A patient with a right radial head fracture is treated in PT.  The patient’s involved elbow ROM begins at 15 degrees of flexion and ends at 90 degrees of flexion.  The PTA should record the patient’s elbow ROM as:    

A 76 y/o patient presents to PT with adhesive capsulitis of the Right shoulder.  The physical therapist’s treatment plan includes ultrasound, therapeutic exercise, and ice.  What treatment sequence would be the most beneficial treatment?

A PTA attempts to assess the Babinski reflex.  To effectively elicit this reflex, the therapist should:

Which of the following should you educate the patient on following a total hip replacement?

A limitation of function that results from the formation of scar tissue is called a(n):

You are completing an ergonomic assessment of a patient following a back injury. Elements that should be considered include:

In which of the following sports would it be most beneficial to have high percentage of slow twitch (Type I) muscle fibers?

All of the following statements about spinal stenosis are true except:

Your supervising therapist has completed the IE on a 34 year old female patient who is s/p 24 hours following an injury of her right knee during a softball game.  The diagnosis is a second degree MCL sprain.  Which set of objective findings would best describe this injury?

A patient is receiving PT because of pain to the torso and low back. The supervising PT is concerned that the patient may have a pars interarticularis defect that is responsible for the symptoms. Until the patient’s condition can be verified through radiographic imaging the patient should avoid exercises that include: