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Your pt. has a torn ATF ligament of the ankle, along with a sprain higher than the ATF of the ankle. What types of tests would show up as positive in the PT eval. that tell you what kind(s)of ankle injury this may be?

Your patient has weakness in one of the “Tom, Dick An Harry” muscles, along the inside of the ankle. Tibialis Posterior’s main job is to _____________ the ankle and is tested in a ________________ position.

Demonstrated below is the force-velocity curve for a muscle. Side A, side B, and point C resembles ______, _______, and ______ muscle actions respectively.

Ashley, a two year old, has learned that her house pet is a “kitty.” When she sees a horse for the first time, she identifies the horse as a “kitty.” When she spends the night with her grandmother, her small dog, Peppy, is a “kitty.” Ashley sees animals at the petting zoo and exclaims in delight, “Kitties!!” This irregularity of speech is called what?

Which of the following statements are true? (Place T or F for True or False Respectively).  i) If is bounded below and is monotonically decreasing then converges. [stat1]   ii) If converges then converges. [stat2]   iii) If

The patient lifts their arm up into overhead reach into a cupboard. How much functional range of motion is needed for this everyday task?  

Henry has Kearns-Sayre syndrome, a mitochondrial syndrome causing hearing loss and eye problems. He has two children, Millie and Allie. His sister, Shelia also has Kearns-Sayre syndrome. Shelia has two children, Anthony and Brian. Which of the following is true?     

The patient lifts their arm up into overhead reach into a cupboard. This requires what type of contraction of which muscle group?   

Allie has learned that 2 + 5 = 7, but she is having difficulty with 7 – 2 = 5. What problem is Allie demonstrating?    

Determine if the relation defines y as a one-to-one function of x.f(x) = x3 – 2x + 1