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An 88-year-old frail female has recently been admitted to a skilled nursing facility following a history of several falls. The patient lived alone in a second floor apartment and was unable to return home. The patient is extremely agitated and upset over not being able to return home, and demonstrates early signs of dementia. The patient has been yelling at any staff who enter her room all morning. An important approach to take while working with this patient is:

Which service is designed to provide employers with a way to ensure that potential new workers can tolerate the physical requirements of a job they are applying for?

A patient presenting with excessive seat width would MOST likely present with which of the following adverse effects?

The use of biofeedback interventions for pelvic floor muscle “down training” is appropriate for which of the following dysfunctions?

During your supine mat assessment, you note the patient has a left-elevated, non-reducible pelvic obliquity. Which of the following interventions would be MOST appropriate to distribute pressure and build a stable base?

A phenotypic trait is the result of:

You are seeing a patient in Home Health, with a diagnosis of frailty. The patient was recently hospitalized for 5 days. What is the MOST appropriate starting point for your exercise program?

All of the following are complications of Diastasis Recti EXCEPT:

A patient asks you to explain the function of his medication Amlodipine (Ca+ channel blocker). Which of the following statements should be included in your explanation?

Epigenetic effects on gene expression can result from any of the following EXCEPT: