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You are reading an article about the McKenzie technique for low back pain, which is investigating the use of the McKenzie Extension Test on a consecutive sample of adults with low back pain. The article describes the purpose of the test is to determine if flexion or extension is a more appropriate intervention to resolve symptoms.  The manner in which the test was conducted is clearly written and there are photos demonstrating how to do the McKenzie Extension Test.  The article does not specifically describe how positive and negative results were defined.  This suggests the article has lower quality based on challenges with the description of: 

With the exception of chemical burns, all patients presenting with eye complaints should have which of the following exam techniques performed initially?

In a patient who has a chemical burn to the eyes with a known acid, it is important to irrigate the eye with an alkaline solution in order to neutralize the acid

An older adult presents with pain, excessive tearing and a foreign body sensation in her right eye. You see the following after instilling fluorescein dye into the eye and examining with a Wood’s lamp. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis? 45.png

You are working with a patient who reports pain of 9/10 in his right shoulder.  Strength testing is 5/5 (within normal limits) in the right shoulder for flexion, abduction, extension, internal rotation, and external rotation.  According to Sgroi et al., the Empty Can test demonstrated a sensitivity of .54 for pain.  When going through your evaluation, you find the patient has a positive Empty Can Test due to a report of pain during the test.  What is the next step in your diagnostic process?   

Which of the following is false of CPR’s?

Match each of the following types of refractive error with the appropriate symptom or sign (answers may be used once, more than once or not at all)

What is effect size?

A-V nicking as seen on this fundoscopic exam would typically be seen in which of the following conditions? 19.png

Should the null hypothesis be rejected at the 1% level?                                  (2 points)