Hand Therapy Practice Exam Questions 6-10





6.  What range of motion (ROM) of the elbow and forearm (FA) is required to complete most activities of daily living (ADLs)?

A.     Elbow extension/flexion 0/150; FA supination/pronation 85/80
B.      Elbow extension/flexion 90/150; FA supination/pronation 30/30
C.     Elbow extension/flexion 30/130; FA supination/pronation 50/50
D.     Elbow extension/flexion 0/90; FA supination/pronation 50/50

7.    Roz Evans’s Short Arc Motion (SAM) protocol is used for repaired extensortendons in zones:

A. IV-VII
B. III-IV
C. I-II
D. V



8.  Your patient is 3 ½ weeks post zone 2 index finger flexor digitorum superficialis  repair.  He proudly demonstrates to you his full active fist despite being cautioned against making a full fist. You currently have the patient performing modified Duran exercises and place/hold in a ½ fist for his home exercise program. According to Gail Groth what is the next step in exercise progression based on the patient’s current progress at 3 ½ weeks post flexor tendon repair?

A. Progress to hook fist for differential tendon gliding.
B. Stay with current exercises as the patient’s excellent range of motion puts him at risk for tendon rupture.
C. Progress to full fist since that is what she currently demonstrates.
D. Isolated joint motion.
9.  The most common complication of an elbow fracture or dislocation is:

 A. Posterior lateral rotational instability 
 B. Elbow flexion contracture 
 C. Heterotrophic Ossification 
 D. Nonunion



10.  This muscle is the only elbow flexor to be innervated by the radial    
 nerve:

A. Biceps brachii
B. Brachialis 
C. Brachioradialis
D. Anconeus

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