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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?

You are working in the gait analysis laboratory in a PT clinic. Your CI asks the following question: During the push-off                            phase of gait during stance phase, which muscles play an important role in providing a normal push-off?

Which of the following is the best definition of what Physical Therapy is and does? (You will be asked this question by many patients and their family members)