27. Your patient has left knee pain when lunging with the ri…
27. Your patient has left knee pain when lunging with the right leg forward and an upright trunk (Figure A). Their knee pain is decreased when cued to lean the trunk forward (Figure B). Which of the following would be the best biomechanical rationale as to why your patient’s right knee pain decreased?
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3. You are paired with a Physical Therapy Assistant in your clinic and you have both been treating a patient with an acute low back strain. Based on the chart below, which is the last treatment (Rx) session when you must perform the 6th visit observation?
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34. You are working with a patient who has pain at the insertion of their Achilles tendon (i.e. insertional Achilles tendinopathy). Why might you start by prescribing a double leg heel raise on the floor (Left Figure) as opposed to a double leg heel raise off of the edge of a step (Right Figure) based on tendon forces and strains?
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