Test Your Knowledge -The Female Athlete Throughout the Lifespan

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* 1. Following a knee injury, the young female should be cleared for full sports participation during which phase of the return to play continuum?

Return to participation.

Return to sport.

Return to performance.

Return to running.

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* 2. The primary role of the physical therapist within a multidisciplinary team for the treatment of female athlete triad is to:

Normalize hormone regulation.

Interpret the DEXA scan.

Prescribe nutrition plan.

Facilitate appropriate bone loading.

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* 3. A postpartum runner presents to your clinic. She is 8 weeks postpartum and has been cleared by her physician to return to running. On further questioning, she mentions she has had vaginal bleeding since delivery and is still experiencing bright red discharge. Your session is cut short when the infant in the stroller has a massive diaper blowout that leaks through the stroller onto the clinic floor. What is the most important patient education you can provide this patient before she leaves?

Different foods during breastfeeding can avoid diaper blowouts.

Proper diaper sizing can avoid diaper blowouts.

Bright red vaginal bleeding at 8 weeks postpartum is a serious pathology, and she should contact her physician immediately.

Vaginal bleeding is common for up to 12 weeks.

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* 4. A pregnant patient walks up the stairs to your clinic. She is 34 weeks pregnant and has been coming to you for lumbopelvic pain that is much improved. She is a few minutes late for her physical therapy appointment, and when she arrives, she is out of breath, and you can see that her respiration rate is markedly increased. How does this information influence your next steps?

Take an oxygen saturation measurement. You expect it to be normal due to pregnancy-related changes.

Call 911. This is a life-threatening emergency.

Cancel the appointment because the patient’s shortness of breath will likely worsen with physical activity.

Perform an in clinic COVID-19 test.

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* 5. When completing an exercise prescription for increased bone density and strength, what principle is provided to the patient in support of the need for a variety of strength training exercise to address the bone density in several body regions?

Diminishing returns and initial values.

Frost’s mechanostat theory.

Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands (SAID).

Specificity.

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* 6. Given the same age and athletic experience, which of the following illustrates the common sex differences between master female and male athletes?

The master female athlete will have a lower body fat composition.

The master female athlete will have a lower lean body mass composition.

The master male and female athlete will have generally the same lean body mass in the upper body.

The master female athlete will generally have a lower percentage of type I aerobic fibers and type II anaerobic fibers then the master male athlete.