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Chiro Theories Midterm 2 Questions with
Correct Answers | Updated (100% Correct
Answers)
Kirkaldy-Willis, Sandoz Answer: Who created the three phase model
of the Vertebral Subluxation Complex?
Segmental Dysfunction Hypothesis Answer: What is the 1st phase
of the Vertebral Subluxation Complex?
VSC Phase 1 Answer: What phase is recognized by lessened
mobility of a join, altered pressure threshold to pain, and signs of
near musculoskeletal dysfunction?
Instability Hypothesis Answer: What is the 2nd phase of the
Vertebral Subluxation Complex?
Immobilization Degeneration Hypothesis Answer: What is the 3rd
phase of the Vertebral Subluxation Complex?
-Lessened mobility of a joint
-Altered pressure threshold to pain
-Signs of muscular dysfunction Answer: What characteristics make
up the Segmental Dysfunction Hypothesis?
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Joint, joing capsule, ligaments, sensory receptors, motor fibers,
muscles, inflammatory mechanism Answer: What structures can be
subsequently be effected in the Segmental Dysfunction Hypothesis?
Ia Answer: What type of proprioception fibers are found in muscle
spindles?
Ib Answer: What type of proprioception fibers are found in Golgi
Tendon Organs?
Muscle spindles (Ia) Answer: What type of receptor responses to
stretch of the muscle?
Golgi tendon organs (Ib) Answer: What type of receptor responses
to muscle tension?
Muscle spindles and Golgi tendon organs Answer: What structures
are responsible for the regulation of muscle stiffness, muscle tension
change, and muscle length change?
Decreased Answer: When a patient is hypomobile and has a fixed
segment, what will happen to the feedback from the Ia and Ib
receptors?
C fibers Answer: What type of receptor is considered a nociceptor
that responds to "noxious" stimuli?
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Chiro Theories Midterm 2 Questions with
Correct Answers | Updated (100% Correct
Answers)
Kirkaldy-Willis, Sandoz Answer: Who created the three phase model
of the Vertebral Subluxation Complex?
Segmental Dysfunction Hypothesis Answer: What is the 1st phase
of the Vertebral Subluxation Complex?
VSC Phase 1 Answer: What phase is recognized by lessened
mobility of a join, altered pressure threshold to pain, and signs of
near musculoskeletal dysfunction?
Instability Hypothesis Answer: What is the 2nd phase of the
Vertebral Subluxation Complex?
Immobilization Degeneration Hypothesis Answer: What is the 3rd
phase of the Vertebral Subluxation Complex?
-Lessened mobility of a joint
-Altered pressure threshold to pain
-Signs of muscular dysfunction Answer: What characteristics make
up the Segmental Dysfunction Hypothesis?
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Joint, joing capsule, ligaments, sensory receptors, motor fibers,
muscles, inflammatory mechanism Answer: What structures can be
subsequently be effected in the Segmental Dysfunction Hypothesis?
Ia Answer: What type of proprioception fibers are found in muscle
spindles?
Ib Answer: What type of proprioception fibers are found in Golgi
Tendon Organs?
Muscle spindles (Ia) Answer: What type of receptor responses to
stretch of the muscle?
Golgi tendon organs (Ib) Answer: What type of receptor responses
to muscle tension?
Muscle spindles and Golgi tendon organs Answer: What structures
are responsible for the regulation of muscle stiffness, muscle tension
change, and muscle length change?
Decreased Answer: When a patient is hypomobile and has a fixed
segment, what will happen to the feedback from the Ia and Ib
receptors?
C fibers Answer: What type of receptor is considered a nociceptor
that responds to "noxious" stimuli?
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