ORTHOTIC WRITTEN SIMULATION TEST
BANK 2026 UPDATED QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Lumbar curve apices. Answer: L2 and inferior
⩥ Thoraco-lumbar curve apices. Answer: T12 and L1
⩥ Thoracic curve apices. Answer: T6 through and including T11
⩥ What position should the lumbar spine be in during scanning/casting?.
Answer: Slight flexion
⩥ Range of magnitude qualifying as thoracic hypokyphosis. Answer: 0-
20 degrees
⩥ Ways to address hypokyphosis in a TLSO?. Answer: Avoid wrapping
thoracic pad posterior, give space in posterior thoracic aspect of brace,
posterior superior extensions of the posterior uprights (rabbit ears,
hypokyphosis modification)
⩥ What level curves are treated with the Boston Lumbar Brace?.
Answer: L2 and below
, ⩥ What level curves are treated with the Boston Thoraco-Lumbar
Brace?. Answer: T10 through and including L1
⩥ What level curves are treated with the Boston Thoracic Brace?.
Answer: T6 through and including T10
⩥ At what level should the iliac crest rolls be placed?. Answer: L2-L3
⩥ What should the width of the posterior opening of the scoliosis brace
be?. Answer: Equal to the width of the widest lumbar vertebra --
typically L5 (half of this width on either side of the center sacral line)
⩥ What defines the levels of the axilla extension for a Boston brace?.
Answer: Most superior level: most superior vertebra tilting into the
concavity of the thoracic curve (threshold of ~T5)
Most inferior level: rib corresponding to one vertebral level superior to
the thoracic null point
⩥ Where is the trochanter pad placed?. Answer: On the side that L5 tilts
toward
⩥ What defines the levels of the thoracic pad for a Boston brace?.
Answer: Most superior level: rib of null vertebra of thoracic curve
BANK 2026 UPDATED QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Lumbar curve apices. Answer: L2 and inferior
⩥ Thoraco-lumbar curve apices. Answer: T12 and L1
⩥ Thoracic curve apices. Answer: T6 through and including T11
⩥ What position should the lumbar spine be in during scanning/casting?.
Answer: Slight flexion
⩥ Range of magnitude qualifying as thoracic hypokyphosis. Answer: 0-
20 degrees
⩥ Ways to address hypokyphosis in a TLSO?. Answer: Avoid wrapping
thoracic pad posterior, give space in posterior thoracic aspect of brace,
posterior superior extensions of the posterior uprights (rabbit ears,
hypokyphosis modification)
⩥ What level curves are treated with the Boston Lumbar Brace?.
Answer: L2 and below
, ⩥ What level curves are treated with the Boston Thoraco-Lumbar
Brace?. Answer: T10 through and including L1
⩥ What level curves are treated with the Boston Thoracic Brace?.
Answer: T6 through and including T10
⩥ At what level should the iliac crest rolls be placed?. Answer: L2-L3
⩥ What should the width of the posterior opening of the scoliosis brace
be?. Answer: Equal to the width of the widest lumbar vertebra --
typically L5 (half of this width on either side of the center sacral line)
⩥ What defines the levels of the axilla extension for a Boston brace?.
Answer: Most superior level: most superior vertebra tilting into the
concavity of the thoracic curve (threshold of ~T5)
Most inferior level: rib corresponding to one vertebral level superior to
the thoracic null point
⩥ Where is the trochanter pad placed?. Answer: On the side that L5 tilts
toward
⩥ What defines the levels of the thoracic pad for a Boston brace?.
Answer: Most superior level: rib of null vertebra of thoracic curve
