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Your cousin Joe experienced a Zone II meniscal tear.  He called you to ask what to expect regarding his medical care.  You know the following:

A patient is 2 weeks post op left TKR and c/o pain in the calf.  The pain increases with gait training and quick passive ankle dorsiflexion.  The leg is warm to touch.  What is the most appropriate action? 

Your supervising PT has assigned you a 6 year old patient who has been diagnosed with Legg-Calve-Perthes disease or coxa plana.  Which of the following would not be found in this patient’s plan of care?

When completing a standing postural assessment on a patient, the therapist noted that the patient’s (R) ASIS was higher than the (L) one, and the (R) PSIS was lower than the (L) one.  Which of the following special tests is most likely to be positive?

Your patient has complained to your CI that they seem to be doing “the same ol’ thing” everyday.  Your CI has asked you to find three different ways to stretch your patient’s hip flexors, so that the stretching is done differently every treatment session.  Which of the following exercises would not increase hip extension ROM?

A patient is having trouble moving in the frontal plane.  Which of the following exercises would help the patient with this problem?

What aids in the movement of lymph through the body?

Which of the following are indications for a patient to undergo a Total Hip Replacement procedure?

You are asked to work with a hospital patient who had a recent ®hip ORIF.   Which of the following exercises are most appropriate at this phase of rehab?

Your patient suffered a traumatic injury to the left leg, which included peripheral nerve damage to the tibial nerve.  Which of the following muscles do you expect to be weak upon MMT?