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 a physical therapist who is mentoring a student

PT during an outpatient orthopedic clinical rotation. The therapist plans to administer

therapeutic ultrasound using the following parameters. Three megahertz frequency, 20% pulse duty cycle, 0.5 watts per centimeter squared intensity,

and 6 minute treatment duration.

Which of the following patients should not receive this treatment?

So we have a 14 a 14-year-old basketball player with Oshgood Slaughter's disease

over an open tibial epiphysial plate.

B, a 72-year-old patient, status post, cemented total knee arthroplasty eight months ago.

C, a 68-year-old male with benign prostate hyperplasia receiving treatment to the lumbar

parispinals. And D is a 59-year-old patient with diabetic neuropathy and absent protective sensation over the treatment

region. All right. Let's go up to the top of this long question. Long question alert. I know

there's a lot. And actually what I'm going to do is slow up to make sure that we're paying

attention to the specific details because let me tell you, the answer is in the detail.

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