INTRO TO PTA EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Definition of Physical Therapy? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the care and services provided by or under
direction of a physical therapist
Role of the Physical Therapist - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Diagnose and manage movement dysfunction
and enhance
physical and functional abilities.
▪ Restore, maintain, and promote optimal
-physical function,
-wellness and fitness, and
-quality of life as it relates to movement and health.
Prevent the onset, symptoms, and progression of
impairments, functional limitations, and disabilities that
may result from diseases, disorders, conditions, or
injuries.
PT team approach and team members - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Working together to rehabilitate clients
back to physical and functional abilities.
Team members are physical therapists, physical therapist assistants and aides, and sometimes massage
therapists, exercise physiologists, or athletic trainers who assist the PT in rehabilitation.
Role of the PTA - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-Treat dysfunction and injuries, as prescribed by supervising
physical therapist
-Work closely with physical therapist to restore, maintain, and promote optimal
-physical function,
-wellness and fitness, and
-quality of life as it relates to movement and health.
Roles of PT Aides and other members of rehabilitation team - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅to assist the PT
and/or PTA to achieve maximum client rehabilitation
, 3000 BC China and 400 BC Rome and Greece - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅earliest practices of PT including
exercise, heat/cold therapy, water, message and sunlight
400 BC Hippocrates - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅muscle strengthening
80 BC - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Gymnastics as a form of therapeutic excercise
Europe 1400-1500's - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅therapeutic exercise introduced to schools as physical
education and first books on exercise published
U.S. 1700's - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅first introduced rehab treatments such as massage, hydrotherapy,
exercise
1800's - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Per Henrik Ling developed Swedish exercises/gymnastics which
incorporated both active and passive movements; Gustav Zander developed exercise apparatus.
Physical Therapy evolved around two historical events - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-Poliomyelitis epidemics
of late 1800s through 1950s
-After-effects of several wars
1919 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅there were more than 700 reconstruction aides working in physiotherapy
facilities at 45 hospitals across the country charged with caring for soldiers who survived their injuries
during World War I
1928 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Carl Hubbard installed first metal tank in hospital for hydrogymnastic use
1934 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Joel E. Goldthwait published Essentials of Body Mechanics
1938 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Daniel Leithauser, MD discovered the benefits of early mobility on
recovery following medical procedures (no more bedrest!!)
Definition of Physical Therapy? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the care and services provided by or under
direction of a physical therapist
Role of the Physical Therapist - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Diagnose and manage movement dysfunction
and enhance
physical and functional abilities.
▪ Restore, maintain, and promote optimal
-physical function,
-wellness and fitness, and
-quality of life as it relates to movement and health.
Prevent the onset, symptoms, and progression of
impairments, functional limitations, and disabilities that
may result from diseases, disorders, conditions, or
injuries.
PT team approach and team members - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Working together to rehabilitate clients
back to physical and functional abilities.
Team members are physical therapists, physical therapist assistants and aides, and sometimes massage
therapists, exercise physiologists, or athletic trainers who assist the PT in rehabilitation.
Role of the PTA - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-Treat dysfunction and injuries, as prescribed by supervising
physical therapist
-Work closely with physical therapist to restore, maintain, and promote optimal
-physical function,
-wellness and fitness, and
-quality of life as it relates to movement and health.
Roles of PT Aides and other members of rehabilitation team - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅to assist the PT
and/or PTA to achieve maximum client rehabilitation
, 3000 BC China and 400 BC Rome and Greece - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅earliest practices of PT including
exercise, heat/cold therapy, water, message and sunlight
400 BC Hippocrates - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅muscle strengthening
80 BC - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Gymnastics as a form of therapeutic excercise
Europe 1400-1500's - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅therapeutic exercise introduced to schools as physical
education and first books on exercise published
U.S. 1700's - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅first introduced rehab treatments such as massage, hydrotherapy,
exercise
1800's - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Per Henrik Ling developed Swedish exercises/gymnastics which
incorporated both active and passive movements; Gustav Zander developed exercise apparatus.
Physical Therapy evolved around two historical events - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-Poliomyelitis epidemics
of late 1800s through 1950s
-After-effects of several wars
1919 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅there were more than 700 reconstruction aides working in physiotherapy
facilities at 45 hospitals across the country charged with caring for soldiers who survived their injuries
during World War I
1928 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Carl Hubbard installed first metal tank in hospital for hydrogymnastic use
1934 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Joel E. Goldthwait published Essentials of Body Mechanics
1938 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Daniel Leithauser, MD discovered the benefits of early mobility on
recovery following medical procedures (no more bedrest!!)
