A physical therapist assistant works with a patient diagnose…
A physical therapist assistant works with a patient diagnosed with facet impingement in the lumbar spine. The patient appears to be somewhat fixed in a position of side bending to the right and rotation to the left. When assessing lumbar range of motion, which motions would you expect to be most restricted?
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A physical therapist assistant consistently falls behind with his documentation due to an excessive patient load. The assistant has addressed this issue on numerous occasions with the supervising physical therapist without any success. The most appropriate action is:
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A physical therapist assistant assesses a patient’s deep tendon reflexes. The therapist determines that the right and left patellar tendon reflex and the left Achilles tendon reflex is 2+, while the right Achilles tendon reflex is absent. The clinical condition that could best explain this finding is:
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