AN 3203 – ORTHOTICS EXAM QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
List the 2 Steps of The Gait Cycle - ANSWER 1. Stance Phase
2. Swing Phase
List the 3 Steps of the Stance Phase - ANSWER 1. Initial Contact
2. Foot Flat
3. Heel Raise/Toe off
Initial Contact:
Heel strike to full foot contact(Contact Phase) _______%
Lateral heel strike during initial contact (the subtalar joint is _______). -
ANSWER Initial Contact:
Heel strike to full foot contact(Contact Phase) 25%
Lateral heel strike during initial contact (the subtalar joint is supinated).
End of Contact:
Full foot flat at ________%
Subtalar joint ________ through neutral position to maximum pronation -
ANSWER Full foot flat at 25%
Subtalar joint pronates through neutral position to maximum pronation
Mid-stance:
Full foot flat to heel lift, ________%
Then the Subtalar joint ________ to neutral position at the end of mid-
stance - ANSWER Full foot flat to heel lift, 50%
Then the Subtalar joint resupinates to neutral position at the end of mid-
stance
, Propulsion:
Heel lift to ________-________
At heel lift the Subtalar joint ________, allowing the midtarsal joint to
lock the forefoot, so the foot can act as rigid lever. - ANSWER Heel lift
to toe-off
At heel lift the Subtalar joint supinates, allowing the midtarsal joint to lock
the forefoot, so the foot can act as rigid lever.
WHY DOES THE FOOT SUPINATE AT HEEL-OFF/TOE-OFF? -
ANSWER 1.Stand up and raise your heels off the floor
2.Watch What happened to your feet.
-Notice that they Supinated.
- Gastrocnemius/Soleus Supinates the Feet!
What does the big toe do to supinate the foot? - ANSWER
DORSIFLEXION
1.Dorsiflex your great toe (Hallux)
2.Watch what happened to your feet.
Notice that they supinated.
- Dorsiflexion of the Great Toe Supinates the Feet!
List the 8 Kinetic Chain Evaluation - ANSWER 1. Longituninal Arch Of
The Foot
2. Calcaneal Alignment
3. Contour Of Medial Aspect Of Foot
4. Hallux Valgus
5. Rotation Of The Foot
6. Genu Varum/Valgum
7. Tibia Varum
8. Trochanter, Asis, Psis,crest
Genu Varum - ANSWER Bowed Legs
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