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On manual muscle testing, a muscle that moves the joint through the complete available range of motion against gravity and tolerates moderate manual resistance before breaking is assigned which grade?
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Q1. On manual muscle testing, a muscle that moves the joint through the complete available range of motion against gravity and tolerates moderate manual resistance before breaking is assigned which grade?
Correct answer: A. Grade 4 (Good)
Grade 4 (Good) indicates the muscle completes full range against gravity and can withstand moderate but not maximal resistance. Grade 5 requires the muscle to break only with maximal resistance.
Q2. A physical therapist performs a special test with the patient supine, knee flexed to 20-30 degrees, stabilizing the femur while applying an anterior force to the proximal tibia. Excessive anterior translation with a soft end-feel indicates a positive finding for injury to which structure?
Correct answer: B. Anterior cruciate ligament
This describes the Lachman test, considered the most sensitive clinical test for anterior cruciate ligament integrity because the slight knee flexion minimizes hamstring guarding.
Q3. The empty can test is performed with the shoulder abducted to 90 degrees in the scapular plane and internally rotated with the thumbs pointing toward the floor while the therapist applies a downward force. Reproduction of pain or weakness is most specific for pathology of which muscle?
Correct answer: C. Supraspinatus
The empty can (Jobe) position places the supraspinatus in a mechanically isolated line of pull, making the test relatively specific for supraspinatus tendinopathy or tear.
Q4. A patient with adhesive capsulitis of the glenohumeral joint is expected to demonstrate which capsular pattern of restriction, ordered from most to least limited?
Correct answer: D. External rotation, abduction, internal rotation
The classic glenohumeral capsular pattern shows external rotation as the most restricted motion, followed by abduction, with internal rotation least affected.
Q5. According to the Ottawa Ankle Rules, an ankle radiograph series is indicated when there is pain in the malleolar zone plus which additional finding?
Correct answer: A. Inability to bear weight for four steps both immediately after the injury and in the clinic
The Ottawa Ankle Rules combine malleolar zone tenderness with either bony tenderness at specific landmarks or inability to bear weight for four steps at the time of injury and in the emergency department or clinic.
Q6. During the Thomas test, the patient sits at the edge of a table, rolls back to supine, and pulls one knee firmly to the chest while the contralateral thigh is allowed to extend off the table edge. If the hanging thigh rises off the table surface, this indicates tightness of which muscle group?
Correct answer: B. Hip flexors (iliopsoas)
An inability of the extended thigh to remain flat on the table indicates a positive Thomas test for hip flexor tightness, most commonly the iliopsoas or rectus femoris.
Q7. During gait analysis, a patient's pelvis drops on the right side during left single-limb stance. This finding is most consistent with weakness of which muscle?
Correct answer: C. Left gluteus medius
A positive Trendelenburg sign reflects weakness of the hip abductors on the stance limb; because the pelvis drops on the swing (right) side while the left leg is in stance, the left gluteus medius is the weak muscle.
Q8. A patient presenting to outpatient therapy for low back pain reports new numbness in the perineal region along with difficulty initiating urination. Which finding most strongly warrants urgent medical referral for suspected cauda equina syndrome?
Correct answer: D. Saddle anesthesia with new-onset urinary retention
Saddle anesthesia combined with bowel or bladder dysfunction, such as urinary retention, is a hallmark red flag for cauda equina syndrome and requires emergency referral.
Q9. A positive Babinski sign, characterized by extension of the great toe and fanning of the other toes when the lateral plantar surface of the foot is stroked, is indicative of a lesion affecting which system?
Correct answer: A. Upper motor neuron (corticospinal tract)
A positive Babinski sign in an adult indicates disruption of the corticospinal (upper motor neuron) pathway and is abnormal beyond early infancy.
Q10. A patient presents with a resting 'pill-rolling' tremor, cogwheel rigidity, bradykinesia, and a shuffling, festinating gait. This presentation is most consistent with which condition?
Correct answer: B. Parkinson's disease
Resting tremor, cogwheel rigidity, bradykinesia, and festinating gait form the classic motor tetrad of Parkinson's disease, resulting from dopaminergic neuron loss in the substantia nigra.
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