You are performing a manual muscle test of the pectoralis major and notice that the patient moves through full range of motion as instructed, however keeps moving her arm across her body in a diagonal motion as if reaching for her opposite hip.  This patient is demonstrating increased strength of:

Your 75 year old patient has a sore, swollen ankle.  After taking a history you decide ice and massage may be appropriate.  As the patient removes his slacks you notice both ankles are swollen, and the veins in both legs are distended.  When he stands to hang up his clothes you notice swelling in both hands and mild shortness of breath with activity.  You then:

The most common form of adult-onset progressive motor neuron disease characterized by degeneration and scarring of the motor neurons in the lateral aspect of the spinal cord, brain stem, and cerebral cortex is:

Following a PT eval and establishment of the POC, you are working with a neurological patient and are concerned about promoting stability. You plan to use PNF patterns to increase and promote stability. What type of NMF technique would be most appropriate to utilize during PNF?

Following a PT eval and establishment of the POC, you are working with a 3-month -old infant and a sudden movement elicits a startle reaction.  This reaction is characteristic of which reflex?

Which assistive device allows for a two-point, three-point or four-point gait pattern?

Which of the following accurately describes the cause/effect relationship of ultrasound?

A therapist records an MMT grade of poor for right hip adduction.  The test was most likely conducted in __? 

You are a PTA working in a large urban acute care hospital that has a specialty chest area for physical therapy.  One of the PT interventions used regularly is postural drainage.  Your patient has congestion in the superior segments of the lower lobes bilaterally.  What is the most appropriate position for this patient?

If your patient is large, with substantial subcutaneous fat, and you want to use ultrasound to treat chronic lumbar paraspinal muscle tension and pain, which of the following would most likely give the best result?