Musculoskeletal Breathing Interventions
NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy
Kyle Rice
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🗓️ 22 July 2020
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Ben presents with a long-standing history of pulmonary fibrosis and difficulty taking a full unrestricted breath of air. During joint mobility testing of the upper ribs, the costovertebral joints are stuck into a position of inspiration. Which of the following is the MOST effective to improve the patient's expiration?
A) Inferior glide of the costovertebral joints
B) Posterior glide of the costovertebral joints
C) Superior glide of the costovertebral joints
D) Anterior glide of the costovertebral joints
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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, |
| 0:34.4 | 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. |
| 0:56.0 | All right. For this week's clinical file, we have been and Ben presents with a longstanding history of pulmonary fibrosis |
| 1:03.2 | and difficulty taking a full unrestricted breath of air. During joint mobility testing of the |
| 1:10.5 | upper ribs, the cost of vertebral joints are |
| 1:13.2 | stuck into a position of inspiration. Which of the following is the most effective to improve |
| 1:20.1 | the patient's expiration? So we have a inferior glide of the cost of a vertebral joint, |
| 1:26.1 | B, poster glide of the cost of vertebral joints, C, superior glide of the cost of a vertebral joint, B, poster glide of the cost of a vertebral joints, |
| 1:28.9 | C, superior glide of the cost of vertebral joints, and D is anterior glide of the cost of vertebral joints. |
| 1:34.6 | Now, you can see in this question right here, you're definitely muscular skeletal going into that |
| 1:38.7 | mobilization department where I know a lot of students struggle here, really understanding the whole concave convex, |
| 1:46.3 | how do I mobilize type deal? So we're going to take this one nice and slow. This may be one |
| 1:51.6 | you want to catch on YouTube as well to get a better, just like visual. I'll try to draw |
| 1:56.0 | out as best as I can some of these different aspects. All right. So let's start off at the top of the question |
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