Wound Healing Stages

Carmen is performing a special test on her patient. The test has a sensitivity of 95% and a specificity of 30%. The patient tests negative. What is the BEST interpretation?A) The condition is unlikely presentB) The condition is likely presentC) The test confirms the diagnosisD) T ...  Show more

Elena presents with significant muscle atrophy in the lower extremities, fasciculations of the gastrocnemius, and a 1+ Achilles tendon reflex. During gait, the patient demonstrates a "slapping" foot strike. These signs are MOST indicative of: A) A lesion in the corticospinal trac ...  Show more

<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">A 25-year-old patient is being evaluated for pain in the region of the right oblique abdominis muscle that has been pre ...

<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">A patient in a long-term care facility is referred for physical therapy intervention for mobility training.<span style= ...

What pressure injury grading is most appropriate for a wound with undermining or tunneling at its base with no muscle or bone visible? Find it all out in the podcast! Be prepared for the NPTE so that you can pass with flying colors! Check out www.ptfinalexam.com/podcast for more ...  Show more

On this episode of the podcast I talk with Lizzie Marlow, an MSK physiotherapist & educator specialising in lower limbs with special interests in running injuries, lower limb tendinopathies & of course management & treatment of achilles ruptures. We talk about everything surround ...  Show more