OCS Practice Test with 100% Correct Answers

OCS Practice Test with 100% Correct Answers Sandra Frank is a 58 year old female who works as an actress at the local mall during the holiday season. She arrives at your office with symptoms of weakness in the L UE and numbness along the lateral forearm and hand. About 9 months ago she suffered from a gunshot wound to the neck after trying to escape from the scene of a burglary. Her wounds have healed but she has difficulty with ADLs secondary to weakness and lack of sensation. Upon examination, you notice loss of sensation in the arm and decreased strength and/or atrophy of the deltoid, biceps, brachialis, pronator teres, infraspinatus muscles, supraspinatus, and supinator muscles. Which of the following sections of the brachial plexus is most likely injured? A. Superior trunk B. Lateral cord C. Inferior trunk D. Posterior cord E. Middle trunk - answerSuperior trunk Chris Costeau is a 31 year old marine biologist, who comes to your office complaining of low back pain which started 15 days ago. She states that the pain is worse on the left side of the lumbar spine but also radiates into the posterior right thigh just proximal to her left knee. Her active lumbar flexion and right rotation are both limited and painful. Her hip internal rotation PROM is 37 degrees on the right side and 39 degrees on the left hip. Her hip external rotation PROM is 42 degrees bilat. Lumbar segments L4-L5 are painful and hypomobile upon P/A central gliding. She scored a 18 on the work-subscale of the Fear Avoidance Behavior Questionnaire and a 35 on the Oswestry Disability Index. Based on your examination, what is the best option for treatment? A. Centralization/Directional preference exercise B. Lumbar Traction and a generalized exercise program C. High-velocity low-amplitude manipulative thrust tech - answerC. High-velocity low- amplitude manipulative thrust technique and exercise; The patient meets the criteria for 5 out of 5 of the predictors for successf