A PTA is treating a patient who becomes increasingly agitated and raises their voice during balance training. The PTA suspects escalating emotional dysregulation. What is the BEST course of action?

A patient is referred to physical therapy with a diagnosis of L4 nerve root compression secondary to a herniated disk.  Which of the following areas would the PTA expect to find sensory changes and what type of gait deviation might be present?

Divide 9 by  4

A patient with normal hemoglobin and WBC values, a persistently elevated platelet count over 1000 x 10^9/L, increased marrow megakaryocytes, and a history of frequent bleeding and clotting episodes most likely has:

Which of the following inhibitory techniques would BEST to reduce tone in the trunk extensors?

A PTA is to begin gait training with a patient diagnosed with a CVA. The results of an MMT of the affected side include: hip flexion 3+/5 and hip extension 3/5, knee flexion 3-/5 and knee extension 3+/5, ankle DF 2-/5 and ankle PF 3/5. Based upon the minimum strength necessary, where will the PTA MOST LIKELY need to assist AND/OR block during gait training?

What is the PTA’s role when working with patients experiencing psychological pathologies?

During normal growth and development, the PTA would expect to see the child perform __________ at six months of age.

Which of the following is not synthesized by the liver?

We solve for x in the equation  5x -7 = 23 by ______ both sides then ______ both sides by ______