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Which GH muscle has its origin on the clavicle?

A PTA treats a 22-year-old male athlete rehabilitating from shoulder surgery.  As part of the patient’s treatment plan the assistant utilizes a PNF pattern that incorporates shoulder flexion, abduction, and ER.  Which PNF pattern is MOST consistent with the described intervention?

If the upper extremity were placed in shoulder flexion, elbow flexion, and supination we would say the triceps is in active insufficiency.

A PTA instructs a patient to make a fist.  The patient is able to make a fist, but is unable to flex the distal phalanx of the ring finger.  What tendon has MOST likely been ruptured?

A patient is 6 weeks post–total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA). During a follow-up visit, the patient reports increasing pain and decreased shoulder motion compared to previous sessions. Which of the following complications should the physical therapist assistant suspect and report to the supervising physical therapist?

What is the MOST appropriate initial intervention to address the patient’s complaint of pain?

Which of the following accurately defines a subluxation?

The ulnar tuberosity provides an attachment site for the:

A patient presents to physical therapy with a diagnosis of medial epicondylitis.  Which group of muscles is most likely involved?

When measuring the length of the biceps brachii the PTA must put the muscle in passive insufficiency.  The PTA would be correct in placing the UE in: