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PEAT Exam 4 COMPLETE NEWEST 300 QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE THIS
YEAR
QUESTION: A postsurgical patient is referred for strengthening exercises for hip extension
combined with passive range of motion exercises for hip flexion for the same limb in the pool.
How should the physical therapist assistant instruct the patient to exercise in the water?
1. Stand on the uninvolved leg. Allow the involved-side knee to float up toward the surface.
Push the foot back down to the bottom of the pool.
2. Stand on the involved leg. Bend the uninvolved hip and knee to perform a mini-squat. Relax
and float back up into standing.
3. Stand on the uninvolved leg. Allow the involved leg to float to the side toward the surface.
Push the foot back down to the bottom of the pool.
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4. Stand on the involved leg. Allow the uninvolved knee to float up toward the surface. Push the
foot down to the bottom of the pool. - ANSWER-1. Stand on the uninvolved leg. Allow the
involved-side knee to float up toward the surface. Push the foot back down to the bottom of
the pool.
QUESTION: In order to accelerate a power-driven wheelchair, a patient with spastic
quadriplegia secondary to cerebral palsy extends his head and thereby extends his upper
extremity. Which reflex is the patient using to accelerate his wheelchair?
1. Symmetrical tonic neck reflex
2. Asymmetrical tonic neck reflex
3. Protective extension reflex
4. Tonic labyrinthine reflex - ANSWER-1. Symmetrical tonic neck reflex
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QUESTION: While walking, a patient with muscular dystrophy is beginning to show signs of toe
walking. Which of the following should be a component of the current treatment?
1. Assist the patient's family with wheelchair selection and use.
2. Modify the home environment to facilitate care.
3. Incorporate stretching exercises into a home program.
4. Modify orthotics and provide an assistive device to facilitate walking. - ANSWER-3.
Incorporate stretching exercises into a home program.
QUESTION: A physical therapist assistant is measuring the active range of motion of a patient's
knee following total knee arthroplasty. The patient lacks 20° of full knee extension and has 87°
of knee flexion. How should this be documented as a range?
1. -20° to 87°
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2. 20° to 0° to 87°
3. -20° to 0° to 87°
4. 20° to 87° - ANSWER-4. 20° to 87°
QUESTION: A patient who has degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine reports pain
in the belly of the gastrocnemius muscle. This pain may result from compression of the nerve
root at which of the following spinal levels?
1. L4
2. L5
3. S2
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PEAT Exam 4 COMPLETE NEWEST 300 QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE THIS
YEAR
QUESTION: A postsurgical patient is referred for strengthening exercises for hip extension
combined with passive range of motion exercises for hip flexion for the same limb in the pool.
How should the physical therapist assistant instruct the patient to exercise in the water?
1. Stand on the uninvolved leg. Allow the involved-side knee to float up toward the surface.
Push the foot back down to the bottom of the pool.
2. Stand on the involved leg. Bend the uninvolved hip and knee to perform a mini-squat. Relax
and float back up into standing.
3. Stand on the uninvolved leg. Allow the involved leg to float to the side toward the surface.
Push the foot back down to the bottom of the pool.
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4. Stand on the involved leg. Allow the uninvolved knee to float up toward the surface. Push the
foot down to the bottom of the pool. - ANSWER-1. Stand on the uninvolved leg. Allow the
involved-side knee to float up toward the surface. Push the foot back down to the bottom of
the pool.
QUESTION: In order to accelerate a power-driven wheelchair, a patient with spastic
quadriplegia secondary to cerebral palsy extends his head and thereby extends his upper
extremity. Which reflex is the patient using to accelerate his wheelchair?
1. Symmetrical tonic neck reflex
2. Asymmetrical tonic neck reflex
3. Protective extension reflex
4. Tonic labyrinthine reflex - ANSWER-1. Symmetrical tonic neck reflex
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QUESTION: While walking, a patient with muscular dystrophy is beginning to show signs of toe
walking. Which of the following should be a component of the current treatment?
1. Assist the patient's family with wheelchair selection and use.
2. Modify the home environment to facilitate care.
3. Incorporate stretching exercises into a home program.
4. Modify orthotics and provide an assistive device to facilitate walking. - ANSWER-3.
Incorporate stretching exercises into a home program.
QUESTION: A physical therapist assistant is measuring the active range of motion of a patient's
knee following total knee arthroplasty. The patient lacks 20° of full knee extension and has 87°
of knee flexion. How should this be documented as a range?
1. -20° to 87°
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2. 20° to 0° to 87°
3. -20° to 0° to 87°
4. 20° to 87° - ANSWER-4. 20° to 87°
QUESTION: A patient who has degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine reports pain
in the belly of the gastrocnemius muscle. This pain may result from compression of the nerve
root at which of the following spinal levels?
1. L4
2. L5
3. S2
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