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A student PTA is assessing a patient with decreased ROM and shoulder pain.  The clinical instructor has asked the student PTA to distinguish between a frozen shoulder and a RC tear.  Which of the following would be indicative of a rotator cuff problem?

A patient is diagnosed with a frozen shoulder.  Their pain is 5/10 today when approaching end range of most motions during passive range of motion.  Which of the following is LEAST appropriate for this patient?

While training for a body building competition, a patient strained the biceps brachii.  Your CI asks you several questions regarding the muscle including “what is the origin of the biceps brachii?”  You would be correct to answer the:

Which of the following is an attachment site for the supinator muscle?

Which GH muscle has its origin on the clavicle?

A PTA treats a 22-year-old male athlete rehabilitating from shoulder surgery.  As part of the patient’s treatment plan the assistant utilizes a PNF pattern that incorporates shoulder flexion, abduction, and ER.  Which PNF pattern is MOST consistent with the described intervention?

If the upper extremity were placed in shoulder flexion, elbow flexion, and supination we would say the triceps is in active insufficiency.

A PTA instructs a patient to make a fist.  The patient is able to make a fist, but is unable to flex the distal phalanx of the ring finger.  What tendon has MOST likely been ruptured?

A patient is 6 weeks post–total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA). During a follow-up visit, the patient reports increasing pain and decreased shoulder motion compared to previous sessions. Which of the following complications should the physical therapist assistant suspect and report to the supervising physical therapist?

What is the MOST appropriate initial intervention to address the patient’s complaint of pain?