Studying for NPTE- Practice Exam Question

[SoontobePT/ATC]

I am using the O'Sullivan Review book to study for the exam (needless to say, there are mistakes throughout the book. It's like 10 different people wrote each paragraph because the word-age is not the same from sentence to sentence. ie: One sentence says medial rotation, next sentences says internal rotation)

So, I took the first practice exam and one question is not sitting right with me. The question is looking at the FABER position causes back pain and the answer is SIJ dysfunction. However, in the book (and what I learned from class) is FABER is for the hip joint. Their rational in the back of the book is that bc it's back pain its SIJ but the book doesn't agree with that explanation. Anyone else have a take on this?

It concerns me that I'm studying the information in the book and then their exam doesn't match the information, and what is that going to mean for the NPTE?

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[freshchineselumpia]

The Patrick's Test can also be used to check for SI jt dysfunction. The Dx would depend on the location of the pain ( pain at hip region=hip jt dysfxn, etc., si jt area=sacroiliac dysfxn)

 

[markelmarcel]

Second what the poster above says... FABER is positive for hip if it reproduces hip pain, positive for SIJ if it reproduces SIJ location pain and is clustered with other SIJ tests.

I agree with you on O'Sullivan- it was awful at times! I highly recommend buying the PEAT to see how the real test is... That being said, I felt like even though O'Sullivan was different than the real thing, it prepared me well.

 

[SoontobePT/ATC]

Some of these questions are so frustrating! Thank you for the help with the FABER's, I'll be sure to never forget that.
What are you're thoughts on a question pertaining to a child referred to PT with vague hip, thigh, knee pain, with trandelenberg gait, decreased ROM in ABD, FLEX, IR. So classic signs of SCFE. but the answer is to treat with CKC partial WBing exercises...Isn't this referral for surgery and should be NWBing? Am I just over-thinking these questions?!?
All the answer options described a treatment protocol and a specific pathology, so I agree with the pathology but don't agree with the treatment, do I just pick that answer based on knowing the pathology is right?