You are watching your clinical instructor perform an orthope…
You are watching your clinical instructor perform an orthopedic special test that invovles passively lifting the right lower extremity while supporting the calcaneus and keeping the knee in extension with a neutral ankle position. Which of the following special tests is your clinical instructor performing?
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A patient has been evaluated by the physical therapist for a variety of cervical and lumbar complaints. The PT has requested that you review some of the findings from the initial evaluation by doing some additional tests. The patient is unaware of any specific event that caused her limitation in lumbar ROM. Treatment approaches were suggested during adolescence but her parents were not interested. Which of the following medical diagnosis best describes the curvature that is visible from the posterior aspect of this patient’s back?spine(1).jpg
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A patient presents to your clinic 5 days after landing poorly on their ankle during a basketball game. You notice that the patient’s ankle is red and swollen with decreased passive range of motion with an empty end feel. While keeping in mind healing occurs on a continuum, which stage of healing do you predict the patient is currently in?
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