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A 67-year-old male experienced a proximal-mid comminuted left-sided humeral fracture after following on the ice. The patient notes muscle weakness as a result of the peripheral nerve located along the shaft of the humerus. Which muscle would the physical therapist expect to see weak/absent as a result of the injury?

A patient is filling out intake paperwork for her visit with the physical therapist. She sees the 3 questions and answers in the following way: “During the past month, have you been bothered by feeling down, depressed, or hopeless?” No “During the past month, have you been bothered by little interest or pleasure in doing things?” Yes “Is this something you would like help with today?” Yes The treating physical therapist reads over this before she goes out to greet the patient. What would be the most appropriate way to handle this and address this with the patient in the clinical examination?

Which diagnosis is the physical therapist likely attempting to assess for with the following test in the picture below?

Write a Java program to receive user input of a sentence string of characters and capitalize the first letter of each word in the sentence string shown in the sample output below:Sample Output:Input Sentence: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.Capitalized Sentence: The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog.Save the program file and class with the name Test2P2.java (Remember: File name and class name MUST match exactly).

A physical therapist (PT) is performing the upper quarter clearing examination on a 78-year-old patient with neck pain. The PT is performing some upper motor neuron (pathological) tests to rule down any diagnoses that could warrant an immediate referral.  Which tests does this include? (can select more than one answer)

A physical therapist suspects a superior labral anterior/posterior (SLAP) lesion in the patient’s left glenohumeral joint. Which of the following special tests would be the most appropriate to assist in diagnosing this condition?

A patient present to physical therapy following a fall on an outstretched hand. The patient has noticed significant weakness and comes in presenting with the following position. Which of the following radial nerves maybe responsible for this presentation and weakness?

A physical therapist is evaluating a patient with a finger injury following a pick-up basketball game. The PT notes the following position when the patient attempts to make a fist. Which of the following tendon was likely ruptured?

Which item is NOT part of Wainner et al’s (2005), Arch Phys Med Rehabilitation cluster for diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome?

A patient is undergoing an assessment for cervical spine range of motion deficits. The physical therapist is specifically evaluating movement at the C1-C2 (atlantoaxial) joint. Which statement is most accurate?