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You are observing the posture of a patient walking in and out of the parallel bars. You notice that the patient is hip hiking on the right as it compares to the left side. Of the following, which muscle is she using to elevate the pelvis?

A patient enters the clinic after sustaining a whiplash injury in an automobile accident. You assess active range of motion for the cervical spine and ask the patient to perform cervical rotation to the opposite side. Which of the following groups would be responsible for performing cervical rotation to the opposite side?

You have just seen a patient who has damage to his Posterior Deltoid muscle. In which of the following shoulder motions would you expect weakness to be demonstrated?

If a muscle elongates over two or more joints at the same time, it will not allow further motion by the agonist because it reaches:

During the MMT of wrist flexion, you notice the wrist starts to deviate medially. You identify what muscle must be stronger:

Of the 4 muscles of the rotator cuff, the supraspinatus is the most commonly ruptured? Which movement(s) would you expect to be most affected and weak following the above rupture?

An antagonist for the triceps brachii muscle might include:

 A patient enters the clinic with an injury in the pronator teres muscle of the left forearm, which resulted when a piano lid slammed down on his forearm. The patient now has limited action of the left forearm. With an injury to the pronator teres muscle, which of the following strength grades would be MOST likely see if you were to MMT forearm pronation? 

When testing the forearm supinators, the patient should be instructed keep the hand and wrist relaxed in order to avoid substitution particularly by the:

Josephine works in an acute care/hospital setting as a PTA.  She is preparing to assess the strength of a patient’s left shoulder musculature and notices that the patient’s (L) UE IV has infiltrated at the dorsum of the hand and posterior wrist. Are there any particular MMT procedures planned for today’s assessment that would be a cause for concern? If yes, identify them and explain why/how they present a concern.