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NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy

Upper Extremity Neurological Signs and Symptoms

NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy

Kyle Rice

Health & Fitness

2.4608 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Jeremy is a 55 year old male who presents with numbness and tingling in both hands, loss of pain and temperature sensation in a glove-like distribution, and decreased grip strength. This patient MOST likely suffers from:

A. Cervical radiculopathy

B. Thoracic outlet syndrome

C. Peripheral neuropathy

D. Carpal tunnel syndrome

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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 allows

0:27.5

me to change lives every single day. I created the NPTE Clinical Files podcast to give you simple,

0:34.5

actionable strategies, along with a step-by-step walkthrough of NPTE-based questions.

0:40.4

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

0:51.1

love, you're in the right place.

0:53.2

Enjoy the show.

0:56.1

For this week's clinical file, we have Jeremy, and Jeremy is a 55-year-old male who presents with numbness and tingling

1:02.8

in both hands, loss of pain and temperature sensation in a glove-like distribution, and

1:10.0

decreased grip strength. The patient most likely suffers

1:14.1

from, we have A, cervical ridiculopathy, B, thoracic outlet syndrome, C, peripheral neuropathy,

1:24.3

and D is carpal tunnel syndrome. All right, let's go up to the top of this question. Super excited to knock

1:31.2

this one down right here. First of all, I just want to say quick shout out to all my soldiers,

1:37.7

all my physical therapists out there that are taking the January 24 NPTE. That's right. It's going on right now. And I just want to send you all

1:48.5

all the positive love and light as you go out there to absolutely destroy this exam. So already,

1:56.1

congratulations. Let's go ahead and knock down this question this week. We got Jeremy, who is a 55-year-old male,

2:04.7

who presents with numbness and tingling in both hands. I'm going to go ahead and stop there

2:10.1

because there's a lot of signs and symptoms that they give us in this question. I'm going to tell you

2:15.3

right now, if you're taking the NPTE in 2024,

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