ART Nerve Entrapment & Neurological Assessment 2

Question 1

Tarsal tunnel syndrome involves entrapment of which nerve as it passes behind the medial malleolus?

Accepted Answer

Posterior tibial nerve

Answer

Sural nerve

Answer

Deep peroneal nerve

Answer

Saphenous nerve

Question 2

In ART assessment, a positive Tinel's sign is produced by:

Accepted Answer

Light percussion over a superficial nerve

Answer

Sustained compression over a nerve for 30 seconds

Answer

Passive stretch of the nerve through range of motion

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Resisted contraction of the surrounding muscle

Question 3

Which muscle in the wrist/forearm region is a common site of median nerve entrapment known as pronator syndrome?

Accepted Answer

Pronator teres

Answer

Flexor carpi radialis

Answer

Flexor pollicis longus

Answer

Brachioradialis

Question 4

When assessing for radiculopathy in ART practice, which test compresses the neural foramen by laterally flexing and rotating the head toward the affected side?

Accepted Answer

Spurling's test

Answer

Distraction test

Answer

Jackson's compression test

Answer

Valsalva test

Question 5

The thoracic outlet syndrome cluster includes all of the following structures EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

Supraspinatus tendon

Answer

Scalene muscles

Answer

First rib

Answer

Pectoralis minor

Question 6

During neurological testing, loss of the brachioradialis reflex (C6) with intact triceps reflex (C7) most specifically implicates which spinal level?

Accepted Answer

C6

Answer

C5

Answer

C7

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C8

Question 7

In ART, the 'cumulative injury cycle' explains nerve entrapment as a progression that begins with:

Accepted Answer

Acute injury or repetitive microtrauma

Answer

Scar tissue formation

Answer

Reduced circulation

Answer

Muscle weakness and atrophy