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A PTA determines a target training heart rate of 145 bpm for his/her patient.  What HR should the patient attain during the warm-up phase of the aerobic program?

The hydromechanics of drag are present as a resistive force in all of the following exercise descriptions except:

A technique for teaching the patient to contract the multifidus muscle is best described by which of the following?

A PTA is interviewing a patient prior to initiation of treatment. The patient. is complaining of pain along the medial plantar border of the calcaneus and reports that the pain is worse in the morning. These subjective complaints are typical for a patient with:

A PTA is working with a 35 year old female referred to physical therapy after spraining her ankle playing softball. The most common mechanism of injury is:

The most effective position to activate the quadratus lumborum muscle is:

A patient is immersed neck deep in water performing aerobic conditioning exercises.  What adjustment would the PTA make to the maximum target heart rate?

Which of the following is a special test to implicate a labral tear?

Which of the following IS NOT a body system that contributes to maintaining balance?

A PTA is seeing a patient two days post myocardial infarction.  What phase of Cardiac Rehab are they MOST likely to be in?