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Under the APTA Standards of Ethical Conduct, a Physical Therapist Assistant may perform which of the following?

The most commonly sprained ankle ligament is the:

Your supervising therapist has asked you to quickly go up to treat Mr. Jones who was seen in PT six months ago and is probably being seen for the same injury. Your best response as a PTA would be to:

Your patient has had a tear of a “rotator cuff muscle” and exhibits pain when abducting the shoulder, especially near the greater tuberosity. No significant pain is noted during passive ROM of the shoulder or other active motions of the shoulder. The patient will most likely have injured which of the following muscles?

A patient is admitted to the hospital with the following symptoms: 1) fever; 2) decreased DTR’s; 3) symmetrical weakness in both upper and lower extremities; and 4) sensory loss distally.  The diagnosis is probably:

If you see a patient ambulating with an irregular and unsteady gait and with a tendency to sway or be thrown off balance to one side, he would probably have a brain lesion in the:

Your patient is a one year-old boy who received trauma during the birth process to his left neck and shoulder area, causing a brachial plexus injury of the upper plexus type (Erb-Duchenne). You would probably see:

Progressive weakness of trunk and pelvic girdle muscles, producing a lordotic, pot-bellied posture and waddling gait in young boys is found in:

All of the following could be considered fraud EXCEPT:

Which of the following is NOT an indication for the use of an assistive device?