Quick Quiz #1
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While examining a patient you notice that during extension the spinous process of the superior vertebra of a motion segment stays centered on the midline. However, during flexion the spinous process shifts to the right of the midline. Your conclusion is that the left facet is:

Stuck open
Stuck closed
Normal

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A 41-year-old man with low back pain is noted to have flattening of the lumbar lordosis. Which of the following dysfunctions are most likely?

Restriction of extension
Restriction of flexion
None of the above

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A patient with a nonneutral dysfunction (a positional diagnosis of L3 FRS_Left) has which of the following motion restrictions?

Flexion
Forward bending
Left rotation
Right sidebending

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In order to address the barrier that results in an ERS_Left dysfunction at level L4/L5, the patient should be positioned so that they are?

Flexed, sidebent and rotated left
Flexed, sidebent and rotated right
Extended, sidebent and rotated left
Extended, sidebent and rotated right

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When treating an ERS_Left at L4/L5 with a direct action, muscle energy procedure, the physician could ask the patient to perform an isometric contraction by attempting to?

Sidebend to the right and/or rotate to the right
Sidebend to the left and/or rotate to the left

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