The ________ side(s) of the heart carries oxygenated blood.

You have just completed reviewing a muscle test performed by the therapist with whom you are working. He noted that the patient was able to complete 30% of the available shoulder abduction range, against gravity. The muscle testing grade should have been:

You are observing the posture of a patient walking in and out of the parallel bars. You notice that the patient is hip hiking on the right as it compares to the left side. Of the following, which muscle is she using to elevate the pelvis?

You are performing a manual muscle test on a patient secondary to weakness in the UE. You are attempting to evaluate the status of the patient’s shoulder complex musculature. The patient is positioned prone with the shoulder in 90 degrees of abduction and the elbow flexed to a right angle with the forearm hanging down over the side. The physical therapist assistant asks the patient to lift his arm up toward the ceiling and then provides pressure against the suspended arm that will exert a downward force. He instructs the patient to focus on holding her shoulder blade in place while he applies resistance. Based on this information, which of the following muscles is the therapist most likely testing?

Precautions must be taken when performing UE MMT with patients with …

List and describe TWO Core Strength, Stability, and/or Endurance tests peer presented in class, which may be used as an alternative to MMT of the trunk.  

A PTA is working in an outpatient orthopedic clinic. Upon review of the PT Initial Evaluation, he notes that the patient reported a history of “tearing 3 of her 4 Rotator cuff muscles in the past.” Which of the following muscles cannot be considered as possibly being torn?

Following a week working on home renovation projects, your patient Ms. Carr developed pain, inflammation and weakness of the muscles of the posterior forearm.           A. List ONE specific functional activity related to her home renovation projects, which you anticipate will be impaired for Ms. Carr due to this weakness.           B. Explain in detail why and how her weakness will result in this functional impairment.

Mr. Magoo had an MRI study, which shows a tear of the (R) subscapularis tendon. Which of the following activities would you expect Mr. Magoo to have the greatest difficulty performing?

You are manual muscle testing a patient’s shoulder flexion as part of a progress report. You note full ROM without gravity. What grade would you give this muscle?