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While the movies Birth of a Nation and Gone With the Wind were blockbusters, they portrayed the KKK and the Confederacy in very negative ways:

A patient demonstrates difficulty rising from a chair due to lower extremity weakness. The PTA observes the patient using a rocking motion to gain momentum. What is the MOST likely reason for this compensatory strategy?

A PTA student notices that a clinic uses a different technique for an intervention than the method taught in school. What is the MOST professional and appropriate response?

Wilkerson points out that many Americans are concerned that by this date, America’s population will no longer be majority White:

Identify the key muscles utilized to facilitate standing from the wheelchair & maintain an erect position once upright include: Hip Flexors Hip Extensors Trunk Extensors Trunk Flexors 

A PTA plans to use electrical stimulation on a patient’s denervated tibialis anterior. Which parameter adjustment is MOST important to effectively activate the muscle?

A patient experiences dizziness and a drop in blood pressure when moving from supine to standing. Which intervention is MOST appropriate to help the patient gradually tolerate an upright position?

A platform walker would be MOST appropriate for which patient scenario?

A patient has sustained a cerebrovascular accident with left sided weakness. In preparation for standing and gait activities, which of the following neurodevelopment positions would be best to begin strengthening the of the left hip extensors.

According to the Strength-Duration Curve nerves are stimulated at different intensities & pulse durations. Place in order the nerves stimulated with the lowest intensities & pulse durations to the highest. C nerve fibers Motor nerve fibers A-beta nerve fibers Denervated nerve fibers A-delta nerve fibers