A 55 year old male with a diagnosis of a herniated disc at L5 is undergoing numerous tests. Which one of the following tests gives medical professionals detailed images noninvasively for diagnostic purposes?
As part of the POC, the PTA is to perform PROM to all extrem…
As part of the POC, the PTA is to perform PROM to all extremities to a patient in the ICU with a diagnosis of brainstem TBI. Before initiating the exercise, the PTA notes that all four extremities are sustained in extension. What is the appropriate term to describe this impairment?
A treatment plan for a patient diagnosed wit h chronic postu…
A treatment plan for a patient diagnosed wit h chronic postural strain includes: pectoral stretching, middle trapezius strengthening, and thoracic joint mobilization. To be MOST effective, in what order would a PTA perform these treatments?
Which of the following inhibitory techniques would BEST to r…
Which of the following inhibitory techniques would BEST to reduce tone in the trunk extensors?
A PTA is to begin gait training with a patient diagnosed wit…
A PTA is to begin gait training with a patient diagnosed with a CVA. The results of an MMT of the affected side include: hip flexion 3+/5 and hip extension 3/5, knee flexion 3-/5 and knee extension 3+/5, ankle DF 2-/5 and ankle PF 3/5. Based upon the minimum strength necessary, where will the PTA MOST LIKELY need to assist AND/OR block during gait training?
In Alternation of Generations in flowering plants meiosis pr…
In Alternation of Generations in flowering plants meiosis produces what structures?
A patient with a PICC line in the right arm and a tunneled c…
A patient with a PICC line in the right arm and a tunneled central line in the chest is participating in therapy. What is the MOST appropriate safety measure the PTA should follow?
Find the Least Common Denominator of the set
Find the Least Common Denominator of the set
All of the following are true about diabetes stigma, except:…
All of the following are true about diabetes stigma, except:
What is the PTA’s role when working with patients experienci…
What is the PTA’s role when working with patients experiencing psychological pathologies?