Flex Therapist CEUs

1. Symptom severity always corresponds to the degree of damage displayed on the radiograph.

A. True B. False

2. Patients who received total hip arthroplasty without a rehabilitation program will develop functional limitations within _____ after surgery.

A. 5 years B. 1 year C. 6 months D. 2 months

3. Physiotherapy can do which of the following?

A. Improve strength and gait speed after THA. B. Help prevent frequent complications, such as luxation and thromboembolic disease. C. Increases the patient's mobility and offers education about the exercises and precautions that are necessary during hospitalization and after discharge. D. All of the above.

4. According to Viliani et al., the main aspects that should be addressed in rehabilitation protocols include all of the following, except:

A. Attention to and caution with the posture and the position of the operated limb. B. Thromboembolic disease prevention. C. Improvement of pain scores in the Merle D' Aubigné and Postel scale over a short follow-up period. D. Patient education for taking care of the prosthesis after hospital discharge.

5. Initiation of strength training as soon as possible after surgery is of great importance to decrease the influence of postsurgery immobilization on the impairment of muscle mass.

A. True B. False