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InstructIons
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questions october 2011

1.  True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
About 13% of all the papers published in leading 
medical journals are clinical case studies.    

2.  True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
The condition of HIV was first reported in a case 
study.   

3.  True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Diagnosis in sports and exercise medicine involves 
a complex art of recognising patterns of illness and 
injury whose signs and symptoms are consistent 
from case to case.   

4.  True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Hamstring muscle injuries are one of the most com-
mon injuries sustained by jumping and sprinting ath-
letes.  

5.  True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
The average time it takes an athlete with a muscle 
tear to return to sport is about 56 days.

6.  True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
One of the most difficult functions of the team physi-
cian is to make the decision regarding ongoing par-
ticipation following injury.   

7.  True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Disordered eating patterns and menstrual disorders 
are more frequent in sedentary compared to active 
females.     

8.  True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Pathogenic body weight control behaviours (such as 
restrictive eating, fasting, use of diet pills, laxatives 
and diuretics) can result in clinical eating disorders.     

9.  True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Top netball players in South Africa have a low risk for 
disordered eating behaviour, menstrual irregularities 
and secondary amenorrhoea.    

10.  True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Arthritis is one of the main causes of disability.

11.  True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Rheumatoid arthritis is the least common type of 
chronic inflammatory arthritis.   

12.  True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Rheumatoid arthritis only affects the small joints in 
the hands.

13.  True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
The primary goal of exercise therapy for rheumatoid 
arthritis is to improve joint mobility, muscle strength 
and aerobic and functional capacity. 

14.  True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
About 80% of the South African triathletes surveyed 
in a recent study consumed some form of a CHO 
supplementation.  

15.  True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Most of the South African triathletes surveyed in a 
recent study had a very low habitual fat intake.     

16.  True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Over 90% of the South African triathletes surveyed in 
a recent study used dietary supplements.

17.  True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
Kinesthesia, balance and agility exercise (KBA) is 
a neuromuscular training programme designed to 
improve dynamic joint stability and neuromuscular 
control.  

18.  True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
In the United States radiographic knee osteoarthritis 
is estimated to be present in 37% of people over 60 
years of age, with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis 
affecting 12% of that age group.  

19.  True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
The overall injury rates for musculoskeletal injuries 
are lower for athletes with a disability compared with 
athletes without physical disability.  

20.  True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:
The eating disorder inventory is a self-reported meas-
ure designed to assess attitudes, feelings and behav-
iours typically associated with eating disorders and 
has been found to be a suitable screening instrument 
for eating disorders in a non-clinical setting.