Frequent Falls & Romberg
NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy
Kyle Rice
4.9 • 631 Ratings
🗓️ 16 August 2023
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Heather is a 65-year-old patient being evaluated for balance issues and frequent falls. She exhibits a wide-based, unsteady gait and a positive Romberg test but shows no muscle weakness. What system impairment is most likely contributing to her balance problem?
A. Musculoskeletal System
B. Vestibular System
C. Visual System
D. Somatosensory System
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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 I |
| 0:22.5 | have today, a life filled with love, financial freedom, and a dream job that allows me to change |
| 0:28.2 | 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 Heather, and Heather is a 65-year-old patient evaluated for balance issues and |
| 1:02.3 | frequent falls. She exhibits a wide basis support, unsteady gait, and a positive Romberg test, |
| 1:09.1 | but shows no muscle weakness. What system impairment is most |
| 1:13.8 | likely contributing to her balance problem? So we have a musculoskeletal system, B, vestibular system, |
| 1:20.6 | C, visual system, and D is somatosensory system. All right, y'all, let's go to the top of this one. I know these types of |
| 1:29.6 | questions tend to be a little bit more difficult because we need to find what system is impaired and |
| 1:34.9 | all of that stuff. But trust me, we can dominate this one. Now, before we jump into it, I have to say, |
| 1:41.2 | first of all, I'm super grateful for all of you who are Advent podcast listeners. |
| 1:45.7 | I actually got a few messages from people over the past week. Chris, Caitlin, I'm talking to both |
| 1:50.8 | of you. You reached out and told me how the podcast has a lot of different questions and even |
| 1:56.8 | concepts that are showing up on your practice exams. I love to hear that. That's exactly why I made |
| 2:03.0 | this podcast. But in your messages, you were telling me how you're still plateauing and your score |
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