A PTA completes a quantitative gait analysis on a patient rehabilitating from a lower extremity injury. As part of the assessment the PTA measures the number of steps taken by the patient in a 30 second period. This measurement technique can be used to measure:

CLO 4: Which of the following should be used to calculate a patient’s Target Heart rate?

Your supervising therapist has completed the IE on a patient who is 3 weeks s/p PCL repair. The physician has discontinued use of the knee immobilizer. The main concern at this early stage of rehab is:

Your patient who is s/p TKA has been coming to aquatic PT for 3 weeks and demonstrates increased LE strength. He had been performing squats in 4 ft of water depth. How can you progress this patient’s exercise to increase exercise intensity?

You are planning on collecting data on a patient with a diagnosis of a torn meniscus.  Which of the following tests would be appropriate to use for this patient when he comes to the physical therapy department?

CLO 4: Which of the following lists most effectively illustrates Metabolic Equivalent activities from light to moderate to high intensity?

A 26 y/o patient is referred for treatment of Right shin splints.  The initial PT eval indicates the patient has Right pes cavus, calcaneal valgus, point tenderness superior and posterior to the medial malleolus, and pain upon resisted ankle inversion.  This indicates involvement of which of the following muscles?

CLO 8 A 76 y/o male is 3 weeks status post left total hip replacement. You are currently seeing this patient for hip rehabilitation when he develops an acute case of sciatica and piriformis syndrome on the left. The PT has asked you to add piriformis stretches to his current THR program. What is the most appropriate course of action?

A 26-year-old presents with a diagnosis of recurrent patellar dislocation.  Based on your knowledge of the anatomy of the knee, the patella probably dislocated in a/an __________ direction? 

CLO 8 You are a PTA working in an outpatient orthopedic clinic. You have been treating a patient who is s/p ACL sprain for the past 3 weeks. As of last week her pain and inflammation had resolved, and she began working on PRE’s, as per the PT POC. Today she presents with pain, swelling and warmth to the knee joint and reports that she slipped and fell over the weekend. What is the most appropriate course of action?