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NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy

Pediatric Evaluation

NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy

Kyle Rice

Health & Fitness

2.4608 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Jessie is a 12-year-old male patient who presents with an onset of groin pain. The patient has a BMI of 28 and a recent growth spurt. The physical therapist notes the patient has a limp with external rotation of the affected leg during ambulation. Which of the following diagnoses is MOST likely?

A) Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease

B) Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis

C) Osgood-Schlatter Disease

D) Septic Arthritis

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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

0:21.9

the life I have today, a life filled with love, financial freedom, and a dream job that

0:27.2

allows me to change lives every single day. I created the NPTE Clinical Files podcast

0:33.0

to give you simple, actionable strategies, along with a step-by-step walkthrough of NPTE-based questions.

0:40.6

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

0:45.6

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.

0:53.2

Enjoy the show.

0:54.6

For this week's clinical file, we have Jesse, and Jesse is a 12-year-old male patient who presents

1:01.1

with an onset of growing pain. The patient has a BMI of 28 and a recent growth spurt.

1:08.3

The physical therapist notes that the patient has a limp with external

1:12.4

rotation of the affected leg during ambulation, which of the following diagnoses is most likely.

1:18.6

So we have A, leg caviferthes disease, B, slip capital for moral epiphas, C, Oshgood,

1:26.7

Slaughter's disease, and D. Septic arthritis.

1:30.1

All right.

1:30.6

Let's go up to the top of this question and knock it out.

1:33.6

I love these MSK ones, especially when it's differential diagnosis.

1:37.8

I don't know about you, but we're going to crush this question.

1:40.6

Before we do that, though, I just want to give a huge thanks to all of our new followers

1:46.6

on our Instagram account. If you are not following it right now, trust me, you want to. We are

1:52.3

doing cheat sheet reviews on there for the MPTE quizzes that people are absolutely loving

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