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Descending the stairs with the right foot on the stair step, the right quadriceps muscles are performing which type of muscle contraction?

Your patient tells you that he is bowlegged. The proper medical terminology for this is:

Which of the following lab tests is done to monitor for muscle destruction in patients taking a statin?

Which of the following lipid lowering drugs is used to treat patients with hypertriglyceridemia?

The onset date of injury is a very important criteria when determining the duty cycle for an ultrasound treatment.

Josh has developed a flexion contracture of the right knee after surgery to repair a torn ligament. His plan of care includes ultrasound, stretching, strengthening exercises and superficial heat. How would you sequence the treatment?

Mrs. Carol Hannighan, age 45, is complaining of pain in her upper back. The PT has delegated superficial heat during her treatment today. Mrs. Carol does not like to lay directly on her stomach because it is uncomfortable. Name two alternate ways that you could position Mrs. Carol where she would benefit from the heat of the modality.

Circulating blood helps keep the local body temperature stable. The risk of thermal injury is increased when circulation is compromised. 

The Inverse Square Law states that the radiation intensity decreases inversely with the square of the distance from the ionizing radiation source. When treating your patient you doubled the distance of the lamp from the patient’s hand. With the change in distance you can expect the heat to do what?

The patient has a wound 4 cm x 3 cm with tunneling 1.5 cm in depth. What frequency of ultrasound should be utilized?