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A 16 year old high school track participant returns to physical therapy after seeing his physician.  The physician informs the patient that magnetic resonance imaging has shown a significant tear in the medial meniscus of the left knee.  As you look back on the physical therapist’s initial evaluation, which of the following special tests would you expect to have been positive?

TechNova Solutions develops two productivity software products: LexiType, a word processor, and CalcPro, a spreadsheet tool. There are two types of customers: Writers and Analysts. Each group consists of 100 individuals, and they have the following reservation prices for each product: The company’s marginal costs are zero, and the fixed costs are $8,500 for LexiType and $10,500 for CalcPro. Questions: If TechNova Solutions sells LexiType and CalcPro separately, what are the profit-maximizing prices, and what is the maximum achievable profit? (4 points) What is the total value of these software products to the 200 customers if they received them for free? (In other words, calculate the total consumer surplus without pricing.) How does this compare to TechNova’s fixed costs? (4 points) Suppose TechNova Solutions cannot charge different prices to different customer groups and must set a single price for each product. What alternative pricing strategy could the company use to generate higher profits than selling separately? (4 points) LexiType CalcPro Writers  75 50 Analysts 40 70   PLEASE SHOW ALL WORK FOR FULL CREDIT AND USE THE TEXT BOX PROVIDED

A patient with confirmed thoracic inlet syndrome would benefit from all of the following exercises/stretches except?

Your supervising therapist has completed the IE on a patient who is 3 weeks s/p PCL repair. The physician has discontinued use of the knee immobilizer. The main concern at this early stage of rehab is:

CLO 8: A patient working on endurance training presents with resting BP of 172/104 mmHg before initiating treadmill walking. What is the BEST response?

Your patient who is s/p TKA has been coming to aquatic PT for 3 weeks and demonstrates increased LE strength. He had been performing squats in 4 ft of water depth. How can you progress this patient’s exercise to increase exercise intensity?

CLO 4: Normal vital sign responses to aerobic conditioning exercises do not include which of the following?

A patient presented with reports of persistent wrist pain after painting a house 3 weeks ago.  The PT POC includes soft tissue management for de Quervain’s tenosynovitis.  The PTA should perform soft tissue massage:

Your patient has limited MCP flexion with a capsular end feel. Which of the following peripheral joint mobilization techniques is most appropriate?

CLO 4: Which of the following should be used to calculate a patient’s Target Heart rate?