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Your client recently fell and presents with gradual onset of headache and confusion over the past 24–48 hours. Imaging reveals bleeding beneath the outermost meningeal layer. How would this type of hemorrhage be classified?

Which of the following does NOT travel through the carpal tunnel?

NOTICE: This case will be used for the following 3 questions of your exam. Make sure to answer every fill in the blank Mrs. White is a 55 year-old woman is 6-months post right total knee arthroplasty (TKA). She was discharged from home health physical therapy services 5 months ago. Her normal bed time routine always begins with a hot bath. Mrs. White currently depends on her upper body strength to lower herself into the tub because her right lower extremity is still weak. In order to lower herself into the tub, she stands with both feet firmly planted in the tub. Mrs. White flexes her hips and places her hands on both sides of the tub. She uses her arms to lower herself down into the tub (Phase I). When she is done with her hot bath, she pushes up with both hands on the side of the tub to return to standing (Phase II).   During phase I of lowering into the tub:    A) What type of contraction, if any, is occurring in the elbow flexors? __________________ B) What type of contraction, if any, is occurring in the elbow extensors? _______________

You have a  53-year-old male client who sustained a work-related flexor tendon laceration in his R dominant hand. The client underwent a flexor tendon repair approximately 12 weeks ago, and his physician recently cleared him to participate in strengthening exercises as part of his occupational therapy program. You decide to measure your client’s hand strength with the Jamar dynamometer and record the following results: (SD= Standard Deviation) (SE= Standard Error) Which of the following is true about the client’s R grip strength?

Your client was stabbed and sustained a completed laceration of the brachial plexus at the blue “X” indicated on the figure.    d. Identify one occupation that would be impacted by this laceration and describe how it impacts performance of that occupation.  

Your client experiences an injury to the long head of their triceps. Which movements will the triceps now be unable to perform? Select all that apply. 

How many degrees of freedom does the elbow have? 

Radial deviation is not a “pure” movement (in other words, there is no single muscle that can contract and cause radial deviation). Forces from what muscles must combine in order to create radial deviation?

Mrs. White is a 55 year-old woman is 6-months post right total knee arthroplasty (TKA). She was discharged from home health physical therapy services 5 months ago. Her normal bed time routine always begins with a hot bath. Mrs. White currently depends on her upper body strength to lower herself into the tub because her right lower extremity is still weak. In order to lower herself into the tub, she stands with both feet firmly planted in the tub. Mrs. White flexes her hips and places her hands on both sides of the tub. She uses her arms to lower herself down into the tub (Phase I). When she is done with her hot bath, she pushes up with both hands on the side of the tub to return to standing (Phase II).   If Mrs. White had a complete C7 nerve injury, would she be able to perform this transfer in the same way?

The figure below shows atrophy in the ___________ muscle group and is the result of __________ nerve injury/compression.