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 Benito, and Benito is a patient with a right transfemoral amputation who

demonstrates circumduction of the prosthetic limb during the swing phase. Which of the following

prosthetic causes is most likely contributing to this gate deviation?

So we have A, insufficient socket flexion, B, socket is excessively abducted, C, knee friction

is too low, and D is foot is set too posteriorly.

All right, let's go to the top of this question. It's a really good one,

kind of tapping into amputee gate deviations. These can be a little bit on the trickier side

because a lot of us don't have a lot of exposure to trans femoral amputations and the prosthesis and gait. We just don't see that a lot.

So this content requires a bit more time with the application side of things. All right,

let's go ahead and drop into this question. It says Benito, a patient with a right

transfemoral amputation. So put that in your mind already.

We're dealing with a right-sided transfemoral amputation who demonstrates circumduction of the prosthetic limb during the swing phase.

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