The Patient Was Unable to Bend Forward at the Waist

question 23

Multiple Choice

The patient was unable to bend forward at the waist.Proper documentation of this in the medical record would be an inability to ________ the spine.

• A)flex
• B)extend
• C)laterally rotate
• D)medially rotate
• E)circumduct

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Definitions:

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