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A physical therapist is performing manual muscle test-ing of a patient in acute care. What is the maximum
grade the patient can receive for hip flexor strength if he is unable to sit up?

During a patient interview, the patient states that he has been having pain down the arm and into the left
shoulder blade. Which positive special test would BEST indicate the source of the symptoms?

Which would be the BEST way to assess true internal rotation of the glenohumeral joint range of motion?

Which one of the following exercise schematics uses sets of repetitions at 100 percent, 75 percent, and
50 percent of the ten-repetition maximum, in that order, for strengthening?

A patient presents with cervical pain that radiates down the right arm to just above the elbow. It is worse
when he reaches overhead into his closet. It is better when he sits in the recliner with his hands on top of his
head. What is the expected pathology?

. Which one of the following has the greatest percentage composition of type I slow-twitch muscle fibers?

The following information is found during the patient interview. Which may be most indicative of a need
to refer the patient back to the primary care physician?

A patient who has seen a physical therapist for three visits continues to have significant pain in the foot
despite utilization of pain management techniques, light range-of-motion activity, and manual stretching
and mobilization. What would be the BEST noninva-sive diagnostic test for further radiological workup?

Which grade of joint mobilization would be MOST appropriate for improving joint motion using a largeamplitude movement into end range?

A positive step deformity would indicate involvement of which joint of the shoulder?

On examination of a patient's shoulder, clinical find-ings include glenohumeral joint hypomobility in all
directions, pain with reaching overhead, and weakness of scapular stabilizers. During treatment intervention
in the following weeks, the BEST order of addressing the problem list would be which of the following?

Which principle of exercise accounts for the fact that strengthening of the biceps with arm curls does not
necessarily improve the biceps function during shoul-der flexion?

In which one of the following diagnoses would general spinal flexion exercises and spinal mobilization
tech-niques be contraindicated as treatment interventions?

A college student presents with pain in the shoul-der that began the week after finals, but she cannot recall
any mechanism of injury. Upon inspection, the examiner notes scapular winging on the dominant side.
During evaluation the patient has difficulty with elevation greater than 120°. She has normal scapular
elevation. What would be the BEST differential diag-nosis?

Which component of noncontractile tissue provides the greatest strength to the soft tissues?