NPTE Final Frontier - Questions With Clear Insights

NPTE Final Frontier - Questions With Clear Insights

for Adhesive capsulitis is the best glide. it has to say adhesive capsulitis to use
the exemption, it cannot just say capsular pattern. Right Ans - posterior-
inferior

what creates more force eccentric or concentric? Right Ans - eccentric

inability to shortened simultaneously at two joints. (too much shortening)...
think of function of the muscle Right Ans - active insufficiency

inability to lengthen simultaneously at two joints. (too much lengthening)....
Think of stretching of muscle Right Ans - passive insufficiency

_____ active insufficient muscles Right Ans - strengthen

____ passive insufficient muscles Right Ans - stretch

Coxa Vara Right Ans - decreased angle of inclination

<120

coxa valga Right Ans - increased angle of inclination >135

Supine to sit : leg is short in supine then long Right Ans - pelvis is
Posteriorly rotated

supine to sit : leg is long in supine then short Right Ans - anterior rotated

Supine to sit test: long to short = Right Ans - anterior rotated

supine to sit: short to long Right Ans - posterior rotated

femoral anteversion causes ____tibal torsion and ___ toeing Right Ans -
internal tibial torsion

in-toeing

fact joints bear ____ % of compressive load Right Ans - 30

,facet and intervertebral discs bear _____% of shear and torsional load Right
Ans - 80

Spondylolisthesis must avoid what? Right Ans - hyperextension of the
spine

vertebrae sit on top of each other so if we hyperextend we will make it worse.
-even though flexion will cause mild symptoms is always better than doing
hyperextension, so always avoid hyperextension compared to hyperflexion.

degeneration of spine and or intervertebral disc Right Ans - spondylosis

defect in the pars interarticularis of the arch of the vertebra

*here there is a fracture but it is not displaced Right Ans - spondylolysis

B fracture of pars with forward displacement of one vertebra over another
Right Ans - spondylolisthesis

backward displacement of one vertebrae on another Right Ans -
RETROLISTHESIS

usually called gymnast spine or juvenile kyphosis, it is going to be typical
finding of crowding of these vertebrae's, wedging of T7-T9. they are also
called Schorml nodes. Right Ans - Scheunemanns disease

Stenosis diagnostic test Right Ans - MRI

patients with stenosis will feel comfortable going up or down the ramp?
Right Ans - up

*flexion exercises

Stenosis pain increased with what? Right Ans - extension

stenosis pain is decreased with what? Right Ans - flexion

*walking up a hill

, Vascular claudication pain is increased with what Right Ans - walking
uphill
*physical exertion

Cervical spine: ____ and ____ are in the same direction Right Ans - side
bending

rotation

Lumbar spine: ___ and _____ are in the opposite direction Right Ans - side
bend

rotation

Leg that is short _____ more Right Ans - PF

leg that is long ____ more Right Ans - DF

tight hip flexors will cause a ______ pelvic tilt Right Ans - anterior

Upper crossed syndrome Right Ans - A postural distortion syndrome
characterized by a forward head and rounded shoulders.

Lower crossed syndrome Right Ans - a postural distortion syndrome
characterized by an anterior tilt to the pelvis (arched lower back)

screw home mechanism Right Ans - A phenomenon that increases knee
joint stability by locking the femur on the tibia (or vice-versa) when the knee
is fully extended.

causes tibia to rotated laterally on femur at full extension

Scoliosis is named for the _____ Right Ans - convexity

_____ scoliosis has a rotation component Right Ans - structural

*functional does not