A PTA is seeing a patient who reports numbness and tingling…

A PTA is seeing a patient who reports numbness and tingling in the right hand after falling asleep with his arm hanging over the arm rest of a chair.  The patient exhibits an inability to extend the wrist, extend the fingers or thumb, and hyperesthesia of the dorsum of his hand.   The assistant would report to the PT that the patient was demonstrating diminished sensation in the distribution of which peripheral nerve?

A PTA performs a MMT on a patient who sustained a SCI 1 week…

A PTA performs a MMT on a patient who sustained a SCI 1 week ago.  The MMT revealed the following:  5/5 for scapular elevation and 2/5 for the following: shoulder abduction, elbow flexion and extension, forearm supination, 0/5 wrist flexion and extension, pronation, finger flexion and extension.  Which of the following MOST ACCURATLEY describes this patient’s neurological level?