Exam 1 Study Guide PDF

Exam 1 Study Guide: Units 1 -- 6 **Dutton Chapter 1:** - Evidence-based practice pg 4 - involves the integration of three key elements 1).best research evidence from systematic research. 2)clinical expertise, 3) patient values - Role of the Physical Therapist Assistant pg4- graduate...

Exam 1 Study Guide: Units 1 -- 6 **Dutton Chapter 1:** - Evidence-based practice pg 4 - involves the integration of three key elements 1).best research evidence from systematic research. 2)clinical expertise, 3) patient values - Role of the Physical Therapist Assistant pg4- graduate knowledgeable, service oriented, self assured adaptive reflective who of critical and integrative thinking and lifelong learning and ethical values. - Patient Education pg12 - The PTA is to spend time educating the patient about his or her conditions, so the patient can fully understand the importance of rehabilitation princess and become an educated consumer. - Privacy and Confidentiality -- pg15 : a patient\'s privacy and dignity should be maintained at all times. Whenever appropriate, the clinician should ask permission from the patient before carrying out an action. **Introduction Unit Canvas Module -- Role of the PTA video 1,2,3** **Unit 1: Prevention Health and Wellness PowerPoint** - Health-related quality of life - a broad multidimensional concept that usually includes self reported measures of physical and mental health. - Health promotion -- any effort taken to allow individual, group or community to achieve awareness of and empowerment to pursue- prevention and wellness - Wellness -- a state of being that incorporates all facets & dimensions of human existence, including physical health, emotional health, spirituality, and social connectivity - Health literacy -- the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain and process and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions. - Health -- a state of complete physical, mental, and social well being and not being merely the absence of disease or infirmity. - Well-being -- a positive outcome that is meaningful for people & for many sectors of society, because it tells us that people perceive that their lives are going well. **Dutton Chapter 2: Anatomy and Biomechanics** - Planes of motion: sagittal, frontal, transverse - Skeletal muscle tissue: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Key terms in Kinesiology (table 2.8 -- pg. 37-38) - Force - - - - - Load-deformation curve 🌺 - - - - Force Couple: A system of forces that exerts a resultant moment force. - Levers/Mechanical Advantage: efficiency of force used.🌺 - - - - Active and passive insufficiency: muscle limitations in motion. - - - Osteo and arthrokinematics: - - - Effects of immobilization: muscle atrophy and stiffness **Chapter 8: Decision-Making for the PTA** Table 8.1 PG223 & 8.2 including text regarding the tables. Table 8.2 Intervention Principles - - - - - - - - - - Correct therapeutic exercise progression: how exercises should advance safely **Chapter 9: Manual Modalities** - Contraindications to manual therapy: when NOT to use hands on techniques - - - - - - - - - - **Chapter 11: Therapeutic Exercise** - Open & closed kinetic chain: movement with or without fixed points - Exercise physiology (including the 3 energy systems) - - - - Rate of perceived exertion/Borg scale (including key point pg.288)- RPE is on a scale of 1-10 and then you take that number they give you and multiple by 10 to give you their approximate heart rate. BORG scale is 6-20. - Stages of motor learning - - - **Chapter 12: Improving Mobility** - Indications and Contraindications to improving mobility through various techniques - Effects of stretching - - - - - - Types of mobility and stretching techniques - - - - - - - - - **Chapter 13: Improving Muscle Performance** - Differentiate between strength, power, and endurance - Exercise principles - - - - Methods of strengthening - - - - - - Hierarchy of exercise progression - Strengthening exercise programs - - - - - - Considerations to strength training : - Contraindications to strength training: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, uncontrolled hypertension, unstable angina, uncontrolled dysrhythmias, certain stages of retinopathy. **Chapter 15: Improving Cardiovascular Conditioning** - Safety - Normal exercise responses - FITT principle: frequency, intensity, time, type - HR max formulas and cut offs: - - - - Types of cardiovascular conditioning - - - Kahoot questions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.