66. Tennis elbow can be treated by: a. Cross-fiber friction massage. b. Myofascial release. c. Trigger point therapy. d. All of the above. 67. A positive windlass test would most likely indicate: a. Carpal tunnel syndrome. b. Plantar fasciitis. c. A torn rotator cuff muscle. d. Tight hamstrings 68. A patient has a positive Homan’s sign—the treating therapist should: a. Do nothing—manual therapy is contraindicated; refer back to MD. b. Perform light effleurage massage to the area. c. Perform deep tissue massage to the area. d. Consider trigger point therapy. 69. To identify SI dysfunction, the best orthopedic test would be: a. Gaenslen’s test. b. Thomas test. c. Ely test d. Noble test. 70. Swallowing difficulties or pain with swallowing can be due to:
59. Trigger point therapy can sometimes be referred to as: a. Deep tissue therapy. b. Dry needling. c. Neuromuscular therapy. d. Painful. 60. To test for compression of the brachial plexus, clinicians can use the: a. Cervical compression test. b. Anterior-lateral neck flexors endurance test. c. Costoclavicular syndrome test. d. Hawkin’s-Kennedy impingement test. 61. The most commonly injured rotator cuff muscle is the: a. Infraspinatus. b. Supraspinatus. c. Teres minor. d. Subscapularis. 62. Carpal tunnel syndrome is frequently caused by: a. Severe trauma to the hand. b. A blow to the forearm. c. Inflammation. d. Brachial plexus injury. 63. A positive Thomas test would indicate: a. Hypertonicity of the hamstrings. b. Hypotonicity of the hamstrings. c. Hypotonicity of the hip flexors. d. Hypertonicity of the hip flexors. 64. A patient diagnosed with an Achilles tendon rupture would most likely have a positive: a. Thomas test. b. Thompson test. c. Slump test. d. Ely’s test. 65. An MD refers a patient with shoulder pain to your clinic. The patient presents with a positive Gerber’s lift- off test—what is the best treatment approach? a. Send back to doctor for additional test. b. Light effleurage to the shoulder. c. Icing the glenhumeral joint. d. Work on trigger points in the axillary as tolerated.
a. Trigger points. b. Local infection. c. A tumor/boney cervical overgrowth. d. All of the above.
Course Code: MLA02MA
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Book Code: MLA1225
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