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A PTA is completing sensory testing on a patient who sustained burns to anterior trunk and lower extremities. What factor is the best predictor of sensory impairments for patients with burn injuries?

A PTA has completed a goniometry assessment for elbow flexion on a patient who sustained a humeral fracture.  The results of the assessment indicate the range of motion begins at 15 degrees of flexion and ends at 100 degrees of flexion.  What is the most appropriate way to for the PTA to document this finding?

During upper extremity PNF exercises, the PTA provides verbal cues to the patient by telling the patient to “push down and reach with your left hand down toward your right hip”.  This instruction is consistent with the verbal cues given for which PNF pattern?

A PTA is using hold-relax PNF exercise to increase range of motion.  After the joint has been moved to the available range of motion, what type of muscle contraction should the patient perform?

A PTA is performing MMT of the lower extremity.  The technique involves applying the resistance toward plantarflexion and eversion.  What is the target muscle for this manual muscle testing technique?

A PTA is performing family training with a patient’s spouse for maneuvering the patient in a wheelchair down a curb going forward.  Which technique should the PTA use to teach the spouse? 

A PTA identifies the end feel for shoulder flexion as “firm”.  Which of these causes is not consistent with a description of a “firm” end feel?

A patient with a C6 spinal cord injury begins to complain of nausea and dizziness as the tilt table is raised to 30 degrees of elevation.  The patient’s blood pressure is measured at 60/44.  These symptoms are most indicative of which of the following conditions?

Match the quantity to the correct SI unit

Match the quantity to the correct SI unit