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You patient has a long leg cast on the left leg, but is allowed to bear weight while ambulating. During the swing phase, what motion will likely be necessary in order for the person to advance the limb forward?

You have been asked to take goniometric measurements of the shoulder on a patient who is unable to tolerate side lying positioning due to a hip pathology. What is your best course of action?

The pelvic force couple that combines to pull the pelvis into an anterior tilt are the:

A PTA is working with an elderly patient on AAROM exercises to all extremities. During combined hip and knee flexion movements, the patient complains of sharp pain in the hip. What is the PTA’s best course of action? 

A PTA starts a treatment session at 9:03 AM and finishes the treatment session at 10:04 AM, with the patient taking a restroom break from 9:12 AM to 9:31 AM. How many minutes of the treatment session are billable?

Trauma to the femoral nerve could impair any of the following muscles EXCEPT the: 

You are palpating a person’s shoulder and note that she has pain in the bicipital groove. You determine that this person could have tendinitis of which of the following muscles?  

Elbow extension occurs in which plane and through which axis? 

Vector-borne transmission is a method of spreading infection that includes which of the following?

Before completing the following quiz complete the PowerPoint/Reading Guide Pages (Fill in the blanks) found in the second half of the Student Supplemental workbook, the reading guide will help you answer the Chapter Reading guide quiz. Remember that it is a reading guide, you should expand on the points you find. The last quiz attempt is the grade posted.