A patient with acute back pain is given a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation unit to use at home. The physical therapist assistant provides detailed instructions on the care and use of the unit. Which of the following activities would least likely be the responsibility of the patient?

Which of the following terms is described by the force that pushes the current?

A physical therapist assistant is treating a patient for low back pain using low frequency TENS. Which of the following statements would be most appropriate for the PTA to use to describe the feeling of this treatment to the patient?

A patient presents to physical therapy requiring wound care at his sacrum. The physical therapist determines that electrical stimulation will be beneficial. Which of the following electrotherapy treatments would be most appropriate when treating a wound?

A patient who has a denervated extensor indicis is being treated for the purpose of preventing disuse atrophy of the extensor indicis using electrotherapy. Which of the following treatments would be most appropriate for this patient?

Which of the following statements best explains the theory behind treating muscle spasm pain with low frequency TENS?

A measure of the total amount of contrast in an image defines:

Which stage of automatic rescaling failure is caused  when the exposure field edges are not correctly detected by the pattern recognition software?

Film screen has an exposure latitude of:

A radiographer performs AP and lateral projections of the wrist on an IP with two images on one 10 x 12 inch cassette.  Which of the following applies to using multiple fields on one IR?