If a PTA suspects child/elderly abuse or neglect at the work place, as a mandatory reporter they must:

What is the proper slope for a wheelchair ramp?

A PTA is working with a CVA patient with a lesion in the temporal lobe of the cerebrum. The PTA can anticipate this patient exhibiting:

A physical therapist assistant is reviewing a patient’s POC. The physical therapist specifies closed kinetic chain activities. Which of the following exercises would NOT be appropriate based on the PT’s plan of care?

A PTA is working with a patient who is a paraplegic and the goals for this patient include increasing lower trunk and hip control. Which developmental sequence activity would the PTA use first to initiate control of the lower trunk and hips?

The most valuable PT intervention for treatment of venous leg ulcers is:

A physical therapist assistant is preparing to set up a device to administer intermittent compression to the LE’s of a patient. However, as the PTA reviews the patient’s chart they note a contraindication to this intervention. The PTA does NOT initiate treatment. The PTA calls the supervising physical therapist to report their clinical decision not to begin treatment. Which of the following conditions did the PTA likely note in the chart?

All of the following statements regarding excessive genu valgus are true EXCEPT:

Identify the factor which is NOT a physiological effect of the normal aging process.

A physical therapist assistant reads in the medical chart that a patient’s heel wound is described as “black”. This description would most likely indicate the presence of: