The supervising PT asks the PTA to administer the Berg Balance Scale at a patient’s progress visit. Which action is MOST appropriate?

Improved performance on the Five Times Sit-to-Stand Test most likely reflects improved:

A patient is status post right total knee arthroplasty and ambulates independently without an assistive device. During gait training, the patient demonstrates decreased balance and occasional lateral trunk sway. Which action by the PTA is MOST appropriate?

A patient is full weight bearing but unable to ambulate because of severe fatigue. Which transfer is MOST appropriate?

Which aspect of balance does the Functional Reach Test assess?

Which of the following ramps IS considered ADA compliant? Answer A: ramp A.jpg Answer B: ramp B.jpg Answer C: ramp C.jpg Answer D: ramp D.gif 

Jeremy comes into therapy and says that it seems like there aren’t enough handicapped parking spots in the parking lot.  There are 200 parking spots in front of the building.  To be ADA compliant, how many parking spaces need to be handicap accessible?

A patient is non-weight bearing after pelvic surgery. Which transfer is MOST appropriate?

You have just opened up your own private PT practice, specializing in pediatric therapy.  You are renting the second floor of a Victorian house in the center of town.  Your secretary just had her knee replaced and is asking you to install an elevator so that she can get to the second floor.  Which of the following statements regarding your responsibility is TRUE?

You are working as a rehab aid on the weekend.  The facility just hired a new PTA who graduated from PTA school (not Mercer!) 3 months ago.  You notice the patient short-sitting on the edge of a plinth.  You see the PTA using a hand-grip dynamometer over the patient’s distal anterior thigh while the patient tries to lift her knee from the bed.  When you politely inquire about the PTA’s assessment technique, you are told that she is using the dynamometer to measure hip flexion strength in pounds.  You know that a dynamometer is intended to be used to measure hand grip strength and that using it to measure hip strength is an inappropriate application of the instrument.  Which of the following statements best describes your concern?