Prosthetics and Orthotics (2025/2026) ACTUAL EXAM
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ACCURATE SOLUTION (DETAILED & ELABORATED)
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PTB - (ANSWER)Patellar tendon bearing
TFA - (ANSWER)Transfemoral amputation
TTA - (ANSWER)Transtibial Amputation
FO - (ANSWER)External or Internal modification visible or inside of the shoe
Example of a visible external modification - (ANSWER)Heel lift for leg length
discrepancy
Example of an internal inside modification - (ANSWER)Medial heel wedge or long
medial counter(permanent)
Shoe insert examples - (ANSWER)Metatarsal pad full length orthotic to control
excessive and or late pronation
What is more preferable but may require a larger shoe size are deeper toebox -
(ANSWER)And internal modification on the shoe
, SMO - (ANSWER)Super Malleolar orthosis this is used for patients who are
hypotonic and one around the ankle and part of the foot for people who tend to
roll their ankles it's less supportive than an AFO and does not assist with ankle
dorsiflexion
AFO - (ANSWER)Ankle foot orthosis This is spring-loaded it encompasses the shoe
and terminates below the knee
KAFO - (ANSWER)Knee ankle foot orthosis uses the thigh band
What are the orthotics named for - (ANSWER)The joints they are proximal to in
addition they are at or distal to the named joints
HKAFO - (ANSWER)Hip knee ankle foot orthosis It has a pelvic band around the
lower truck it is thinner and has a drop luck
THKAFO - (ANSWER)Thorax hip ankle foot orthosis covers part of the thorax and
the lower extremities
With a non-articulating AFO know if the heels too high then what and of the hills
to low than what - (ANSWER)High equals excessive knee flexion low equals
recurvatum
What is the simplest knee joint ? - (ANSWER)Hinge joint
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ACCURATE SOLUTION (DETAILED & ELABORATED)
|GET IT 100% ACCURATE!! 2025 TEST!!
PTB - (ANSWER)Patellar tendon bearing
TFA - (ANSWER)Transfemoral amputation
TTA - (ANSWER)Transtibial Amputation
FO - (ANSWER)External or Internal modification visible or inside of the shoe
Example of a visible external modification - (ANSWER)Heel lift for leg length
discrepancy
Example of an internal inside modification - (ANSWER)Medial heel wedge or long
medial counter(permanent)
Shoe insert examples - (ANSWER)Metatarsal pad full length orthotic to control
excessive and or late pronation
What is more preferable but may require a larger shoe size are deeper toebox -
(ANSWER)And internal modification on the shoe
, SMO - (ANSWER)Super Malleolar orthosis this is used for patients who are
hypotonic and one around the ankle and part of the foot for people who tend to
roll their ankles it's less supportive than an AFO and does not assist with ankle
dorsiflexion
AFO - (ANSWER)Ankle foot orthosis This is spring-loaded it encompasses the shoe
and terminates below the knee
KAFO - (ANSWER)Knee ankle foot orthosis uses the thigh band
What are the orthotics named for - (ANSWER)The joints they are proximal to in
addition they are at or distal to the named joints
HKAFO - (ANSWER)Hip knee ankle foot orthosis It has a pelvic band around the
lower truck it is thinner and has a drop luck
THKAFO - (ANSWER)Thorax hip ankle foot orthosis covers part of the thorax and
the lower extremities
With a non-articulating AFO know if the heels too high then what and of the hills
to low than what - (ANSWER)High equals excessive knee flexion low equals
recurvatum
What is the simplest knee joint ? - (ANSWER)Hinge joint
