CCSP Adjunctive Sports Therapies 3

Question 1

A soccer player receives pulsed ultrasound at 50% duty cycle. Compared to continuous mode, this setting primarily achieves:

Accepted Answer

Reduced heat production with retained mechanical effects

Answer

Pulsed mode reduces average power output and heat buildup while maintaining non-thermal mechanical effects such as cavitation and acoustic streaming.

Question 2

Which taping technique uses rigid strapping to provide the MOST mechanical restriction for an unstable lateral ankle in a returning athlete?

Accepted Answer

Closed basket weave with heel lock

Answer

The closed basket weave with heel lock is the standard rigid athletic taping technique providing maximal mechanical restraint against ankle inversion.

Question 3

Trigger point dry needling applied to the upper trapezius in a throwing athlete targets the local twitch response primarily to:

Accepted Answer

Disrupt dysfunctional motor endplate activity

Answer

The local twitch response associated with dry needling disrupts abnormal acetylcholine release at dysfunctional motor endplates, normalizing muscle tension.

Question 4

Blood flow restriction (BFR) training is used in sports rehabilitation PRIMARILY to:

Accepted Answer

Promote muscle hypertrophy with low mechanical loads

Answer

BFR training restricts venous outflow, accumulating metabolites that stimulate muscle protein synthesis at loads as low as 20–30% of 1RM.

Question 5

A gymnast undergoes contrast bath therapy post-competition. The physiological rationale for alternating hot and cold is:

Accepted Answer

Vascular pumping effect to enhance fluid exchange

Answer

Alternating vasodilation and vasoconstriction creates a pumping effect that aids lymphatic drainage and metabolic waste removal from exercised tissue.

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CCSP Adjunctive Sports Therapies 3