Examination of your patient reveals hip extension range of motion to neutral (0 degrees). Thus, the patient’s hip does not extend beyond neutral alignment. Based on the ROM requirements for a normal gait pattern, in what phase of gait do you expect to see the greatest difficulty?

The PTA is implementing a treatment program to address orthostatic hypotension concerns for a patient with a C4 complete SCI. The PTA is expressly concerned with strengthening for movement from supine to sitting and back using an electric bed. The strengthening program should emphasize:

What are the 4 cardinal signs of Parkinson’s disease?

A PTA is treating a patient who has a transfemoral prosthesis on the right and weak hip abductors on the right. Which of the following compensatory strategies will mostly likely be seen with this patient during gait?

The PTA is in acute care preparing to see her new patient that has a diagnosis of Brown-Sequard syndrome. The expected presentation will be:

A physical therapist assistant instructs a patient to reach for a cup of water that is slightly out of reach. The patient has difficulty and employs several corrective strategies to accomplish the functional task. Which of the following strategies is the patient primarily demonstrating while performing this task?

While gait training a patient recovering from a CVA, the PTA notes the affected knee goes into recurvatum during stance phase. Which of the following impairments would most likely be the cause?

Which of the following terms is described by the distance from the initial contact of one foot to initial contact of the other foot?

Which of the following phases of gait requires the greatest amount of ankle plantarflexion?

Which of the following is TRUE regarding the medial-lateral displacement of the COM during gait?