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The two major components of mise-en-scene are design and composition.

According to the AAOS, the normal ROM for ulnar deviation is ______ degrees.

A therapist attempts to assess the strength of the tibialis anterior. To perform a manual muscle test, the therapist should position the lower extremity in ____________ and ask the patient to “hold”.

A basketball athlete comes to the AT facility two weeks after the season starts complaining of knee pain. She complains of anterior knee pain over the tibial tuberosity that increases as she gets further into practice, especially with squatting and jumping activities. She does not show a decrease in strength. She reports that her pain decreases following some rest, but she is at a point now where practicing is difficult secondary to pain. What injury do you suspect?

A parallel-plate capacitor is connected to a battery that maintains a constant potential difference V between the plates. If a dielectric is inserted between the plates of the capacitor:

Three point charges,  Q 1 = Q 2 = + 3 . 00 × 10 – 9   C  and  Q 3 , are located on a circular arc of radius R = 4 . 00   c m with center O at  ( 0 ,   0 ) c m , as shown in Fig. 1.1. (a) What is  Q 3  equal to if the electric field at O  ( 0 ,   0 ) c m  is zero? (b) What are the magnitude and direction of the total electric force exerting on a q = – 5 . 00 × 10 – 10   C point charge placed at P ( – 2 . 00 ,   0 ) c m ? (c) What would be the work done by electric force if is moved from point O to point P ( – 2 . 00 ,   0 ) c m ? Two identical spherical shells (M and N) of radius 4 . 00   c m are added in space with the center of shell M at  ( 3 . 00 ,   0 ) c m  and shell N at  ( 0 ,   – 9 . 00 ) c m , as shown in Fig. 1.2. If  + 5 . 00 × 10 – 9   C  and  – 5 . 00 × 10 – 9   C  are uniformly distributed on M and N, respectively. (d) What are the magnitude and direction of electric field at point O contributed by  Q 1 ,  Q 2 ,  Q 3 , and the charges on M and N? (e) What are the magnitude and direction of electric field at point P contributed by  Q 1 ,  Q 2 ,  Q 3 , and the charges on M and N? fig_q17_final.jpg

Your patient, Mrs. X, has been experiencing persistent back and hip pain when running. Her strength grades are WNL, however your supervising PT and you hypothesize that her pain is due to muscle tightness. As such, you are to perform a muscle length test for a patient’s Rectus Femoris.  You should position your patient in:

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?