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A physical therapist assistant observes gait in a 4 year-old boy.  The patient walks with his toes pointed outward.  The PTA concludes that:

What is the primary function of the soleus muscle during the stance phase of gait?

Which is not an osteokinematic motion that occurs at the wrist?

Rehabilitation after ACL reconstruction usually involves exercises to improve lower extremity proprioception.  Which of the following would be considered appropriate dynamic proprioceptive exercises in a sagittal plane?

A PTA is treating a patient with an injury to the knee sustained while playing rugby.  Upon reviewing the initial evaluation, the PTA reads that the patient had a negative anterior drawer test and a positive McMurray’s test.  The patient MOST likely has a:

A patient with shoulder pain is receiving modalities and therapeutic exercise three times per week.  The chart indicates impingement syndrome is suspected.  At which one of the following joints or articulations would impingement of the supraspinatus tendon truly occur?

In the period after initial contact of gait, what type of muscle contraction takes place in the ankle dorsiflexors?

Special tests are used to help a physical therapist determine the PT diagnosis for a patient.  Which of the following examples IS accurate about common special tests and their interpretation?

A PTA working with a patient who has lower extremity pain notices that the patient has weakness of the hamstrings.  The PT explains that the patient sustained a nerve injury which resulted in the hamstring weakness.  Which nerve was most likely injured?

A PTA is working to provide gait training to a patient with a leg length discrepancy.  In documenting the gait observed, the PTA recognizes that the most accurate term to describe the first part of stance in all ambulatory people is: