Following a SCI, allowing some muscles to tighten/shorten may improve function. Which of the following strategies would be most appropriate for a patient with C7 tetraplegia?

A PTA is treating a patient with moderately progressed Parkinson’s Disease. Although the patient has stated repeatedly that she is happy her daughter and granddaughter are visiting for the holidays she appears emotionless.  Which of the following best explains her flat affect.   

Which of the following interventions uses gravity to assist in removing excessive secretions of specific lung segments?

A PTA is treating a patient who is elderly and has significant vision loss?  Which of the following compensatory strategies would most likely be observed?

A PTA is assessing dermatomal patterns of sensory loss with the corresponding myotomal pattern of muscle weakness. The PTA documents a motor impairment in great toe extension with sensory impairment along the fibular head indicating which nerve root level?

As discussed in class, going for shopping in a sad emotional state tends to lead to: 

A PTA is treating a patient who has a C6 complete spinal cord injury.  Which of the following interventions would be most appropriate for the PTA to apply during treatment?

Which of the following terms is defined as air that can be kept in reserve but can potentially be exhaled beyond the end of a tidal exhalation? 

When treating a patient who has a C7 complete spinal cord injury which of the following statements best describes the head-hips relationship?

A patient with a C7 complete SCI is having difficulty with pushups while in his wheelchair. Which of the following treatment interventions would be most appropriate to help this patient enhance wheelchair pushups?