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NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy

Musculoskeletal Origin

NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy

Kyle Rice

Health & Fitness

2.4608 Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Jenny presents with an idiopathic onset of anterior shoulder pain. Which of the following is NOT consistent with a musculoskeletal origin:  

A. Night pain while lying on the affected side 

B. Intractable pain  

C. Positive Hornblower's sign 

D. No change in symptoms with bowel movements

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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

0:22.4

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

0:27.8

change 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.

0:55.9

For this week's clinical file, we have Jenny and Jenny presents with an idiopathic onset of anterior shoulder pain,

1:01.6

which of the following is not consistent with a musculoskeletal origin. So we have A, night pain

1:08.3

while lying on the affected side, B, intractable pain.

1:13.0

C, positive hornblower sign.

1:16.3

And D is no change in symptoms with bowel movements.

1:20.6

All right.

1:21.1

Let's go to the top of this question.

1:22.6

This is a tough one.

1:24.4

It's pretty short, you know, as far as the question's concerned.

1:28.5

But I see a lot of people get this type of question wrong because they get kind of hung up with this idea of what's not

1:33.5

consistent with musculoskeletal origin, but trust me, we got this today, all right? We're going to walk

1:38.6

it through piece by piece. Let's get started. At the top, it says Jenny presents with an

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