Describe the resisted range of motion technique and explain why a massage practitioner would use it with a client
What will be an ideal response?
To use a resisted range-of-motion technique, a practitioner has the client move against resistance. A practitioner would use this technique to get a client to contract a specific muscle in order to locate it, to assess it for pain or injury, to facilitate contraction in an inhibited muscle, or to differentiate contractile from noncontractile tissues.
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A. Three B. Four C. Two D. Five
Goals written on an IFSP are different from goals written in clinical settings because IFSP goals
A) Specify what the family will do B) Do not include an embedded time limit C) Do not include a measurement D) Specify the direction of the change
You are performing a portable AP chest projection on a large patient. The image receptor is placed landscape behind the patient and a 46-inch SID is measured. It appears as though pertinent anatomy will not be included if the exposure is made with the patient and tube positioned as is. What changes can be made to include all anatomy of interest?
A. Place the image receptor portrait rather than landscape B. Increase the SID to 72 inches C. Open the collimators (increase the size of the light field) D. Expose patient without making any changes
The cardiac control center responds to ________.
A. Increase in body temperature B. strenuous exercise C. increase in potassium ion concentration D. increase in calcium ion concentration E. changes in blood pressure