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1
Q

DNF endurance: Should be able to maintain position without

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  • losing chin tuck
  • head touching hand
2
Q

DNF endurance: MDC

A

17 seconds

3
Q

DNF endurance: norm (males)

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39 seconds

4
Q

DNF endurance: norm (females)

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29 seconds

5
Q

DNF endurance: place in chin tuck approximately (dist) off table

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1 inch

6
Q

CCFT: Inflatable cuff to __ mmHg

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20 mmHg

7
Q

CCFT: Perform small chin tuck and increase pressure by 2 mmHg increments

Hold (time) at a time up to (pressure)

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2 seconds at a time

up to 30 mmHg

8
Q

AA stability test: for which ligament

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transverse

9
Q

Vertebrobasilar Ischemia: vertebral artery is most limited with these motions

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engrange rotation or rotation/extension

10
Q

This is the most common cause of progressive spinal cord and nerve root compression

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chronic cervical degeneration

11
Q

Spondylytic changes can result in stenosis of

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  • spinal canal
  • lateral recess
  • foramina
12
Q

These can compress the spinal cord

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  • osteophytes
  • thickening of ligamentum flavum
  • thickening of PLL
13
Q

DTRs: Biceps

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C5

14
Q

DTRs: Brachioradialis

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C6

15
Q

DTRs: Triceps

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C7

16
Q

Sensitivity of Hoffman’s reflex

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94%

17
Q

(+) Hoffman’s test

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flexion of thumb and index finger

18
Q

Inverted supinator sign: how to

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strike tendon of brachioradialis near the radial styloid