You choose to conduct a quick upper extremity ROM and MMT as…
You choose to conduct a quick upper extremity ROM and MMT assessment for someone who just had hip surgery and needs to follow the surgeon’s weight bearing precautions. Which of the following is the likely rationale for doing the quick ROM and MMT for this patient?
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An OT is designing a program to facilitate increased strength with their patient. The patient has a muscle grade of 2 in their right upper extremity (UE). Which of the following exercises/activities would be MOST successful considering the patient’s strength?
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A patient is referred to you for an outpatient OT evaluation for shoulder pain. As your patient walked into the clinic you observed that they held their affected extremity in a guarded position, but otherwise you did not initially identify any other outward signs of dysfunction. After completing an occupational profile, the OT should NEXT perform _______ when evaluating upper extremity function:
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