Virtual Yoga for Chronic Low Back Pain
Virtual yoga classes may be an effective treatment option for chronic low back pain.
- True
- False
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Management
Which one of the following statements about the management of carpal tunnel syndrome is false?
- Up to one-half of patients with nonsevere symptoms spontaneously improve within 2 years.
- Splints should be worn for at least 1 to 2 months.
- Short courses of prednisone (i.e., less than 2 weeks) are more effective than local corticosteroid injections.
- Yoga can improve pain and grip strength compared with wrist splinting.
Volume 40.2 - Question 12
Postural Insoles in Stroke
In stroke patients, postural insoles improve static balance, gait symmetry, and spatiotemporal gait parameters compared with physical therapy alone.
- True
- False
Volume 40.1 - Question 30
Plantar Fasciitis
Treatment of plantar fasciitis with botulinum toxin A therapy leads to clinically significant improvement in pain at 12 months.
- True
- False
Volume 37.6 - Question 30
Aquatic Exercise and Chronic Low Back Pain
Therapeutic aquatic exercise in the management of adults with chronic low back pain is more effective than passive physical therapy modalities (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and infrared ray thermal therapy).
- True
- False
Volume 37.6 - Question 21
Volume 37.2 - Question 32
Degenerative Meniscal Tears
Over a period of five years, for self-reported knee function, exercise-based physical therapy is non-inferior to arthroscopic partial meniscectomy for degenerative meniscal tears.
- True
- False
Volume 38.2 - Question 17
Virtual Pulmonary Rehab
For patients with COPD, virtual pulmonary rehabilitation compared to in-person pulmonary rehabilitation results in each one of the following except:
- Similar improvement in 6 minute walking distance.
- Similar reduction in symptoms of breathlessness.
- Similar improvement in quality of life score.
- Reduced program completion.
Volume 37.5 - Question 19
Dyspnea in Long Covid
In patients with COVID-19 who received mechanical ventilation and who have persistent dyspnea, dyspnea scores improve more with exercise training rehabilitation therapy than with standard physiotherapy.
- True
- False
Volume 39.1 - Question 26
Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections
For which musculoskeletal condition is platelet rich plasma injection not recommended?
- Conservative management of knee osteoarthritis.
- Conservative management of lateral epicondylitis.
- Expedited return to sport in patellar tendinopathy.
- Conservative management of Achilles tendinopathy.
Volume 39.2 - Question 24
Outcomes After Critical Illness
Which one of the following statements about outcomes after critical illness is false?
- ICU-acquired weakness includes polyneuropathy.
- Rotator cuff injuries can occur from a prolonged prone position.
- 1-year cognitive outcomes among ICU survivors are similar in severity to mild traumatic brain injury.
- Prolonged grief occurs in more than 50% of relatives of patients who die in the ICU.