A 22-year-old patient that is 8 months status post L3 AIS C…
A 22-year-old patient that is 8 months status post L3 AIS C spinal cord injury presents to outpatient physical therapy with goals to be able to improve their ambulation speed and endurance so that they can primarily walk rather than use their wheelchair. They are currently only ambulating household distances with a KAFO on the right and an AFO on the left and with use of lofstrand crutches. Based on current evidence, what should be the emphasis of physical therapy interventions for this patient’s plan of care?
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Mutations in the nucleic acid sequence of a gene can sometimes direct the substitution of one amino acid for another in the encoded protein. Which amino acid substitution would be most likely to severely disrupt the normal structure of a protein?
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