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You are collecting data on a patient with a Spinal Cord Injury. You are observing the ability of the patient to rotate her trunk to the Right. Which of the following muscles listed below are you observing?

The deep layer of back muscles – transversospinalis, include:

Blood cells from people with type B blood contain the antigen(s)

You have just completed reviewing a muscle test performed by the therapist with whom you are working. He noted that the patient was able to complete 30% of the available shoulder abduction range, against gravity. The muscle testing grade should have been:

You are observing the posture of a patient walking in and out of the parallel bars. You notice that the patient is hip hiking on the right as it compares to the left side. Of the following, which muscle is she using to elevate the pelvis?

A patient enters the clinic after sustaining a whiplash injury in an automobile accident. You assess active range of motion for the cervical spine and ask the patient to perform cervical rotation to the opposite side. Which of the following groups would be responsible for performing cervical rotation to the opposite side?

You have just seen a patient who has damage to his Posterior Deltoid muscle. In which of the following shoulder motions would you expect weakness to be demonstrated?

If a muscle elongates over two or more joints at the same time, it will not allow further motion by the agonist because it reaches:

During the MMT of wrist flexion, you notice the wrist starts to deviate medially. You identify what muscle must be stronger:

Of the 4 muscles of the rotator cuff, the supraspinatus is the most commonly ruptured? Which movement(s) would you expect to be most affected and weak following the above rupture?