DO Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM)

Question 1

Which OMM technique uses a high-velocity, low-amplitude thrust to restore joint motion?

Accepted Answer

HVLA

Answer

Muscle energy

Answer

Counterstrain

Answer

Myofascial release

Question 2

In muscle energy technique, the patient actively contracts their muscles against which type of resistance?

Accepted Answer

Unyielding (isometric) resistance

Answer

No resistance

Answer

Yielding resistance

Answer

Gravity only

Question 3

Counterstrain technique involves positioning the patient at the point of what?

Accepted Answer

Minimum pain (greatest comfort)

Answer

Maximum pain

Answer

Neutral position

Answer

Maximum stretch

Question 4

Which OMM technique uses slow, rhythmic passive joint motion at approximately 1-2 cycles per second to restore range of motion?

Accepted Answer

Articulatory technique

Answer

Fascial unwinding

Answer

Balanced ligamentous tension

Answer

Lymphatic pump

Question 5

Chapman's reflex points are considered to represent which type of reflex?

Accepted Answer

Viscerosomatic reflexes in the lymphatic system

Answer

Myotatic reflexes

Answer

Cutaneous withdrawal reflexes

Answer

Proprioceptive reflexes

Question 6

Which of the following best describes somatic dysfunction?

Accepted Answer

Impaired or altered function of the skeletal, arthrodial, and myofascial structures

Answer

A fracture in the musculoskeletal system

Answer

An autoimmune musculoskeletal disease

Answer

A neurological motor deficit