FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
JUNE 2018

POSSESSION/USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE EXAMINATION HALL.
PHYSICAL MEDICINE REHABILITATION
PAPER-III
PMR/J/18/35/III
Time: 3 hours
Max. Marks:100
Important Instructions:
Attempt all questions in order.
Each question carries 10 marks.
Read the question carefully and answer to the point neatly and legibly.
Do not leave any blank pages between two answers.
Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space
Answer all the parts of a single question together.
Start the answer to a question on a fresh page or leave adequate space between two answers.
Draw table/diagrams/flowcharts wherever appropriate.
Write short notes on:
1. Enumerate various types of obstetrical brachial plexus injuries.
Discuss diagnosis and management of any one type.
3+7
2. Discuss management of a five years old patient having
meningo-myelocele at the lumbar level with paraperesis.
10
3. Discuss differential diagnosis and management of peroneal
muscular atrophy.
10
4. Discuss classification and management of foot ulcers in patients
having diabetes.
3+7
5. Enumerate various types of communication problems in patients
with stroke. Outline its management principles.
3+7
6. Give a brief outline of rehabilitation management of a patient
having myocardial infarction one week ago.
10
7. Discuss management of back pain in a patient with skeletal
metastasis.
10
8. Discuss parental counselling for a patient having profound
mental sub normality.
10
9. Discuss aetiology and management of lymphoedema in
extremities.
10
10. Compare and contrast use of phenol and botox injections in
patients with cerebral palsy.
10