OCS Practice Test Questions and Correct Solutions 2024

OCS Practice Test Questions and Correct Solutions 2024 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 - Answer -Superior 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 wor