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As you run onto the field after a tackle play , you suspect that the offensive lineman on your team may have suffered a femur fracture. Which of the following are symptoms of a femur fracture?

You are performing screenings on a gymast. Which of the following is a measure used to evaluate hypermobility in gymnasts?

In the middle school that you have just started working in as their first Athletic Trainer (congrats!), you ask for their EAP. They do not know and ask how many Emergency Actions Plans should each institution have. You explain that this is the number of EAP(s):

As you review X-rays of Lx spine in a pt w/back pain – you explain that you are looking for this condition ………..  also known as the decapitated Scottie dog.

As you measure normal anthropometrics, you examine an athlete’s Q Angle. Which of the following techniques measures the Q angle?

In a Contracture Gait abnormality pattern, if the problem is at the ___, the athlete will present with increased lumbar lordosis and knee flexion

When discussing lumbosacral movement, your preceptor mentions that the athlete has nutation. Which of these is correct. The athlete has:

As you examine lumbar pain in a patient, you use this test – a test that is used to assess increased intrathecal pressure.

When coming back an reporting to you the results of an MRI Scan, your 50 year old tennis player mentions that the radiologist has mentioned that he has this condition – that occurs as a result of narrowing of the vertebral foramen

What area/structures articulate with the vertebra below and/or above?