A physical therapist is evaluating a patient with a diagnosi…
A physical therapist is evaluating a patient with a diagnosis of lumbopelvic pain. The patient reports pain and paresthesia in the perineal area and a recent onset of urinary and bowel incontinence. Which of the following is the BEST choice of patient management for the physical therapist?
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A physical therapist is using the Six-Position Test. During the test, the patient demonstrates pain with hook-lying in supine, and then relief of pain with prone lying with legs straight. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause of these symptoms?
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A physical therapist is working with a younger patient with a diagnosis of a high groin strain. The injury occurred during a sports event. The patient is responding poorly to PT with persistent pain is located at the pubic bone. Pain can be reproduced with resisted combined hip adduction, knee flexion and tibial internal rotation. The patient denies increased pain with coughing and/or bending forward. Which of the following differential diagnoses is MOST likely to be causing the symptoms?
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A physical therapist is working with a patient that has a diagnosis of Achilles tendinopathy. The therapist decides to utilize the available Clinical Practice Guideline for patient management. Which of the following is the BEST example of the strategy to use and/or progress eccentric exercises in the management of this condition?
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A male physical therapist is working in an inpatient hospital. A request is received for a physical therapy evaluation on for a patient s/p right hip hemi-arthroplasty. The therapist arrives and notes that the patient is a Hindu female and looks uncomfortable when she sees the male therapist. Which of the following is the MOST appropriate course of action?
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A physical therapist is evaluating a patient with right low back pain and right hip pain. The patient is a 60 y/o female patient with a long history of rheumatoid arthritis and a recent diagnosis of osteomyelitis. Her resting vital signs are: 126/80 blood pressure, 80 bpm pulse, 101 degree temperature, 96% SpO2. She demonstrates moderate restrictions in lumbar and hip range of motion. Which of the following is the BEST example of clinical reasoning for the physical therapist?
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