You are treating a patient who was diagnosed with an avulsion fracture of the lateral epicondyle. Which of the following attaches to the lateral epicondyle?

You have been seeing a patient for the past three months for supraspinatus tendonitis which began one month prior to initiating treatment. The patient is continuing to complain of swelling, pain and limited range of motion of the shoulder with multiple flare ups as the patient has decided to paint his house during the past month. You place the patient in the following phase of healing:

A physical therapist assistant has just started to add low level strengthening exercises to a patient’s program after injury. Which of the following exercises would be most appropriate to add first?

Which of the following conditions may be exacerbated with taking a deep breath?

When performing Deep Friction Massage, which of the following best explains the application of friction?

When your patient entered the clinic, he complained of pain extending from the right buttock to the right knee. After performing three separate lumbar extension exercises, he reports pain only in his right buttock. Which of the following statements best describes this patient?

A patient just recently regained full active range of motion of the left shoulder in flexion/extension, adduction/abduction and internal rotation/external rotation. You would like to progress their range of motion exercises to make them harder. Which of the following would be the best choice?

What movement is produced by a concentric contraction of the rectus abdominus?

Which of the following best describes prolonged muscle contraction of a muscle in response to a painful stimulus?

force (2)(1).png Which direction type of force is the picture depicting of the vertebrae?