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A PTA is reassessing a patient’s response to physical agents for pain management. Which action BEST reflects appropriate clinical reasoning?

What is the primary role of fascia in the human body?

What data collection method would the Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) utilize if they asked the patient to mark the specific areas of pain on a picture of a human drawing?

A Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA)  is setting the parameters on a Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulator (TENS) unit to be used by a patient at home.  If the therapist chooses to modulate the frequency, this is known as ____________________and is used to ________________ the likelihood of the patient accommodating to the stimulus. 

Which one of the following modes of heat transfer does a water bath that is agitated or circulated produce more of a heating effect on the body than a water soak in which the water is not moving?

If Hydrochloric Acid forms under an electrode it will MOST likely be the:

Which one of the following would BEST represent the position for the shoulder joint and location of the sound head to effectively perform an Ultrasound on the Supraspinatus tendon at the insertion? 

A patient’s medical record reveals they are taking an anti-arrhythmic. The Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) must monitor the patient and immediately report if the patient develops

Why is proper patient positioning critical to the success of a Physical Therapy session?

Is GR DAG? Justify your answer in terms of the DFS tree you drew.