A PTA conducts a pre-operative training session for a patient scheduled for surgery to repair a massive rotator cuff tear. The patient is a 54-year-old male who is employed as an insurance agent. During the pre-operative training session the patient inquires as to the amount of time before he is able to return to full activity, to include playing tennis and golf. The MOST appropriate time frame is typically:

A PTA completes a posture screening and a gross range of motion test on a patient referred to PT with patella tendonitis. The PTA determines that the patient has extremely limited lower extremity flexibility, most notably in the hip flexors.  What common structural deformity is often associated with tight hip flexors?

Your supervising PT has completed the IE on a 21 year old man whose chief complaint is pain over the medial epicondyle of the left elbow.  This condition is most likely which of the following?

A manual muscle test of the triceps reveals evidence of slight contractility without any motion.  The muscle should be graded as

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a compression of which nerve?

A patient rehabilitating from a grade I medial collateral ligament injury questions a therapist about his expected functional activity level following rehabilitation.  The most accurate predictor of the patient’s expected functional activity level is the _________?

A physical therapy treatment plan for a patient rehabilitating from an anterior shoulder dislocation includes progressive resistive exercises.  Which muscle groups should be emphasized during rehabilitation?

Describe the MOI that typically causes this deformity:   Smiths Fracture(1).jpg

In rotator cuff tears, the tendon that is most commonly involved is the:

Describe the MOI that typically causes this deformity:   Colles fracture(1).jpg