A 20-year-old patient presents with pain during chewing gum and mastication. You suspect impaired movement of the articular disc during jaw elevation. Which muscle is primarily responsible for facilitating the anterior movement of the articular disc during mouth opening and controlling its return during elevation?

A 40-year-old patient presents with recurrent elbow instability following a previous injury. The patient reports difficulty with activities that require forceful gripping and throwing motions. As part of the assessment, you need to evaluate the factors contributing to elbow stability. In full elbow extension, varus stability is provided mostly by which of the following bony and/or non-contractile soft tissue structures?

A physical therapist is assessing the breathing patterns of a patient with a complete C3 spinal cord injury. What breathing pattern is the physical therapist most likely to observe in a patient with a complete C3 spinal cord injury?

A patient presents with limited thoracic extension range of motion. To enhance spinal mobility, you aim to utilize respiratory mechanics to facilitate translatory motion of the spine. Which respiratory motion should you focus on to improve extension?

A patient playing softball falls onto an outstretched hand, resulting in a diagnosis of volar intercalated segment instability (VISI). Which specific ligaments and bones are involved in volar intercalated segment instability (VISI), and what is the direction of their displacement?

According to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, which of the following is the first stage of dying?    

Secure attachment to parents during childhood correlates with    

 “Many emerging adults are optimistic about their future, and for emerging adults who have experienced difficult times while growing up, emerging adulthood presents an opportunity to direct their lives in a more positive direction.” These are the two ways described by Jeffrey Arnett in which emerging adulthood can be viewed as    

According to Levinson, the transition from dependence to independence is marked by the    

Identify title and author of this phrase, discuss what it refers to, and explain what the author was conveying about circumstances with this phrase.  Mind forg’d manacles