NPTE FF MINI EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What type of pain is dull and aching? - Answers - muscle
What type of pain is sharp and shooting? - Answers - nerve
What type of pain is deep, nagging, dull with tenderness? - Answers - bone
What type of pain is throbbing or diffuse pain? - Answers - kin
What is the compression parameters for UE? - Answers - 30-60 mmHg
What is the compression parameters for LE? - Answers - 40-80 mmHg
What type of pathology is Dowager's hump seen with? - Answers - osteoporosis
What is the normal range for poor glucose control? - Answers - 4-6%
What type of AD is better for ataxic cerebral palsy patients? - Answers - posterior walker
with 4 wheels
What is right and left discrimination? - Answers - inability to discriminate between left
and right
A patient with spastic cerebral palsy and supinated foot on right side comes to the
outpatient clinic. On manual muscle testing, the patient is suspected to have problems
with hyperactivity of which muscles - Answers - tibialis posterior
In Cerebral palsy, the hyperactive tibialis posterior, along with the soleus muscle, may
cause an equinovarus deformity of the foot and ankle, resulting in the individual's
walking on a foot that is plantar flexed and supinated.
A physical therapist is testing the muscle length of the hamstrings in a 28 year old
patient. PT asks the patient to perform hip flexion while keeping the knee in 0-degree
extension. The rationale for why end range hip/trunk flexion is less during sitting as
compared to supine is. - Answers - passive insufficiency of hamstrings
A 12-year-old girl has been diagnosed with structural idiopathic scoliosis. The physical
therapist notices a left thoracic scoliosis. Which postural deviation would be expected in
this patient: - Answers - B) Spinous processes of thoracic spine rotated to the right
What type of pain is dull and aching? - Answers - muscle
What type of pain is sharp and shooting? - Answers - nerve
What type of pain is deep, nagging, dull with tenderness? - Answers - bone
What type of pain is throbbing or diffuse pain? - Answers - kin
What is the compression parameters for UE? - Answers - 30-60 mmHg
What is the compression parameters for LE? - Answers - 40-80 mmHg
What type of pathology is Dowager's hump seen with? - Answers - osteoporosis
What is the normal range for poor glucose control? - Answers - 4-6%
What type of AD is better for ataxic cerebral palsy patients? - Answers - posterior walker
with 4 wheels
What is right and left discrimination? - Answers - inability to discriminate between left
and right
A patient with spastic cerebral palsy and supinated foot on right side comes to the
outpatient clinic. On manual muscle testing, the patient is suspected to have problems
with hyperactivity of which muscles - Answers - tibialis posterior
In Cerebral palsy, the hyperactive tibialis posterior, along with the soleus muscle, may
cause an equinovarus deformity of the foot and ankle, resulting in the individual's
walking on a foot that is plantar flexed and supinated.
A physical therapist is testing the muscle length of the hamstrings in a 28 year old
patient. PT asks the patient to perform hip flexion while keeping the knee in 0-degree
extension. The rationale for why end range hip/trunk flexion is less during sitting as
compared to supine is. - Answers - passive insufficiency of hamstrings
A 12-year-old girl has been diagnosed with structural idiopathic scoliosis. The physical
therapist notices a left thoracic scoliosis. Which postural deviation would be expected in
this patient: - Answers - B) Spinous processes of thoracic spine rotated to the right
