I'm Kyle Rice, awful test taker turned physical therapists and standardized test coach for over 5,000 physical therapists worldwide.

It wasn't that long ago that I struggle with anxiety, lack of confidence, and the fear of failing the NPTE.

Fast forward through the challenges, the 13 standardized test failures, and many lessons learn. And you'll see the life I

have today, a life filled with love, financial freedom, and a dream job that allows me to change

lives every single day. I created the NPTE Clinical Files podcast to give you simple,

actionable strategies, along with a step-by-step walkthrough of NPTE-based questions.

All of this so that you can dominate your exam like I did and achieve your dream.

So if you're a driven PT student who's looking to pass the NPTE and start creating a life

you love, you're in the right place.

Enjoy the show.

For this week's clinical file, we have Kimmy, and Kimmy is a 48-year-old female patient who was recently involved in a

motor vehicle accident and presents with a T-10 level spinal cord injury. In addition to bladder

dysfunction and decreased sensation below the level of the injury,

she is most likely to exhibit which are the following. So we have A, quadriplegia, B, absent lower

extremity reflexes, C, absent sensation and C7 dermatome, and D is normal upper extremity strength. All right. Let's go up to the top of this

question. I'm super excited. This one is neuro. We got some spinal cord injury going on. Trust me.

You need to know spinal cord injuries for the MPTE. You need to know Asia scale. You need to know

what do I expect to see if our patient

presents to me with a specific type of spinal cord injury, all right? And so that's what we're

going to be breaking down today. So we have Kimmy is a 48-year-old female patient, got it,

who was recently involved in a motor vehicle accident and presents with a

T-10 level spinal cord injury. Okay, so up a minute. When we're thinking about T-10 level,

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