NPTE Exam Prep Questions with Correct Answers

NPTE Exam Prep Questions with Correct Answers PNS injury: Spinal Accessory n - Answer-1) inability to abd 2) pain in shld with abd PNS injury: Long Thoracic N - Answer-1) inability to flex ext arm 2) winging 90 fwrd flex 3) pain with flex of ext arm PNS Injury: Suprascapular N - Answer-1) shld weakness 2) pain with shld flex, scap abd, contralat c/s rot PNS Injury: Axillary n - Answer-1) inability to abd arm (neutral rot) Osteomalacia - Answer-Decalcification of bones d/t vita D deficiency Osteogenesis imperfecta - Answer-Genetic, Abnorm collagen synthesis, thin bones RA - Answer-Symmetrical, MCP/PIP, pannus, ulnar drift, volar sublux, Ankylosing Spondylitis - Answer-Axial, before 40, mid-LBP 3+ months, morning stiffness, sacroiliitis Ant torsion of innominate MOI - Answer-Squatting, lifting, pregnancy, hip at 90 with axial loading, golfing, batting, tennis Post torsion of innominate MOI - Answer-Vert thrust onto ext LE, sprint starting position, fall into isch tub, unilateral standing Sacral Dysfunction MOI - Answer-Long term postural issues, fall onto sacrum, carrying a load while amb, trauma during childbirth, LOB during amb, sitting + rot + lifting Erb's paralysis - Answer-C5-C6 brachial plexus injury, upper arm paralysis, rhomboids, levator, SA, supra, infra, biceps, brachio, brachialis, supinator, wrist/finger ext Waiter's tip deformity - Answer-Erb's paralysis, UE in add, IR, elbow ext, pronation, wrist flex Klumpke's paralysis - Answer-C8-T1 brachial plexus injury, lower arm, intrinsic hand mm, wrist/finger flex/ext Down's syndrome: impairments - Answer-Hypotonia, congenital heart defects, visual/hearing losses, AA instability, cogn deficits, dev delays, feeding/speech difficulties, dec fine motor control Duchenne's muscular dystrophy - Answer-Boys, 3 y/o, collagen in mm- calfs, progressive weakness prox- distal, inc lordosis and kyphosis/scoliosis, death by early adulthood Becker's muscular dystrophy - Answer-Slower DMD, starts in late childhood/adol, amb lost ~27, death by 42 Athetosis - Answer-Fluctuating mm tone, slow writhing mvmts, lesion of BG "Floppy baby syndrome" - Answer-Athetoid CP, generalized dec mm tone Achalasia - Answer-Lower esophageal sphincter fails to relax, food is trapped in esophagus