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You are doing posture screens in an assisted living facility as an outreach project for your employer.  As you observe standing posture from all sides, which of the following would be MOST abnormal?

A PTA is working with a patient who just had a long arm cast removed.  The arm was casted in 90 degrees of elbow flexion to immobilize the ulno-humeral and radio-humeral joints.  The motions that occur at these joints are:

Solid understanding of the structure and function of the peripheral nervous system is important for rehabilitation staff, in order to understand the conditions with which patients present.  Of the following, which are accurate regarding spinal nerves and/or plexuses?  Choose all that apply.

Which injury/condition is NOT typically caused by a fall on an outstretched arm?

The position in which joint surfaces are most stable and most congruent is called the:

When speaking of a single motion segment, flexion of the lumbar spine requires the arthrokinematic motion of:

The ventral radiocarpal ligament serves what purpose?

You are working with a 16 year old boy with low back pain and limited hamstring flexibility.  To objectively assess flexibility of the hamstring muscles, you will:

You are a PTA working with a PT who believes strongly in strengthening the neck after whiplash injury.  Your mutual patient is a 36 year-old female involved in a MVA with resulting whiplash 7 weeks ago. The PT believes the patient is ready for strengthening.   Initial strengthening of the cervical spine should be accomplished by introducing which of the following interventions first?

A PTA is working with a 27 year-old male who had a total hip arthroplasty (THA) one month ago.  The patient sustained an injury to the hip at age 25 which resulted in loss of blood supply to the head of the femur.  The condition that most likely led to the need for the THA was: