pain. You assess his hamstring
mobility at the popliteal angle and determine that it's less than normal.
What should you do? - Correct Ans: ✅✅Leave his hamstrings alone
2. During a sagittal plane postural assessment you observe anteriorly
rotated shoulders. Which of the following correctives is most likely to
benefit the client? - Correct Ans: ✅✅Stretches for the pectorals
3. When your client lacks dorsiflexion, which of the following compensations
is common to observe during a squat? - Correct Ans: ✅✅Excessive
anterior trunk shift
4. Maximal contraction of the hip extensors results in relaxation of the hip
flexors. This is an example of what neural arrangement? - Correct Ans:
✅✅Reciprocal innervation
5. Activating the hip abductors has been shown to increase mobility of which
of the following muscle groups? - Correct Ans: ✅✅Abdominals
6. Iliotibial band syndrome (ITBS) is caused by which of the following? -
Correct Ans: ✅✅An overuse injury of the IT band
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, 7. What is the optimal depth you should train your client to squat from
without pain? - Correct Ans: ✅✅he depth required for the client's life or
sport
8. Tendons and ligaments are similar because they both have: - Correct Ans:
✅✅A limited blood supply and low metabolism
9. What is the name of the outer layer of connective tissue on skeletal
muscle? - Correct Ans: ✅✅Epimysium
10.The functional units of skeletal muscle that allow it shorten are: - Correct
Ans: ✅✅Sarcomeres
11.In terms of muscle actions at the knee joint, the quadriceps and
hamstrings are: - Correct Ans: ✅✅antagonists
12.Skeletal muscle shortens when: - Correct Ans: ✅✅actin and myosin bind
and slide past each other
13.A muscular force-couple occurs when: - Correct Ans: ✅✅two or more
muscles concurrently produce force in different directions to produce one
movement
14.When lifting the arm overhead, impingement of the subacromial space is
avoided when: - Correct Ans: ✅✅a muscular force-couple occurs
between the deltoid and supraspinatus
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Updated Version with All Correct
Answers.
1. Your client is a professional basketball player with a 40" vertical jump and
he experiences no low back or knee pain. You assess his hamstring
mobility at the popliteal angle and determine that it's less than normal.
What should you do? - Correct Ans: ✅✅Leave his hamstrings alone
2. During a sagittal plane postural assessment you observe anteriorly
rotated shoulders. Which of the following correctives is most likely to
benefit the client? - Correct Ans: ✅✅Stretches for the pectorals
3. When your client lacks dorsiflexion, which of the following compensations
is common to observe during a squat? - Correct Ans: ✅✅Excessive
anterior trunk shift
4. Maximal contraction of the hip extensors results in relaxation of the hip
flexors. This is an example of what neural arrangement? - Correct Ans:
✅✅Reciprocal innervation
5. Activating the hip abductors has been shown to increase mobility of which
of the following muscle groups? - Correct Ans: ✅✅Abdominals
6. Iliotibial band syndrome (ITBS) is caused by which of the following? -
Correct Ans: ✅✅An overuse injury of the IT band
Exam with Verified Answers.
, 7. What is the optimal depth you should train your client to squat from
without pain? - Correct Ans: ✅✅he depth required for the client's life or
sport
8. Tendons and ligaments are similar because they both have: - Correct Ans:
✅✅A limited blood supply and low metabolism
9. What is the name of the outer layer of connective tissue on skeletal
muscle? - Correct Ans: ✅✅Epimysium
10.The functional units of skeletal muscle that allow it shorten are: - Correct
Ans: ✅✅Sarcomeres
11.In terms of muscle actions at the knee joint, the quadriceps and
hamstrings are: - Correct Ans: ✅✅antagonists
12.Skeletal muscle shortens when: - Correct Ans: ✅✅actin and myosin bind
and slide past each other
13.A muscular force-couple occurs when: - Correct Ans: ✅✅two or more
muscles concurrently produce force in different directions to produce one
movement
14.When lifting the arm overhead, impingement of the subacromial space is
avoided when: - Correct Ans: ✅✅a muscular force-couple occurs
between the deltoid and supraspinatus
Exam with Verified Answers.
