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NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy

Knee Pain

NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy

Kyle Rice

Health & Fitness

4.9630 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Roger is a 45-year-old is an avid cyclist who presents with anterior knee pain, especially after long rides. The pain is localized near the patellar tendon's inferior pole. What condition best describes these symptoms?

A) Patellofemoral pain syndrome

B) Osgood-Schlatter disease

C) Patellar tendinitis

D) Chondromalacia patellae

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Transcript

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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.

0:55.8

For this week's clinical file, we have Roger, and Roger is a 45-year-old avid cyclist who presents with anterior knee

1:02.0

pain, especially after long rides. The pain is localized near the Pateler Tendon's inferior

1:09.0

pole. What condition best describes these symptoms?

1:12.8

So we have A, Ptelefamoral Pain Syndrome, also known as PFS, B, Oshgood-Schlaughters disease, C,

1:21.2

Patelor-Tendinitis, and D is Chondro-Malacia Pateli.

1:26.5

All right, let's go up to the top of this question.

1:29.8

I want to thank you all for being here today and supporting this podcast.

1:33.5

Every single one of these episodes, it's here to get you prepared for this NPTE to get

1:39.0

you ready for the types of questions that they can potentially ask.

1:42.4

All right?

1:42.6

So follow along with me as we really

1:44.6

pull out the major pieces of the question, but we dominate this thing so you could do it in the future.

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