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CLO 20A physical therapist assistant reads in the medical chart that a patient is taking digitalis. The patient is MOST likely taking this medication to treat:

CLO 9In pediatric settings, a PTA must understand that play is important. Which of the following statements indicate how play can be a functional tool?

CLO 9Heart failure is a serious cardiac condition that typically results in congestion and peripheral edema due to __?

CLO 8Of the following, which is a sign of potential infection in a wound?  

CLO 19The use of isotonic concentric contractions of first agonists, then antagonists performed against resistance is known as _?

CLO 25An AFO controls the foot and the ankle. What would the addition of a posterior leaf sprig do to a hinged AFO?

CLO 3A logical, sequential progression of activities of increasing difficulty in which the patient learns to control increasingly larger segments of the body against progressively increasing effects of gravity and body weight is called __?   

CLO 14A patient who has Parkinson’s disease is currently completing transfers from bed to W/C at Max Assist. His PLOF was Mod I. Using ICF terminology, this is an example of which of the following?

 CLO 14A PTA awaiting the arrival of her next patient observes another patient ambulating independently in the // bars. The patient appears to lack the necessary strength and coordination required to complete the activity independently. The PTA’s most appropriate response would be to __?

CLO 9In order for a baby to have equilibrium reactions, physiologically they must have __?