Brain Functions
NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy
Kyle Rice
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🗓️ 16 December 2020
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Marissa is suspected of having damage to the precentral gyrus. Which of the following should the evaluating therapist assess for:
A. Ability to sense touch and temperature
B. Ability to initiate a motor task
C. Ability to identify family members and close friends
D. Ability to comprehend spoken and written language
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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 the life |
| 0:22.4 | I have today, a life filled with love, financial freedom, and a dream job that allows me to |
| 0:27.8 | change lives every single day. I created the NPTE Clinical Files podcast to give you simple, |
| 0:34.3 | actionable strategies, along with a step-by-step walkthrough of NPTE-based questions. |
| 0:40.5 | All of this so that you can dominate your exam like I did and achieve your dream. |
| 0:45.5 | So if you're a driven PT student who's looking to pass the NPTE and start creating a life |
| 0:50.8 | you love, you're in the right place. |
| 0:53.1 | Enjoy the show. |
| 0:55.9 | For this week's clinical file, we have Marissa, and Marissa is suspected of having damage to the pre-central gyrus. Which of the |
| 1:02.3 | following should the evaluating therapist assess for? So we have A, ability to sense touch and temperature, |
| 1:10.4 | B, ability to initiate a motor task. C, ability to sense touch and temperature, B, ability to initiate a motor task. |
| 1:14.4 | C, ability to identify family members and close friends. |
| 1:20.0 | And D is the ability to comprehend spoken and written language. |
| 1:24.9 | All right. |
| 1:25.2 | So I just got done talking to the people on live right now about |
| 1:30.2 | how, if you want to be ready for the MPTE, you got to know your neuro anatomy. All right? |
| 1:35.9 | You got to know the functions of the brain as well because sometimes you get very straightforward, |
| 1:40.6 | small questions just like this, where you just have to know what is the function of this particular part of the brain. All right. And so let's go ahead and dissect this question piece by piece and you'll see exactly what I'm talking about. So we have Marissa is suspected of having damage to the pre central gyrus. That's the end of the sentence right there. |
| 2:02.2 | Not a lot, but pretty straightforward, right? |
| 2:05.0 | So this patient suspect of having damage to the pre-central gyrus. |
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