Question 1
A 42-year-old runner reports 3 weeks of insidious low back pain that improves with walking and worsens with prolonged sitting. Repeated lumbar extension in standing centralizes the pain. Which Treatment-Based Classification (TBC) category best fits this presentation?
Correct Answer:
Specific exercise (extension)
Question 2
A 28-year-old presents 5 days after a non-contact knee injury during basketball. The medial joint line is tender, valgus stress at 30 degrees produces 8 mm of opening with a soft end-feel, and the Lachman is negative. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Correct Answer:
Grade II MCL sprain
Question 3
Which finding from the Ottawa Knee Rules indicates the need for knee radiographs after acute trauma?
Correct Answer:
Inability to bear weight 8 steps both immediately and in the ED
Question 4
A 55-year-old presents with right shoulder pain. Hawkins-Kennedy, Neer, and painful arc (60-120 degrees) are positive. Empty Can produces weakness and pain. Which clinical cluster is most strongly supported?
Correct Answer:
Subacromial pain syndrome with rotator cuff involvement
Question 5
Which clinical prediction rule item is part of Flynn's cluster for predicting short-term success with lumbar thrust manipulation?
Correct Answer:
FABQ-Work <19
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