A patient presents with 8/10 pain in their left upper trapezius that radiates to their forearm. Their pain began 6 days ago when lifting weights at the gym. Pain worsens with looking down, reaching overhead, and prolonged sitting. Repeated motion testing reveals the following: sitting protrusion decreases left upper trapezius pain and produces left hand pain; sitting retraction increases left upper trapezius pain and abolishes forearm and hand pain. Based on this information, what is the MOST LIKELY provisional classification according to the Mechanical Diagnosis & Therapy (MDT) system?

A patient presents with a 2-week history of left-sided neck pain & numbness that radiates to their left elbow. The therapist performs a Spurling’s Test with the patient’s neck positioned in left lateral flexion. The patient reports pain in the left side of their neck but not in their upper extremity. How should this finding be interpreted?

Which patient reported outcome measure asks patients to identify 3 meaningful functional tasks and rate them from 0 (inability to perform) to 10 (able to complete at pre-morbid level)?

In the cluster of tests to assess for sacroiliac joint pain, what two tests did Laslett advocate to use first based upon their statistical values?

According to the Paris approach, what pattern of active range of motion loss would be MOST LIKELY in a patient with capsular restriction of the right L3/L4 facet?

Which of the following is NOT a side effect of systemic glucocorticoids?

A patient presents with a 3-day history of localized left-sided lower back pain satisfies the clinical prediction rule for lumbar manipulation. The therapist decides to perform the supine lumbopelvic manipulation to treat the patient’s left-sided low back pain. What would be the MOST APPROPRIATE method to set up this technique?

The vertebral artery is most vulnerable to injury from stretching or compression in the __________ portion. This is partially due to:

A 6-year-old patient presents with neck pain after falling off of a sliding board. They underwent a series of x-rays of their cervical spine. A lateral view radiograph reveals an Atlanto-Dens Interval (ADI) of 4 mm. This finding:

A patient with spondylolisthesis demonstrating 60% translation of a vertebra relative to the one below it would be classified using the Meyerding method as: