FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2017
PHYSICAL MEDICINE REHABILITATION
PAPER I

POSSESSION/USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE EXAMINATION
HALL.
Time 3 hours PMR/D/17/35
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. Write two features, each for differential diagnosis of right
wrist drop in a 10 year boy with respect to the anatomical
location of pathology.
10
2. Describe open kinetic chain and closed kinetic chain with
examples. What are the implications of the above on
therapeutic exercises in sports and general rehabilitation?
10
3. Physiology of normal bowel.
10
4. Define neuromuscular junction. Give mechanism of action
of three commonly used drugs acting on neuromuscular
junction.

5. Name the scapulohumeral stabilizers and their role in
various shoulder movements at the scapulohumeral joint.
10
6. Enumerate the differences between therapeutic and
diagnostic ultrasound.
10
7. Write about origin, insertion, nerve supply, anatomical
correlations and applied anatomy of 'Piriformis muscle'.
10
8. What is Pedobarography? Write about its role in health
and disease.
10
9. What are different phases of swallowing? Describe the
clinical evaluation of swallowing disorder.
10
10. Describe different types of Case- Control studies. How do
you calculate sample size in a therapeutic trial? How do
you calculate the effect of missing data in analysis?
10