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You are treating a patient after a meniscal root repair with the following precautions from the surgeon: nonweightbearing, no resisted hamstring strenghening, no PROM past 90 degrees. Your goal is to minimize the atrophy that is suffered following knee surgery. Which of the following intervention is most appropriate to maintain strength/minimize atrophy of the quadriceps for this patient?

Your patient has had foot taping in the past and recently purchased over the counter orthotics with a high arch support. She reports some relief in her symptoms with utilizing them. What is the proposed mechanism that could account for her decreased pain with use of foot taping and orthotics?

Match the exercise principle to the definition. 

Your patient is a 60 year old male with bilateral glenohumeral joint osteoarthritis. He complains of difficulty with reaching into overhead cabinets and putting away dishes.  Objectively he is able to actively flex to 115 degrees with complaints of 1/10 pain and stiffness at end range. Bilateral shoulder strength is 4-/5 on manual muscle test into flexion, abduction, and external rotation.    Which of the following interventions would be MOST appropriate for this patient?

The following two questions describe the flow of fluid across a typical capillary based on the Starling equation: NFP = (HPc + OPi) – (HPi + OPc)

Match each term with its definition below.

Most hematopoiesis (production of formed elements) in adults takes place where?

Which of the following forces promote movement from the interstitial fluid to the bloodstream? Select all that apply:

Postganglionic sympathetic fibers communicate with the heart using the neurotransmitter __________, while postganglionic parasympathetics use __________.

Calculate the net filtration pressure at a point in a hypothetical capillary assuming a capillary hydrostatic pressure of 23 mmHg, an interstitial fluid hydrostatic pressure of 2 mmHg, a capillary osmotic pressure of 35 mmHg, and an interstitial fluid osmotic pressure of 4 mmHg.