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Which segment of the spine, of those listed below, would be most prone to injury or disease?

A snowboarder who sustained a displaced supracondylar fracture of the humerus three weeks ago is wearing a removable hard plastic elbow splint for her PT appointment. The physical therapist’s treatment plan is somewhat vague and calls for “A/AROM.” Which of the following is MOST likely a part of the treatment today?

A PTA is reviewing the chart for an upcoming patient on their schedule.  The PT’s evaluation notes that the thoracic spine has excessive kyphosis.  Of the following, which muscles are MOST likely to be tight and in need of stretching with this patient?

A slump sitting stretch is commonly used to stretch neural tissue by having the patient dorsiflex the ankle with the knee extended in a slouched sitting posture.  Which nerve does this stretch target, and what guidelines should be given for stretch?

A patient with chronic back pain is found to have limited flexibility of the hamstrings and hip flexors.  Tight hip flexors would cause the MOST limitation in which motion of the hip?

A physical therapist assistant is working with a patient with low back pain, and observes that step length is significantly short bilaterally.  Which of the following is MOST likely to be true about this patient’s gait?

Patients seen on the acute care, inpatient orthopedics unit have typically had one or more orthopedic surgical procedures performed.  Of the following patient diagnoses, which would MOST likely be seen on this unit?

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

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

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