Assistive Device Training
NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy
Kyle Rice
2.4 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2025
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Gertrude presents with right knee osteoarthritis and is being trained to use a cane. She demonstrates unsteady steps when initiating gait and turning, occasionally placing the cane too far ahead of her. She reports feeling unsure about how to use the cane properly in crowded environments. Which intervention is MOST important to improve the patient’s safety and confidence during cane use?
A) Adjust cane height to ensure proper weight distribution
B) Train safe gait initiation and turning techniques
C) Instruct on cane use in crowded environments
D) Recommend a walker for greater stability
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Kyle Rice, awful test taker turned physical therapists and standardized test coach for over 5,000 physical therapists worldwide. |
| 0:09.0 | It wasn't that long ago that I struggle with anxiety, lack of confidence, and the fear of failing the NPTE. |
| 0:16.0 | Fast forward through the challenges, the 13 standardized test failures, and many lessons learn. And you'll see |
| 0:22.0 | the life I have today, a life filled with love, financial freedom, and a dream job that |
| 0:27.2 | allows me to change lives every single day. I created the NPTE Clinical Files podcast to |
| 0:33.4 | give you simple, actionable strategies, along with a step-by-step walkthrough of NPTE-based questions. |
| 0:40.6 | All of this so that you can dominate your exam like I did and achieve your dream. |
| 0:45.6 | So if you're a driven PT student who's looking to pass the NPTE and start creating a life |
| 0:51.0 | you love, you're in the right place. |
| 0:53.3 | Enjoy the show. |
| 0:56.6 | For this week's clinical file, we have Gertrude and Gertrude presents with right knee osteoarthritis and is being |
| 1:01.9 | trained to use a cane. She demonstrates unsteady steps when initiating gait and turning, |
| 1:08.3 | occasionally placing the cane too far ahead of her. She reports |
| 1:12.3 | feeling unsure about how to use the cane properly in crowded environments. Which intervention |
| 1:18.2 | is most appropriate to improve the patient's safety and confidence during cane use? So we have |
| 1:24.0 | A, adjust the cane height to ensure proper weight distribution. B, train safe gate initiation |
| 1:30.8 | and turning techniques. C, instruct on cane use in crowded environments. And D is recommend a walker |
| 1:39.3 | for greater stability. All right, let's go up to the top of this question. You know, we tackled this |
| 1:45.0 | question inside of my practice question club the other week and got a ton of people, you know, |
| 1:49.6 | given different answers and we were kind of like just locked between the final two. So I had to |
| 1:54.5 | drop it on this podcast. Let's break this down. All right. So we got Gertrude presents with right knee osteoarthritis and is being |
| 2:03.8 | trained to use a cane. Pretty straightforward first sentence. We know osteoarthritis is a heavily |
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