Retired PEAT Review Cards – NPTE Physical Therapy Study Guide (Key Concepts, Clinical
Reasoning & Exam Prep)
Cardiac pts should have above ___ METS - correct answer ✔✔5-6
A physical therapist is performing gait training with a patient who has right hemiparesis. The
patient displays extensor tone in the stance and swing phases of gait. Which of the following is
the MOST appropriate orthotic recommendation?
1. Solid ankle-foot orthosis set in 10° of plantar flexion
2. Floor reaction ankle-foot orthosis
3. Hinged plastic ankle-foot orthosis with plantar flexion stop
4. Posterior leaf spring orthosis - correct answer ✔✔3. Hinged plastic AFO with PF stop
A physical therapist uses a foam-based dressing in the treatment of a healing pressure injury
that is producing a large amount of exudate. The therapist's rationale for using this dressing is to
prevent:
1. eschar formation.
2. desiccation.
3. maceration.
4. infection. - correct answer ✔✔3. Macereation
What is dessication? - correct answer ✔✔drying out. Foam dressings cause this
Which of the following strategies for intervention would be MOST appropriate for a patient with
moderate Alzheimer disease and urinary incontinence?
1. Continuous catheterization
Reasoning & Exam Prep)
Cardiac pts should have above ___ METS - correct answer ✔✔5-6
A physical therapist is performing gait training with a patient who has right hemiparesis. The
patient displays extensor tone in the stance and swing phases of gait. Which of the following is
the MOST appropriate orthotic recommendation?
1. Solid ankle-foot orthosis set in 10° of plantar flexion
2. Floor reaction ankle-foot orthosis
3. Hinged plastic ankle-foot orthosis with plantar flexion stop
4. Posterior leaf spring orthosis - correct answer ✔✔3. Hinged plastic AFO with PF stop
A physical therapist uses a foam-based dressing in the treatment of a healing pressure injury
that is producing a large amount of exudate. The therapist's rationale for using this dressing is to
prevent:
1. eschar formation.
2. desiccation.
3. maceration.
4. infection. - correct answer ✔✔3. Macereation
What is dessication? - correct answer ✔✔drying out. Foam dressings cause this
Which of the following strategies for intervention would be MOST appropriate for a patient with
moderate Alzheimer disease and urinary incontinence?
1. Continuous catheterization
