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31 Cards in this Set
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Name 2 functions of CT.
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Provide mechanical support, allows for the exchange of oxygen, blood, water, gases, cells and wastes
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Of all the kinds of CT, which has the poorest ability to repair.
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Articular Cartilage
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True or False: Pain and swelling are good indicators to use when assessing response to treatments
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FALSE
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What three conditions must exist for ligament healing to occur?
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The torn ends must be in contact with each other, controlled progressive stress must be applied to orient scar, and protection.
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True or False: A grade two strain has microscopic tearing of the ligament.
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FALSE
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Name the three reasons why immobilization is used to treat fractures
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Secure bone fragments, protection, and provide needed motion for healing.
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For appropriate bone healing to occur, what 3 conditions must occur?
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Apposition, adequate fixation and length of time
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Which manner of facture healing is devoid of periosteal soft callus formation?
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Primary or direct cortical healing
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Name the six classifications of fractures.
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Site, extent, configuration, relationship of fragments and environment, and Complications
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True or False, a nonunion occurs when the healing process has stopped.
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TRUE
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What factors can contribute to a nonunion?
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Associated soft-tissue injury, poor blood supply, and infections
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What are some adverse effects that occur when a joint is immobilized?
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Joint stiffness, decreased water content, decreased ligament strength, loss of bone, and muscle atrophy.
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True or False, when a joint is immobilized, the articular cartilage that is in a non-contact position will show greater degenerative changes then the AC that is in a contact position.
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FALSE
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What substance contributes to articular cartilage's compressive strength?
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Proteoglycans
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True or False: superfical lesions of AC do not remodel or heal as well as deeper or full-thickness injuries.
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True
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None
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Name 5 alternative treatments used in the treatment of AC injuries.
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Debridement, Arthroscopic Osteochrondral Autografts, Autologous Chrondrocyte Transplantation, viscosupplementation with hyaluronic acid injections and oral glucosamine and chrondroitin sulfate
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What is the goal of surgical abrading in the treatment of AC injuries.
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Stimulates bleeding which initiates the healing process.
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True or False: reducing vertical compression loading forces is indicated for patients who have AC injuries to the tibiofemoral joint.
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TRUE
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None
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True or False: articular cartilage is avascular.
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TRUE
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True or False: The outer third of the meniscus of the knee has a blood supply.
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TRUE
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True or False: complete tears of a muscle are more common then partial tears.
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FALSE
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True or False: the healing response of muscle is greater than bone.
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TRUE
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True or False: in a type II muscle strain, the vascular supply to the muscle is compromised.
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FALSE
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True or False: DOMS is an example of a direct type of muscle injury.
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FALSE
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True or False: when the vascular supply to a muscle is damaged, the injury will heal via repair.
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TRUE
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True or False: tendon injuries heal better then fractures.
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FALSE
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True or False: The proximal third of a tendon has the lease blood supply.
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TRUE
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True or False: injured tendons have an increased ultimate load to failure then injured tendons.
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FALSE
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True or False: a surgically repaired tendon's tensile strength will never be the same as an injured tendon.
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TRUE
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What does the acronym PRICE stand for?
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Protection, Rest, Ice , compression and elevation
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Name the three progressive stages of AC degeneration.
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Fibrillaltion, blistering, and fissuring
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