If a patient informs the PTA they have purchased a home traction device, which one of the following would be the BEST course of action by the Physical Therapist Assistant?

A 45-year-old patient presents to outpatient PT with complaints of chronic lumbar stiffness and intermittent radicular symptoms in the right lower extremity. The evaluating PT determines that the patient has spinal joint hypomobility, limited lumbar ROM, and muscle guarding. Imaging confirms a mild disc bulge at L4-L5, and the PT has ordered mechanical lumbar traction. Based on this case, which of the following best explains the intended effects of traction for this patient?

The fact that child molestation occurred on a property would be an example of physical stigma which would have to be disclosed.

What is levothyroxine clinically used for?

Which of the following is the best definition for a research sampling error?

The following is the brain’s preferred fuel source: 

To determine if a PWD has low blood sugar, assess whether they are feeling shaky, sweating, irritable, confused, lightheaded or dizzy, or acting drunk or giddy.

The following is the brain’s preferred fuel source: 

A PTA is treating an adolescent athlete recovering from ACL reconstruction who reports feeling pressure to return to sport despite fear of reinjury. Which of the following strategies is MOST appropriate?

Bone marrow cellularity referes to the ratio of