Quiz 2: 3

Question 1

Quick screen for DVT

Answer 1

Homan’s sign

Question 2

What is better than Homan’s sign for DVT screening?

Answer 2

Wells’ criteria

more than 3 points is positive likelihood for DVT

Question 3

What are 3 parts of Wells’ criteria

Answer 3

• recently bedridden more than 3 days, or major surgery within last 4 weeks
• swelling of entire leg
• calf swelling 3 cm greater than other leg
• pitting edema greater in symptomatic leg

Question 4

What happens to the subtalar jt in pronation?

Answer 4

calcaneal eversion, abduction, DF

Question 5

What happens to the subtalar jt in supination?

Answer 5

calcaneal inversion, adduction, PF

Question 6

What type of last would you recommend for a pt who overpronates?

Answer 6

• straight last

- fiberboard or combination last

Question 7

What type of last would you recommend for a pt who supinates?

Answer 7

• curved last

- sorbathane liner

Question 8

What type of last should be in a running shoe?

Answer 8

• combination lasted shoe
• rearfoot: fiberboard (stability)
• forefoot: slip last (mobility

Question 9

How do you test the last in a running shoe for symmetry?

Answer 9

1 finger test

Question 10

Shoe type for high arch? (supination)

Answer 10

cushioning shoe

Question 11

Shoe type for a normal arch (neutral)?

Answer 11

stability shoe

Question 12

Shoe type for flat foot (pronated)?

Answer 12

motion control shoe

Question 13

types of orthoses

Answer 13

• rigid
• semi-rigid
• soft

Question 14

What does a soft orthosis do?

Answer 14

• cusion/balance
• shock absorption (supinated foot)
• protect prominent areas

Question 15

What does a semi-rigid orthosis do?

Answer 15

• stability
• shock absorption
• allows side to side mvt

Question 16

What does a rigid orthosis do?

Answer 16

• structural/functional control
• accommodation to lesions
• allows for neutral control of foot throughout gait cycle
• controls frontal plane mvts (varus valgus)
• controls midtarsal jt