Neurological Examination
NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy
Kyle Rice
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🗓️ 18 December 2019
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Nadia is a 27-year-old female with an overactive thymus and complains of daily fluctuations in fatigue levels that are highly dependent on rest time. The physical therapist is challenged with determining the condition that is present and likely examination findings.
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| 0:00.0 | You are now tuning in to the MPTE clinical files to mock MPTE-based questions told and solved |
| 0:07.0 | week by week. Thank you for tuning in to the MPT clinical files. My name is Kyle Rice, the MPT |
| 0:12.2 | prep coach, the founder of the PT Hustle and the creator of the MPT Prep Success Coaching Program. |
| 0:18.4 | And if you would like a free cheat sheet that goes along with this specific |
| 0:22.4 | question, tune in to the end of this episode. And I'm going to give you more information on how to |
| 0:27.7 | get that. All right. So for our next MPT clinical file, we have our patient Nadia. And Nadia is a 27-year-old |
| 0:34.6 | female with an overactive thymus and complains of daily fluctuations and fatigue levels |
| 0:42.7 | that are highly dependent on rest time. During the examination, the therapist notices the patient |
| 0:50.2 | walking her hands up her thighs to assume an erect posture. |
| 0:55.6 | Which of the following findings would provide the most insight into the patient's diagnosis? |
| 1:03.5 | So we have A, a shock-like sensation during cervical flexion. |
| 1:08.5 | B, spleen of the toes when stroking the planter surface of the foot. |
| 1:14.5 | C. temporary resolution of toses after crushed ice over the eyelid for two minutes. |
| 1:23.1 | And D. |
| 1:24.0 | Is sensation loss in a glove stocking distribution of both lower extremities. |
| 1:31.1 | All right. |
| 1:31.3 | So I know you are looking at this question. |
| 1:33.9 | Maybe you were hearing me say this question. |
| 1:37.0 | And you're like, damn, that is a lot of information. |
| 1:39.6 | Yeah, it is a lot. |
| 1:40.8 | All right. |
| 1:41.1 | But you need to expect this on your MPT as well because not every question is just going to be some five word sentence, knock it down, which of the following is it. |
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