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NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy

Hand & Wrist Pathologies

NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy

Kyle Rice

Health & Fitness

2.4608 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Samantha is an office worker who presents with pain and numbness in the right hand, particularly at night. On examination, there is decreased sensation along the palmar aspect of the thumb, index, and middle fingers. Which the of the following is the LEAST likely impaired:

A) Abductor pollicus brevis

B) Flexor pollicus longus

C) Opponens pollicus

D) 2nd Lumbrical

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0:00.0

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0:53.3

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0:55.9

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1:01.9

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1:07.6

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1:11.8

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1:17.0

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1:23.3

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1:30.3

dominate your exam like I did and achieve your dream. So if you're a driven PT student who's

1:36.0

looking to pass the NPTE and start creating a life you love, you're in the right place. Enjoy the show.

1:43.7

For this week's clinical file, we have Samantha,

1:46.3

and Samantha is an office worker who presents with pain and numbness in the right hand,

1:51.3

particularly at night. On examination, there is decreased sensation along the palmer aspect

1:57.9

of the thumb, index finger, and middle fingers. Which of the following

2:02.3

is the least likely impaired? So we have A, abductor polycus brevis, B, flexor polycus,

2:10.1

Longus, C, Oppenance Pollicus, and D is second Lumbergol. All right, let's go to the top of this

2:17.1

question, and I got a little

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