Your patient suffered a syndesmotic sprain while skiing over the weekend.  Which of the following special tests do you expect to be positive?

Which special test is used to determine if the patient has thoracic inlet syndrome?

Severance of the common peroneal nerve at the level of the knee would result in a loss of ______?

CLO 8 A PTA employed in an outpatient clinic observes a patient complete a series of exercises. During the treatment session the patient mentions to the PTA that he is experiencing angina. After resting for 20 minutes the patient’s condition is unchanged, however, he insists it is something that he can work through. The MOST appropriate action is:

A patient with a right radial head fracture is treated in PT.  The patient’s involved elbow ROM begins at 15 degrees of flexion and ends at 90 degrees of flexion.  The PTA should record the patient’s elbow ROM as:    

What type of exercises would NOT be appropriate to relieve patello-femoral pain?

Your patient presents with tingling and numbness to the lateral aspect of the forearm and the thumb. You suspect nerve involvement. A DTR of which of the following muscles is most appropriate to assess in an effort to correlate findings?

The patient has carpal tunnel syndrome.  Which of the following would have the most influence on prevention of reoccurrence?

Your supervising therapist has completed the IE on a patient who had a lumbar spine injury.  You have been instructed to perform “Williams” exercises.  During these exercises you recall all of the following are true except?

A patient has recently been involved in a MVA causing a cervical whiplash injury to the patient.  Initial evaluation results reveal severe pain and muscle guarding which limit the evaluation procedures.  What is the most appropriate initial approach to treatment?