DPT Sports Rehabilitation & Performance 2

Question 1

A high school soccer player presents with anterior knee pain worsened by stairs and prolonged sitting. Patellar glide testing reveals lateral tilt. Which intervention is MOST appropriate initially?

Accepted Answer

Patellar taping with McConnell technique and VMO activation

Answer

McConnell taping combined with VMO activation is the first-line conservative approach for patellofemoral pain syndrome with lateral patellar tilt.

Question 2

During isokinetic testing at 60°/sec, a collegiate sprinter's hamstring-to-quadriceps (H:Q) ratio is 0.48. How should this be interpreted?

Accepted Answer

Abnormal; conventional H:Q ratios below 0.60 suggest increased hamstring strain risk

Answer

A conventional H:Q ratio below 0.60 at 60°/sec indicates relative quadriceps dominance and elevated hamstring strain risk in sprinters.

Question 3

A distance runner reports lateral hip pain that increases with downhill running and prolonged sitting with hips flexed. Ober's test is positive. Which structure is MOST likely involved?

Accepted Answer

Iliotibial band and associated bursa

Answer

A positive Ober's test combined with lateral hip pain aggravated by downhill running is consistent with iliotibial band syndrome and associated trochanteric bursitis.

Question 4

Which periodization model uses sequential training blocks where each block emphasizes a single biomotor quality and builds on the preceding block?

Accepted Answer

Block periodization

Answer

Block periodization uses sequential, highly concentrated training phases (accumulation, transmutation, realization) each targeting one primary biomotor quality.

Question 5

A collegiate basketball player post-ACL reconstruction (9 months) passes limb symmetry index testing at 90% but scores poorly on the Y-Balance Test anterior reach. What does this finding most suggest?

Accepted Answer

Dynamic postural control deficits requiring additional neuromuscular training

Answer

Poor anterior reach on the Y-Balance Test despite adequate limb symmetry index indicates residual dynamic postural control deficits that increase re-injury risk.

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DPT Sports Rehabilitation & Performance 2