A physical therapist assistant instructs a patient rehabilitating from thoracic surgery how to produce an effective cough. Which patient position would be the MOST appropriate to initiate treatment?

A patient with a right radial head fracture is treated in physical therapy. The patient’s involved elbow range of motion begins at 15 degrees of flexion and ends at 90 degrees of flexion. The physical therapist assistant should record the patient’s elbow range of motion as:

A physical therapist assistant using an electrical stimulation device attempts to quantify several characteristics of a monophasic waveform. When measuring phase charge, the standard unit of measure is the:

A patient with acute back pain is given a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation unit to use at home. The physical therapist assistant provides detailed instructions on the care and use of the unit. Which of the following activities is NOT the responsibility of the patient?

A physical therapist assistant prepares to assess the balance of a patient with a neurological disorder. The MOST appropriate method to assess the vestibular component of balance would be:

A physical therapist assistant instructs a patient in a home stretching program that includes the pictured stretch. The MOST likely structure targeted is the:

A patient with T10 paraplegia is working with a physical therapist assistant on how to react in the event of a backward fall. The patient is instructed to place one hand behind the head and the other across their lap as seen in the image. This directive will protect the head and:

A student prepares a 2.6 M aqueous solution of benzoic acid, C6H5COOH. What percent of benzoic acid is in the dissociated form in the student’s solution. 

Although a reaction system may be at chemical equilibrium, the rate constants of the forward and reverse reactions will in general be different.

When 50.0 mL of 0.25 M methanoic acid, HCOOH, Ka = 1.8 × 10−4 is combined with 50.0 mL of 0.25 M hydrazine, a base, H2NNH2, Kb = 1.3 × 10−6, the resulting solution is: