NPTE Gait Deviations UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

NPTE Gait Deviations UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Stance Phase: Lateral Trunk Bending - CORRECT ANSWER - Weak Glute Med
Trendelenburg


Stance Phase: Backward Trunk Lean - CORRECT ANSWER - Weak Glute Max
will have difficulty going up stairs and ramps


Stance Phase: Forward Trunk Lean - CORRECT ANSWER - Weak Quads
Hip and Knee Contractures


Stance Phase: Excessive Hip Flexion - CORRECT ANSWER - tight Hip Flexors
weak Hip Extensors


Stance Phase: Limited Hip Extension - CORRECT ANSWER - Tight or Spastic Hip
Flexors


Stance Phase: Abnormal Synergistic Activity - CORRECT ANSWER - Excessive Hip
ADD with Hip and Knee Extension
PF and Scissoring Gait
Adduction Gait pattern


Stance Phase: Antalgic Gait - CORRECT ANSWER - Stance time abbreviated on painful
limb
Uneven gait -uninvolved limb has shorter step length and must weight bear sooner than normal


Stance Phase: Excessive Knee Flexion - CORRECT ANSWER - Weak Quads

, Knee Flexor Contracture
will have difficulty with going downstairs and will have forward trunk bending


Stance Phase: Hyperextension - CORRECT ANSWER - compensation for weak Quads
(alternative would be instability in flexion)
PF Contracture
Extensor Spasticity


Stance Phase: Toe First - CORRECT ANSWER - Weak DF
Spastic or Tight PF
Shortened Leg
Painful heel
Positive Support Reflex


Stance Phase: Foot Slap - CORRECT ANSWER - Weak DF
Hypotonia
Comes with steppage gait


Stance Phase: Foot Flat - CORRECT ANSWER - Weak DF
Limited ROM
Immature gait pattern (neonatal)


Stance Phase: Excessive Dorsiflexion with Uncontrolled Forward Motion of Tibia

(Calcaneus Gait) - CORRECT ANSWER - Weak PF


Stance Phase: Excessive Plantarflexion

(Equinus Gait) - CORRECT ANSWER - Spasticity or Contracture of Plantar Flexors
will see poor eccentric contraction and advancement of tibia