Manual Muscle Testing
NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy
Kyle Rice
4.9 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 12 October 2022
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Juri is performing elbow flexion manual muscle testing on a 16-year-old male athlete. Elbow flexion was graded a 4 out of 5, and the motion was strong but painful. Based on the findings, the therapist should reasonably conclude which of the following?
A. No lesion or neurological deficit involving the tested muscle and tendon
B. Minor lesion of the tested muscle or tendon
C. Disorder of the neuromuscular junction
D. Complete rupture of the tested muscle or tendon
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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 |
| 0:21.9 | the life I have today, a life filled with love, financial freedom, and a dream job that allows |
| 0:27.5 | me to change lives every single day. I created the NPTE Clinical Files podcast to give you |
| 0:33.5 | simple, 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 |
| 0:50.9 | you love, you're in the right place. |
| 0:53.2 | Enjoy the show. |
| 0:54.7 | For this week's clinical file, we have jury, and jury is performing elbow flexion |
| 0:59.5 | manual muscle testing on a 16-year-old male athlete. Elbow flexion was graded a four out of |
| 1:06.3 | five, and the motion was strong but painful. Based upon the findings, |
| 1:11.1 | the therapist should reasonably conclude which are the following. |
| 1:14.6 | So we have A, no lesion or neurological deficit involving the tested muscle and tendon. |
| 1:21.5 | B, minor lesion of the tested muscle or tendon. |
| 1:25.7 | C, disorder of the neuromuscular junction, |
| 1:29.7 | and D is complete rupture of the tested muscle or tendon. |
| 1:34.2 | Let's go to work, y'all. |
| 1:36.0 | We're going to dominate this question. |
| 1:37.7 | You see that we're getting a lot of examination findings, |
| 1:40.4 | and at the end of this, we got to say, |
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