NPTE practice exam #1*, Questions and answers
end-feel that is an absolute contraindication for joint mobilization - ✔✔empty
a common contracture following transfemoral amputation - ✔✔hip flexion contracture
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NPTE practice exam #1*, Questions and answers
end-feel that is an absolute contraindication for joint mobilization - ✔✔empty
a common contracture following transfemoral amputation - ✔✔hip flexion contracture
best initial intervention for shoulder impingement:
postural correction, AROM, stretching, or modalities - ✔✔correct postural alignment first
typical posture of a patient with Parkinson's - ✔✔forward head and trunk
hip and knee flexion
typical gait of a patient of Parkinson's - ✔✔festinating gait: small, shuffling steps and generally slow movement
T or F:
A rolling walker is indicated for the typical patient with Parkinson's posture and gait - ✔✔False.
A rolling walker is contraindicated because it would exacerbate the postural and gait impairments
term for the inability to feel pain - ✔✔analgesia
term for feeling pain from things that do not normally cause pain - ✔✔allodynia
term for an abnormally heightened sensation of pain - ✔✔hyperalgesia
what is allodynia - ✔✔feeling pain from stimuli that shouldn't actually cause pain
analgesia vs anesthesia - ✔✔analgesia is loss of pain sensation, anesthesia is global loss of sensation
typical end-feel of elbow and knee flexion - ✔✔soft
which quadriceps muscle *may* reduce the tendency of the patella to track laterally - ✔✔vastus medialis
cranial nerve involved in Bell's palsy - ✔✔CN VII: facial nerve
symptoms of Bell's palsy - ✔✔unilateral facial drooping/paralysis of muscles of facial expression (opening/closing eyes, smiling/frowning, raising eyebrows, etc.)
what is ptosis - ✔✔drooping of the eyelid
A young female patient has larger than normal Q angle and complains of subpatellar pain.
Would you strengthen vastus lateralis or medialis? - ✔✔vastus medialis (to reduce lateral tracking of the patella)
damage to this cranial nerve can result in weakness of paralysis of the muscles of mastication - ✔✔CN V: trigeminal nerve
cranial nerve responsible for motor function of the tongue - ✔✔CN XII: hypoglossal nerve
LDL level above what is considered a risk - ✔✔> 130
total cholesterol above what is considered a risk - ✔✔> 200
HDL below what is considered a risk - ✔✔men < 40, women < 50
which values are abnormal:
total cholesterol: 220
LDL: 150
HDL: 30 - ✔✔All of them.
total cholesterol: should be < 200
LDL: should be < 130
HDL: should be at least 40 if man, 50 if woman
T or F:
The adverse effects of tricyclic antidepressants increase fall risk. - ✔✔True. Side effects include postural hypotension, lethargy, sedation, and blurred vision.
The abnormal presence of bone in soft tissue - ✔✔Heterotopic ossification
The abnormal presence of a painful mass of bone tissue, usually within a large muscle - ✔✔myositis ossificans
Myositis ossificans usually occurs within a large muscle following __________. - ✔✔Trauma to the area
A patient had blunt trauma to their quads and subsequent loss of knee function. Best early intervention:
A. Gentle AROM in WB
B. Aggressive stretching
C. Aggressive OKC strengthening for quads
D. Gentle PROM in non-WB - ✔✔A. Gentle AROM in WB
Aggressive stretching or strengthening can promote myositis ossificans.
Gentle PROM is too conservative for restoring knee function.
Long thoracic nerve innervates the _______. - ✔✔serratus anterior
Musculocutaneous nerve comes off which cord - ✔✔lateral cord
The nerves that the posterior cord gives rise to - ✔✔Axillary
Thoracodorsal
Upper subscapular
Lower subscapular
Radial
What innervates the lats - ✔✔thoracodorsal n.
A patient has R buttock pain after slipping. Physical exam reveals full, pain-free lumbar AROM.
T or F: This rules out a QL strain. - ✔✔True
An inverted forefoot relative to rearfoot in subtalar neutral is called: _______. - ✔✔forefoot varus
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