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AMCA PTT PREP GUIDE 2025 BRAND NEW
ACTUAL EXAM WITH ANSWERS.
1. What modality is typically used as the first step in teaching the
patient to ambulate - correct answer -parallel bars
2. This aliment, which affects a patients gait, is the result od
osteoarthritis, generally called what gait - correct answer -
coxalgia
3. Gait seen in elderly pts caused by neurological involvement is
what type of gait - correct answer -hemiplegic
4. Gait usually accompanied by abnormal gait and continuous
tumors is what kind of gait - correct answer -parkinsons
5. The goal of any therapeutic exercise program is to increase the
strength, mobility and ____________ of the patient - correct
answer -Rage of motion and endurance
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6. This type of exercise is to help maintain or improve the strength
of a muscle without bringing about any joint motion - correct
answer -conditioning
7. Paraffin baths are frequently used to treat what disease -
correct answer -rheumatoid arthritis, corpal tunnal
8. This type of massage/modality involves superficial stroking
toward the body or heart, using a slow, gentile rhythmic
movement. The rhythmic movements help produce a reflex
action - correct answer -effleurage
9. This type of massage involves kneading, wringing, lifting or
pressing of a part to help circulation - correct answer -
petrissage
10. In this type of movement, the movements are performed by
someone other than the pt - correct answer -passive range of
motion
AMCA PTT PREP GUIDE 2025 BRAND NEW
ACTUAL EXAM WITH ANSWERS.
1. What modality is typically used as the first step in teaching the
patient to ambulate - correct answer -parallel bars
2. This aliment, which affects a patients gait, is the result od
osteoarthritis, generally called what gait - correct answer -
coxalgia
3. Gait seen in elderly pts caused by neurological involvement is
what type of gait - correct answer -hemiplegic
4. Gait usually accompanied by abnormal gait and continuous
tumors is what kind of gait - correct answer -parkinsons
5. The goal of any therapeutic exercise program is to increase the
strength, mobility and ____________ of the patient - correct
answer -Rage of motion and endurance
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6. This type of exercise is to help maintain or improve the strength
of a muscle without bringing about any joint motion - correct
answer -conditioning
7. Paraffin baths are frequently used to treat what disease -
correct answer -rheumatoid arthritis, corpal tunnal
8. This type of massage/modality involves superficial stroking
toward the body or heart, using a slow, gentile rhythmic
movement. The rhythmic movements help produce a reflex
action - correct answer -effleurage
9. This type of massage involves kneading, wringing, lifting or
pressing of a part to help circulation - correct answer -
petrissage
10. In this type of movement, the movements are performed by
someone other than the pt - correct answer -passive range of
motion
