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A patient has a loss of strength at the L2, L3, and L4 levels. Which muscle would you test to confirm this weakness?

An athlete plants his right foot to cut left and inverts their ankle while their foot is dorsiflexed. What injury commonly happens with this MOI?

You are a physical therapist assistant who is going to give an in-service to another PTA on the APTA code of ethics as it relates to a PTA. Which of the following would NOT be an APTA code of ethics standard relating to the physical therapist assistant?

In Whiplash, according to Terence Fletcher there are no two words in the English language more harmful than what?

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?