NPTE Practice Questions: Cardiac Physiology

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In this video I break down a sample NPTE practice question from the topic of Cardiac Physiology. I teach you how to read and answer each part of the question, what it means, and why it's important!
The PT Hustle is dedicated to helping PT students, like you, prepare to take and pass the PT exam by reviewing NPTE practice questions. Today’s question: Cardiac Physiology.
How well do you know how to handle a patient with acute myocardial infractions? Let's test your knowledge in this excellent episode about cardiac & exercise physiology.
NPTE Practice Question:
Julian suffered an acute myocardial infraction and is now entering cardiac rehabilitation phase II. Before starting phase II, the patient had a positive symptom-limited exercise tolerance test(ETT). The therapist would like to incorporate aerobic training into the patient's exercise regimen without over-stressing the heart. When comparing upper and lower body exercise at a given workload, which of the following findings is the MOST likely to be found?
Answer Choices:
A. A higher cardiac output when using the upper body ergometer
B. A higher cardiac output when using the lower body ergometer
C. A lower rate pressure product when using the upper body ergometer
D. A higher chance of encountering a recurrent acute myocardial infarction when using the upper body ergometer
Do you think you know which answer is correct? Watch the video to find out.
If you get it wrong, don’t worry. Dr. Kyle Rice, better known as “Coach K” doesn’t just give you the answer -- he breaks down the question so you know how to eliminate answers before getting to the right one.
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[@freefrida1]

These questions and answers are so much more complicated than when I took the Wisconsin test in the 1970s. I like that the questions make you think but I hate that the questions include word play.

[@Miollvynir]

PT has been taking on a more broad and medicalized position over the past fifty years, what with turning it into a doctorate and emphasizing diagnostics... It makes sense for it to be complicated, but I completely empathize with what you're saying. 😄

[@EstebanCastrousuario]

Completely agree. It seems not to be a PT problem but a linguistic one instead.

[@mackenzied4598]

"biased you" = tricked you (ah, euphemisms...)

[@lishen274]

alot of semantism in some of these questions