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A 32-year-old right hand dominant female presents to your clinic with a 3-month complaint of right-hand pain and paresthesia of the thumb, index, and middle fingers. She works in a retail sales office where she spends much of the day on the computer keyboard typing. The presence of which of the following findings on physical examination would suggest that the underlying condition was more advanced?

Which of the following statements about chest wall deformities is TRUE?

Finkelstein test is a maneuver to diagnose which of the following conditions?

Interpret the synovial fluid results in the chart below: 

You are asked to evaluate a 38-year-old right hand dominant female who presents with complaints suggestive of possible carpal tunnel syndrome. After resting the elbows on a table and allowing the wrists to fall into complete volar flexion for one minute (see image below), the paresthesias that the patient has been experiencing are reproduced along the palmar surface of the thumb, index finger, middle finger, and part of the ring finger of the right hand. Based on this information, how would you document this finding in the patient’s chart?  

Which of the following types of shoulder dislocation and associated mechanism of injury is the most common?

You are evaluating a patient with a knee effusion and subsequent synovial fluid analysis reveals the following findings: Fluid is pinkish-red and cloudy with WBC 2,800 (30% PMNs) and glucose level 18 mg/dL. Which of the following conditions would be a possible underlying cause of these synovial fluid results?

An 18-year-old college freshman presents with chronic fatigue, as well as back pain and stiffness. He states the pain has been present for the past several months but appears to be worsening. His back symptoms are most severe at night and first thing in the morning and improve somewhat during the work day, when he is active. Based on this information, which of the following conditions is the most likely diagnosis for this patient?

Which of the following statements about bone tumors is TRUE?

You are asked to evaluate a 36-year-old male who presents with significant low back pain that radiates down the right leg, and you perform several assessments during your physical examination. The back pain radiates down the right leg, when raising the patient’s straightened right leg at an angle of 40º. When performing a crossed straight- leg raising test, which of the following results would you expect to find if lumbar disc herniation is present?