NPTE FF - EXAM 3 REVIEW QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Poor vs Fair Balance Score - Answer-Grade of poor can be defined as: full available
ROM, gravity minimized/gravity eliminated plane, no resistance.
Grade of fair can be defined as: full available ROM, against gravity, no resistance.
Remember that if Dix is (+) you perform Epley and start with the head in the ________
direction - Answer-SAME
With PNF patterns do you start or end in the pattern given? - Answer-END
ex: D1 Ext Pattern
- Start with lower extremity in (D1 flexion) hip flexion, adduction, and external rotation;
knee flexion; ankle dorsiflexion and inversion and finish the pattern while resisting (D1
extension) hip extension, abduction, and internal rotation; knee extension or flexion;
ankle plantarflexion and eversion is correct.
SCFE - Answer-Teenage Years
Limited: abduction, internal rotation, and flexion
Positive trendelenberg (+)
A patient with congestive heart failure (CHF) has pitting edema bilaterally in the feet.
The patient also reports that he must use at least three pillows to be able to sleep at
night. Which of the following signs would be LEAST likely found on this patient's chest
x-ray?
a. Blunting of the costophrenic angle
b. Enlarged cardiac silhouette
c. Honeycombing
d. Opacities in the lung fields with interstitial and parenchymal edema - Answer-C
Honeycombing is associated with restrictive lung disease
A physical therapist performs a lateral glide of the femur on the acetabulum. Which of
the following motions is the therapist MOST likely trying to improve range of motion
(ROM)?
a. Hip flexion and internal rotation
b. Hip extension and external rotation
c. Hip flexion
d.Hip adduction and internal rotation - Answer-D
A ___________ glide of the femur on the acetabulum may be more correlated in
improving hip flexion and internal rotation ROM. - Answer-Posterior
, A ___________ glide of the femur on the acetabulum may be effective in increasing
ROM in both hip adduction and internal rotation. - Answer-Lateral
An ____________ glide of the femur on the acetabulum may be more correlated in
improving hip extension and external rotation ROM. - Answer-Anterior
Hypesthesia (or anesthesia) noted of the entire plantar aspect of the foot, what nerve is
involved? - Answer-Tibial N
Hypoesthesia of the medial knee and lower leg; decreased patellar reflex, what nerve
root level? - Answer-L3
How to remember METS for heart failure classification? - Answer-Max 3 Mets for Class
3
* + or - 1.5 Mets to find the next category
Class 1 HF - Answer-No limitation in physical activity (up to 6.5
METs); comfortable at rest, ordinary
activity does not cause undue fatigue,
palpation, dyspnea, or anginal pain
Class 2 HF - Answer-Slight limitation in physical activity (up to
4.5 METs); comfortable at rest, ordinary
physical activity results in fatigue,
palpation, dyspnea, or anginal pain
Class 3 HF - Answer-Marked limitation of physical activity (up
to 3.0 METs); comfortable at rest, less than
ordinary activity causes fatigue, palpation,
dyspnea, or anginal pain
Class 4 HF - Answer-Unable to carry out any physical activity
(1.5METs) without discomfort; symptoms
of ischemia, dyspnea, anginal pain present
at rest; increasing with exercise
A physical therapist is performing the one-leg standing (stork standing) lumbar
extension test on a patient with low back pain. The patient experiences no pain with
back extension while performing unilateral standing, but does experience pain with back
extension combined with rotation while unilateral standing. The pain presentation is
MOST likely correlated with:
a. Rectus femoris muscle tightness
b. Facet joint pathology
AND ANSWERS
Poor vs Fair Balance Score - Answer-Grade of poor can be defined as: full available
ROM, gravity minimized/gravity eliminated plane, no resistance.
Grade of fair can be defined as: full available ROM, against gravity, no resistance.
Remember that if Dix is (+) you perform Epley and start with the head in the ________
direction - Answer-SAME
With PNF patterns do you start or end in the pattern given? - Answer-END
ex: D1 Ext Pattern
- Start with lower extremity in (D1 flexion) hip flexion, adduction, and external rotation;
knee flexion; ankle dorsiflexion and inversion and finish the pattern while resisting (D1
extension) hip extension, abduction, and internal rotation; knee extension or flexion;
ankle plantarflexion and eversion is correct.
SCFE - Answer-Teenage Years
Limited: abduction, internal rotation, and flexion
Positive trendelenberg (+)
A patient with congestive heart failure (CHF) has pitting edema bilaterally in the feet.
The patient also reports that he must use at least three pillows to be able to sleep at
night. Which of the following signs would be LEAST likely found on this patient's chest
x-ray?
a. Blunting of the costophrenic angle
b. Enlarged cardiac silhouette
c. Honeycombing
d. Opacities in the lung fields with interstitial and parenchymal edema - Answer-C
Honeycombing is associated with restrictive lung disease
A physical therapist performs a lateral glide of the femur on the acetabulum. Which of
the following motions is the therapist MOST likely trying to improve range of motion
(ROM)?
a. Hip flexion and internal rotation
b. Hip extension and external rotation
c. Hip flexion
d.Hip adduction and internal rotation - Answer-D
A ___________ glide of the femur on the acetabulum may be more correlated in
improving hip flexion and internal rotation ROM. - Answer-Posterior
, A ___________ glide of the femur on the acetabulum may be effective in increasing
ROM in both hip adduction and internal rotation. - Answer-Lateral
An ____________ glide of the femur on the acetabulum may be more correlated in
improving hip extension and external rotation ROM. - Answer-Anterior
Hypesthesia (or anesthesia) noted of the entire plantar aspect of the foot, what nerve is
involved? - Answer-Tibial N
Hypoesthesia of the medial knee and lower leg; decreased patellar reflex, what nerve
root level? - Answer-L3
How to remember METS for heart failure classification? - Answer-Max 3 Mets for Class
3
* + or - 1.5 Mets to find the next category
Class 1 HF - Answer-No limitation in physical activity (up to 6.5
METs); comfortable at rest, ordinary
activity does not cause undue fatigue,
palpation, dyspnea, or anginal pain
Class 2 HF - Answer-Slight limitation in physical activity (up to
4.5 METs); comfortable at rest, ordinary
physical activity results in fatigue,
palpation, dyspnea, or anginal pain
Class 3 HF - Answer-Marked limitation of physical activity (up
to 3.0 METs); comfortable at rest, less than
ordinary activity causes fatigue, palpation,
dyspnea, or anginal pain
Class 4 HF - Answer-Unable to carry out any physical activity
(1.5METs) without discomfort; symptoms
of ischemia, dyspnea, anginal pain present
at rest; increasing with exercise
A physical therapist is performing the one-leg standing (stork standing) lumbar
extension test on a patient with low back pain. The patient experiences no pain with
back extension while performing unilateral standing, but does experience pain with back
extension combined with rotation while unilateral standing. The pain presentation is
MOST likely correlated with:
a. Rectus femoris muscle tightness
b. Facet joint pathology
