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As a patient performs a partial-squat exercise in standing, what is the force producing the movement as the patient’s knees bend?

A PTA is working in an acute care hospital with an 80 year old patient who fell down the stairs to his basement and fractured his tibia.  The fracture was surgically stabilized 3 days ago.  He has been doing fairly well with his rehabilitation but the PT and PTA have expressed concern that the patient may not be safe to return home yet due to unsafe gait and deconditioning.  The patient lives alone in a two-story house.  Of the following, which is LEAST appropriate as a discharge option for this patient?

A 42 year-old previously healthy male falls while hiking and sustains a closed, displaced fracture of the femur just proximal to the adductor tubercle.  He is transported to the nearest Level III trauma center and evaluated in the emergency room by an orthopedic surgeon who is a trauma specialist.  The surgeon decides to treat the fracture with open reduction and internal fixation.  Which of the following was MOST likely an indication for the surgical treatment of the fracture?

The anterior longitudinal ligament is thinner in the neck than in the lumbar spine. Which injury/condition does this fact predispose us to?

A PTA observes the gait of a pediatric client and notices scissoring.  This is MOST likely related to tightness of which muscles?

A PTA is working with a patient with lumbar HNP (posterolateral).  The PTA knows that patients with this type of HNP will often respond very well to repetitive lumbar extension exercises. Which of the following might indicate the patient is not responding appropriately to these exercises?

Patients with severe spinal stenosis and/or degenerative arthritis of the spine usually find that their symptoms worsen with ___________ and improve once they ___________.

A therapist in a large teaching hospital treats patients on the orthopedic inpatient unit, some of whom have cancer affecting bones. Which of the following types of cancer does NOT commonly metastasize to bone?

A patient with rotator cuff tendinitis is working on arm strengthening activities in a PT clinic using a hand-held weight.  Which muscle would she most likely contract eccentrically to lower her arm/shoulder from a 90 degree flexed position (in a sitting position)?

Physical therapy treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome involves strategies to reduce compression of the ___________ nerve.