In your female cross country cyclist you note – pain deep in the groin area with decreasing symptoms with rest and low impact exercises. This condition is often misdiagnosed as adductor strain. She notes increasing symptoms with running or carrying more weight. Her thigh and groin area throbs at night. You thus suspect that she may have

When coming back an reporting to you the results of an MRI Scan, your 50 year old tennis player mentions that the radiologist has mentioned that he has this condition – that occurs as a result of narrowing of the vertebral foramen

A researcher administers a pretest to two randomly assigned treatment groups, gives one group an intervention, and then administers a posttest to both groups.  Which of the following can threaten internal validity in this study?

A babysitter is watching her neighbor’s 4-year old.  The child wants some candy, but the babysitter was told by his mother not to give him any.  After listening to the boy’s whining for ten minutes, the babysitter gives in – she gives the boy some candy and he stops whining.  In this situation, the babysitter’s behavior (giving the child candy) is the result of

A lab subject heard a woman in the next lab fall and cry for help.  In this “lady in distress” experiment, a person was least likely to help when tested with:

When testing back pain, you being examining spinous processes intergrity. What spinous process can be found at the level of the last rib articulation?

A person stops and asks a parking attendant for directions after getting lost while driving to an appointment.  The attendant states, “Make a left at the first red light.  Go four blocks until you reach a stop sign and turn right into Main Street.  About three blocks down Main, look for a large red sign at the entrance to the parking lot.”  What type of memory is needed to hold such information?

When discussing lumbosacral movement, your preceptor mentions that the athlete has nutation. Which of these is correct. The athlete has:

In order to get an infant’s attention, a photographer shakes a rattle, which results in the infant turning toward the rattle and smiling.  After numerous uses of this technique, the infant stops responding.  This is most likely due to:

What is the expected end-feel for a Lachman s test performed on an ACL deficient patient under anesthesia?