NBCE Boards Part II - Chiropractic Practices Question and Answers Verified.

NBCE Boards Part II - Chiropractic Practices Question and Answers Verified. L1 has a static listing of spinous right or a dynamic listing of decreased right rotation. The doctor utilizing the prone lumbar unilateral reinforced pisiform spinous contact procedure would stand on the __ side contact with the __ hand. a. left, left b. left, right c. right, right d. right, left - Ans →c. right, right The chiropractor would utilize the prone thoracic unilateral reinforced pisiform mammillary contact procedure standing on the right side contacting the right mammillary of L2 if the patient evaluation revealed decreased __ and decreased __ with motion palpation at L2 - L3. a. left later flexion, left rotation b. left lateral flexion, right rotation c. right lateral flexion, left rotation d. right lateral flexion, right rotation - Ans →c. right lateral flexion, left rotation What is the name given to the energy believed to influence the body in health and disease? a. prana b. innate c. chi d. orgone - Ans →b. innate During a side posture adjusting technique, flexing the patient's knee would help in which type of innominate misalignment? a. medial innominate b. lateral innominate c. anterior innominate d. posterior innominate - Ans →c. anterior innominate Which management option is unlikely to be helpful in idiopathic scoliosis without a bony skeletal defect? a. if < age 3, refer for cobb's angle measurement b. observe periodically for skeletal maturiy c. refer for trial of bracing if the curve is greater than 30 degrees d. treat areas of segmental dysfunction - Ans →c. refer for trial of bracing if the curve is greater than 30 degrees What is the name of the instrumentation which assesses heat emission from the body and is used to determine the presence of a subluxation? a. algometry b. thermography c. surface electromyography d. galvanic skin resistance - Ans →b. thermography Which is not typical of a sacroiliac joint dysfunction syndrome? a. positive valsava test b. weakness of the hip and spine extensor mechanism c. taut and tender fibers over the posterior ilium d. lower lumbar muscle hypertonicity - Ans →a. positive valsava test When performing a leg length analysis according to the derifield technique, which of the following is indicative of a negative D? a. short leg gets longer b. short leg stays short c. even leg gets longer d. short leg gets even - Ans →b. short leg stays short Which adjusting maneuver is most likely to be helpful in a patient with a cervical malposition with a fixation in extension? a. prone thenar pull spinous b. prone hypothenar spinous push c. thumb pillar anterior pull supine d. index pillar prone technique - Ans →b. prone hypothenar spinous push Spondylolisthesis is most likely to cause low back pain in which situation? a. 21 year old male athlete b. 78 year old hypertensive c. 59 year old post-gastrectomy d. 57 year old diabetic - Ans →a. 21 year old male athlete Which utilizes a right inferior stabilization hand? a. PLI-T / Double Transverse / Prone / T3 b. PRI-T / Single Hand / Prone / T1 c. PRS / Double Transverse / Prone / T11 d. PRS / Double Thenar / Prone / T6 - Ans →d. PRS / Double Thenar / Prone / T6 Which is the most effective type of adjustment for an extension fixation in the mid-thoracic region? a. supine hypothenar transverse b. prone unilateral hypothenar transverse c. prone bilateral thenar transverse d. knee-chest hypothenar spinous - Ans →d. knee-chest hypothenar spinous What is the listing on the right if there is point tenderness over the superior aspect of the right sacroiliac joint? a. AS ilium b. PI ilium c. IN ilium d. EX ilium - Ans →b. PI ilium Which adjusting maneuver is best for a patient with a fixation at L5 when extension fixation is considered primary? a. hypothenar spinous push b. reverse lumbar roll c. prone thenar mammillary push d. spinous push-pull - Ans →a. hypothenar spinous push