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You are examining a patient’s posture and notice the line of gravity crosses posterior to the knee joint. What type of postural deformity will you suspect and what muscle needs to increase its force as a response to the external moment created?

A 70-year-old male is riding the bus and could not find a seat, during one of the stops his body perceived a perturbation and to prevent falling backwards you observed that he successfully used his hip strategy to maintain balance.  Hypothetically, what would you expect in terms of muscle recruitment?

You want to determine the fall risk of an elderly person. Which of the following tests/activities would be most difficult for this person to perform?

Research has shown that soleous muscles are __________ during anticipatory postural adjustments in advance of voluntary reaching.

During a postural assessment, you observe a sway back posture. What is one of the main features of this postural malalignment?

A 12 year-old girl has structural right thoracic scoliosis. What postural features would you expect to find?

During a posterior postural sway of about 10 degrees, it is observed that the person maintains the head aligned with the hip. Hypothesized the muscle response to maintain balance:

You are evaluating the posture of a male patient while standing. In a sagittal view you observe excessive foot pronation; what do you suspect in a posterior view?

The security regulations of HIPAA are designed to ensure:

In posturography (posture/balance testing) testing using the Sensory Organization Test (SOT), subjects who sway more or fall under conditions with eyes closed and platform moving (condition 5) or with the visual surround moving and platform moving (condition 6) are likely to demonstrate: