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

Your ice hockey player with low back pain is also complaining of weakness in the quadriceps muscles after falling down on the ice. Which nerve do you think is being affected?

A company wants to assess the effects of a new training program in increasing job knowledge.  All of its employees are assigned to either one of three groups.  One group receives the training from a teacher, one group receives training on computer diskette, and one group receives no training at all.  Afterwards, the employees take a job knowledge test.  The appropriate test to analyze this data would be the

A researcher is interested in the association between intelligence and happiness.  He uses multiple measures of both of these attributes.  What statistical analysis is the researcher likely to use?

When examining hip pain in an athlete you note that the athlete has a hypersensitive area located in a muscle belly that when irritated, refers pain to another body area. What is the term for this area?

In children with chronic illness, all of the following have been found to be correlated with the child’s level of adjustment, except:

Erikson proposed that psychosocial development continues throughout the lifespan.  Successful resolution of the conflict of the final stage of development results in:

You are examining ankle ROM in your gymnast. What is the normal end-feel for plantar flexion?

A wrestler comes to you c/o clicking in the knee. You find a positive Thesally’s test and suspect a meniscal tear. You explain to the wrestler, that you hope that the tear is in this part of the meniscus that is highly vascularized and has the best potential for healing after injury

Which of the following statements are/is true for Spondylolysis: