Adapted PE Ch15 Amputations Dwarfism and Les Autres 1

A prosthetic device is prescribed for the person with limb loss by a

• team of medical specialists

• team of educational specialists

• group of persons with limb loss

• family physician

Which of the following is true about functional classifications?

• Above the knee, below the knee, and below the elbow are examples of functional classifications..

• They are used by sport organizations so that competition can be equalized.

• Functional classifications are related solely to the unilateral or bilateral nature of limb absences.

• None of the above.

Some individuals with dwarfism might possess a vertebral abnormality similar to individuals with

• spinal cord injuries

• traumatic brain injury

• Down syndrome

• atlantocervical fracture

What is the most common type of disproportionate dwarfism?

• achondroplasia

• osteoplasia

• short stature syndrome

• osteogenesis imperfecta

Which term or phrase best describes the most technologically advanced lower-limb prosthetic devices today?

• computer-generated designs

• dynamic response devices

• realistic sense of normal foot function

• all of these

Osteogenesis imperfecta is most closely associated with

• spinal paralysis

•  progressive degeneration of the optic nerve

• imperfectly formed bones

• imperfectly formed organs and eyes

Individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy are in greatest need of exercises and activities that include

• agility, flexibility, and breathing

• muscular strength and endurance, speed, and flexibility

• muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and breathing

• balance, agility, speed, and flexibility

The three main types of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis(JIA)are

• systemic, polyarticular, and pauciarticular

• systemic, pauciarticular, and chronic

• polyarticular, pauciarticular, and chronic

• chronic, lethal, and polyarticular

Les autres is a French term that means

• various disabilities

• severe impairments

• major others

• the others

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is the most common form of arthritis in children.

• True

• False