You Are Modifying a Home Exercise Program for a Patient

question 8

Multiple Choice

You are modifying a home exercise program for a patient recovering from an episode of medial epicondylitis.Although pain has subsided, there is evidence of mild limitation of motion and pain when the involved muscle-tendon unit is placed on a stretch and overpressure is applied at the end of the available ROM.To fully lengthen the muscle-tendon unit typically involved in medial epicondylitis, have the patient perform a self-stretch by using the opposite hand to:

• A)Flex and ulnarly deviate the wrist and flex the fingers while the elbow is extended and the forearm is pronated.
• B)Flex and radially deviate the wrist and flex the fingers while the elbow is extended and the forearm is supinated.
• C)Extend and ulnarly deviate the wrist and extend the fingers while the elbow is extended and the forearm is pronated.
• D)Extend and radially deviate the wrist and extend the fingers while the elbow is extended and the forearm is supinated.

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Definitions:

Nerves

Bundles of axons within the peripheral nervous system that transmit information to and from the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body.

Membrane Permeability

The quality of a biological membrane that allows substances to pass through it, controlling the entry and exit of materials.

K+

Potassium ion, an essential electrolyte involved in various body functions including nerve signal transmission and muscle contraction.

Hyperpolarize

A change in a cell's membrane potential that makes it more negative, moving it further away from initiating an action potential.