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You have been asked to reassess Mr. Castillo’s UE muscle strength, for development of a PT progress report.  During the patient interview Mr. Castillo reports he has been experiencing significant shoulder and upper arm pain for the last 4 days.  He rates his pain a 7 out of 10 and describes it as dull and aching.  He is unable to recall any injury, activity, or incident which would have resulted in this pain, and reports he has been taking Tylenol to manage it.  What is the most appropriate action?

There are arguably only two fundamental styles of film design: the realistic and the fantastic.

Which of the following is not a type of sound that filmmakers can include in their sound track?

Two electric charges, Q1 and Q2, are separated by a finite distance. Somewhere between the charges, on the line connecting them, the electric field they produce is zero. If the point of zero field is closer to Q1, what can we conclude about the sign and magnitude of the two charges?

A PTA works with a 37-year-old male referred to physical therapy with radicular pain in the lower extremity. A note from the referring physician indicates that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) confirmed the presence of a disc herniation with resultant L4 nerve root impingement. When completing muscle testing, which muscle would you expect to be the MOST affected by the patient’s current condition?

Which of the following is not a commonly used aspect ratio?

You are assigned to collect neck and trunk muscle strength data for a patient receiving physical therapy following a back injury. While interviewing your patient prior to testing, he reports he has been having trouble controlling his BP since Thanksgiving. You measure it at 170/100 mm Hg. He also complains of a persistent headache, not relieved by ibuprofen or acetaminophen. The most appropriate action is to:

Equal currents of magnitude travel out of the page in wires M and N. Eight directions are indicated by letters A through H. The direction of the magnetic field at point P, which has equal distance from wires M and N, is fig_q11_final.jpg

Your patient demonstrates weakness when rotating her trunk to the left.  Which of the following muscles are presenting with weakness?

What should an embalmer do to prevent translocation of organisms between the aspiration of cavity and the injection of cavities? (Select all that apply)