You are manually muscle testing a patient as part of a progress report. You note full ROM with gravity minimized. What grade would you give this muscle?

John has spastic quadriceps and you would like to have him in tall kneeling. Which of the following is NOT clinical rationale to support tall kneeling for tone inhibition?

The Ashworth, Modified Ashworth and Tardieu scales could be used to assess muscle tone for all of the following EXCEPT:

For scoliosis detection, which of the following screening techniques is effective for the early adolescent population?

When doing range for increasing ankle dorsiflexion:

During development, if postural muscles are weak, the phasic muscles may be used as stabilizers. This may result in the following:

During early development, the infant appears to have an enlarged abdomen in proportion to the rest of the body. This is due to:

In an effort to determine if proficiency test scores are affected by the education of a child’s parents, a random sample of 9-year-old children was drawn. Each child’s test score and the highest level of education achieved by either parent were recorded. The education categories are 1 = less than high school, 2 = high school graduate, 3 = some college, and 4 = college graduate.  What hypothesis test should the researcher use to analyze the data?

Your team completed GRR study with the following results: Repeatability – EV 4.195 Reproducibility – AV 6.794 Repeatability and reproducibility – R&R 7.984 Part Variation – PV 16.578 Total Variation – TV 18.401   % of Total Variation EV 22.80% AV 36.92% R&R 43.39% PV 90.09%   What is the most appropriate action for the current measurement system?    

Erin, operations manager of a ABC Manufacturing, was concerned about deteriorating product quality, workplace safety, and better use of floor space.  “We need to start somewhere” she challenged her team.  What practice or tool would be best for Erin’s team to implement?