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A 50 year-old patient who sustained a femoral neck fracture several years ago has developed secondary hip osteoarthritis.  She reports significant pain with ambulation. Where would you expect this pain to be?

Which of the following injuries is LEAST likely to occur after a FOOSH injury?

Which most accurately describes the functional position of the hand?

Your 23 year-old male patient is a football player who sustained a valgus knee injury during the last game of the season. Which of the following structures was LEAST likely to be torn during this injury?

You are doing posture screens in an assisted living facility as an outreach project for your employer.  As you observe standing posture from all sides, which of the following would be MOST abnormal?

A PTA is working with a patient who just had a long arm cast removed.  The arm was casted in 90 degrees of elbow flexion to immobilize the ulno-humeral and radio-humeral joints.  The motions that occur at these joints are:

Solid understanding of the structure and function of the peripheral nervous system is important for rehabilitation staff, in order to understand the conditions with which patients present.  Of the following, which are accurate regarding spinal nerves and/or plexuses?  Choose all that apply.

Which injury/condition is NOT typically caused by a fall on an outstretched arm?

The position in which joint surfaces are most stable and most congruent is called the:

When speaking of a single motion segment, flexion of the lumbar spine requires the arthrokinematic motion of: