A patient is limited to 55 degrees in an active straight leg raise. A physical therapist assistant should apply the contract-relax technique to the ______ to improve the patient’s active range of motion?

Quinolones are a class of antibiotics known for several significant complications. Which are possible adverse effects with these drugs? (Select all that apply.)

Which technique would be the most appropriate when assessing the pulse of a patient after exercise?

A patient can reduce the risk of acquiring a deep vein thrombosis following surgery by performing all of the following except:

A patient being treated in an outpatient physical therapy clinic explains that he has felt nauseous since having his methotrexate medication level altered. The most appropriate physical therapist assistant action is to:

The nurse is planning care for a patient prescribed once-daily IV gentamicin therapy. When would the nurse schedule a trough drug level to be drawn?

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) both work to decrease blood pressure by which action?

A patient with a left transfemoral amputation ambulates in physical therapy. The physical therapist assistant observes that the patient vaults with left swing phase and occasionally circumducts the involved leg. The most likely cause of the gait deviation is:

A patient two months status post total knee replacement is referred to physical therapy for range of motion and strengthening exercises. Which treatment technique would be inappropriate for the patient?

When two physical therapist assistants obtain drastically different manual muscle testing results on the same patient, it is an example of poor: