Therapeutic Exercise for Rehabilitation

The Athletic Trainer makes the final decision as to whether an athlete should return to full competition.

• True

• False

What do you call performing tasks such as brushing your teeth, getting dressed and eating?

• occupational therapy

• activities of daily living

• normal range of motion

• rehabilitation medicine

What instrument measures joints?

• protractor

• goniometer

• measuring tape

• scale

Performing a bicep curl with dumbbells, through a full range of motion, and concentric and eccentric contractions is an example of:

• Isometric strengthening

• Isotonic strengthening

• Isokinetic strengthening

• Plyometric strengthening

The safe and efficient use of all parts of the body in exercise and daily activities is called

• activities of daily living.

• body mechanics.

• exercise modalities.

• rehabilitation.

A note in a patient’s documentation that reads “range of motion in right shoulder has increased this week” would be an example of

• subjective finding.

• objective finding.

• assessment note.

• plan.

Retraining muscles to function in their normal or near normal capacity is called

• repair.

• remodeling.

• controlling inflammation.

• exercise modality.

It is _______________ to get a patient’s history when he first begins rehabilitation.

• optional

• essential

• not recommended

• too late

Phase__________ strengthening is isometric.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• B

A person’s ____ is a visual guide to his or her body alignment.

• posture

• PROM

• gait

• ADL