LSAT 126 – Section 4 – Question 05

LSAT 126 - Section 4 - Question 05

October 2008

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PT126 S4 Q05
+LR
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Resolve reconcile or explain +RRE
A
3%
157
B
63%
164
C
6%
157
D
23%
161
E
6%
159
140
155
170
 +Harder 147.084 +SubsectionMedium

Medical specialists report that patients with back muscle injuries who receive a combination of drugs and physical therapy do only as well as those who receive physical therapy alone. Yet the specialists state that drugs are a necessary part of the treatment of all patients who receive them for back muscle injuries.

"Surprising" Phenomenon
Patients treated with physio+drugs performs as well as patients treated with physio, yet specialists claim the drugs are still absolutely necessary.

Objective
The correct answer will be a hypothesis that explains why drugs are a necessary component of treatment. Some patients might be fine with physio on its own, but some might need the combination to derive the same treatment benefit. The correct answer will also tell us that the experts know this to be the case, hence their insistence that drugs are important.

A
Medical specialists treat all patients who have serious back muscle injuries with either physical therapy alone or a combination of drugs and physical therapy.
This doesn’t explain why drugs are necessary. Patients treated with physio alone perform just as well, so what’s the point of the drugs?
B
Medical specialists who prescribe these treatments make accurate judgments about who needs both drugs and physical therapy and who needs physical therapy alone.
Some patients need drugs in addition to physio, while others only need physio to get the same benefit. Medical specialists know who these patients are, hence why they claim the drugs are essential.
C
Some back muscle injuries have been completely healed by a combination of drugs and physical therapy.
Okay, but this could be true about physio on its own as well. We need to know why the drugs are ever necessary to begin with.
D
Some back muscle injuries that have been aggravated by improper attempts at physical therapy, such as home massage, have been successfully treated with drugs.
We’re talking about a treatment package that includes physio and drugs. This is simply talking about treating botched physio with drugs.
E
Patients with injuries to other muscles show more improvement when treated with both drugs and physical therapy than when treated with physical therapy alone.
We don’t care about other muscles. We care about back muscle injuries, which according to the stimulus seem to be equally treated by physio+drugs and physio.

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