Sample NPTE Question #15 - PT Final Exam

15.
A patient complains of pain in the right hip while she is ambulating.  Upon examination, you notice that the patient has a significant drop of the left hip while in midstance on the right leg.  The MOST appropriate treatment for this impairment would be:

1. Standing hip abduction of the left leg.
2. Standing hip abduction of the right leg.
3. Standing flexion of the left leg.
4. Standing flexion of the right leg.

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