A physical therapist examines a patient who exhibits excessive involuntary and extraneous movements including hemiballismus.  The clinical presentation is MOST consistent with damage or a lesion in what area of the brain?

A physical therapist attempts to select an appropriate intervention to treat a patient who has a 10 degree limitation in knee extension. Based on joint arthrokinematics, which of the following mobilization techniques would be MOST appropriate? 

The MRI of a patient with a confirmed brain tumor demonstrates that the tumor has caused displacement of brain tissue across midline, under the falx cerebri. What type of brain herniation does this represent?

Your patient is coming to outpatient therapy for an increase in falls and decreased balance.  The patient reports that they had a right cerebrovascular accident 6 months ago, but does not know which artery was involved.  During the evaluation you find that the patient has weakness and sensory loss of the left leg, frontal lobe behavioral abnormalities, and left hemineglect.  Which specific artery was MOST likely affected?

Your patient has a diagnosis of a left middle cerebral artery cerebrovascular accident.  Which clinical presentation do you expect them to have?

A patient sustained a grade II strain to the iliopsoas muscle.  On the involved lower extremity, which of the following phases of the gait cycle should the physical therapist expect to be the MOST impacted by the injury?

A physical therapist examines several pathological reflexes on a patient with a suspected upper motor neuron disease.  What stimulus would be the MOST appropriate when assessing Hoffman’s reflex?

A patient is status post excision of a tumor from the region of their left somatosensory association cortex (Brodmann area 5, 7, 39, 40). Which of the following clinical screening tests would MOST likely be abnormal in this individual?

A physical therapist completes a coordination assessment on a patient with a cerebellar lesion.  Which of the following findings is the LEAST likely to be associated with cerebellar dysfunction?

Which is the most common cause of neuropathic (diabetic) ulcers?