1) Pediatric H & P Flashcards

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Podopediatrics

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  • The diagnosis and management of lower extremity disorders in children and adolescents
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Top 5 podopediatric complaints

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  • Pes planus (flat feet)
  • Rotational abnormalities (eg. intoed gait)
  • Digital deformities (curly, webbed toes)
  • Dermatological disorders (eg. tinea pedis, verucae, ingrown nails)
  • Apophysitis / growth-related disorders (eg. Sever’s disease)
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Neonate

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  • First month of life
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Infancy: the first two years of life
Juvenile: from infancy to the onset of puberty
Adolescence: from puberty until the cessation of somatic growth

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  • First two years of life
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Juvenile: from infancy to the onset of puberty
Adolescence: from puberty until the cessation of somatic growth

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  • From infancy to the onset of puberty
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Adolescence

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  • Puberty until the cessation of somatic growth
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Lower extremity development

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  • 4 – 5 weeks IU: Limb buds appear
  • 4 – 6 weeks IU: critical period
  • 12 weeks IU: lower extremity development complete
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4 to 5 weeks (embryo)

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  • Foot inverted

- Metatarsals differentiate, beginning with the first met

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6 weeks (embryo)

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  • Feet are in varus and equinus with forefoot adducted
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7-8 weeks (embryo)

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  • Digits separate
  • Talus is the largest cartilaginous segment
  • Average length of the foot at birth is 3-4 inches
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Premature delivery

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  • Less than 37 weeks
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APGAR scoring

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  • A = neonatal color
  • P = neonatal heart rate
  • G = Neonatal motor reactions (“grimace”)
  • A = neonatal muscle tone
  • R = neonatal respiratory response
  • Passing score = > 7
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Sailing test

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  • Infant blood analyzed during labor and after birth
  • Reflects respiratory and metabolic function of the infant
  • Not subjective; perhaps more accurate
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Developmental history

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  • Reaches / recognizes by 4 months
  • Crawls by 3 – 5 months
  • Rolls over / plays by 6 months
  • Creeping by 7 – 9 months
  • Walking by 9 – 16 months
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16 month development

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  • Infant walks; uses thumb in opposition to grasp objects
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2 years development

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  • Runs without falling
  • Obeys simple commands
  • +/- 50 word vocabulary
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3 years development

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  • Rides tricycle

- Can feed themselves

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Average length of full-term newborn

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  • 20 in.
  • Length (height) increases by 10 in. during the first year
  • Increases 3 in. / yr. during the next 7 yrs.
  • Birth height doubles by 4 yrs.
  • From 8 yrs. to puberty height increases 2 in. / yr
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Adult height

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  • 2x height at age 2-2.5 years

- Foot growth is complete at 14 in females and 16 in males

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History of present illness

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  • NLDOCAT
  • Traumatic / insidious onset
  • Falling / tripping
  • Fatigue (“lazy”; prefers to be carried)
  • “Sloppy” gait
  • Limping / toe walking
21
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Physical examination

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  • Vitals
  • Vascular
  • Neurological
  • Dermatological
  • Orthopaedic
  • Biomechanical
  • Gait evaluation
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Neurological development

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  • Stepping reflex: disappears by 5 – 6 weeks
  • Moro (“startle”) reflex: disappears by 5 – 6 months
  • Babinski reaction: disappears by 2 – 2.5 years
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Tetanus

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  • Sustained contraction of a muscle
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Clonus

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  • Repetitive contraction of a muscle
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Spasticity

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  • Velocity dependent motion
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Limping

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  • Deviation from normal rhythmic gait
27
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Open kinetic chain biomechanical evaluation should include

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  • Hip
  • Knee
  • Malleoli
  • Ankle
  • Subtalar joint
  • Midtarsal
  • First ray
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Closed kinetic chain biomechanical evaluation should include

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  • Angle / base of gait
  • Relaxed calcaneal stance position (RCSP)
  • Neutral calcaneal stance position (NCSP)
  • Frontal plane tibial position
  • Limb length measurement
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Hip examination

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  • Transverse plane
  • Frontal plane
  • Saggittal plane
  • Normal and symmetrical abduction and external rotation (congruity)
30
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hip transverse plane motion

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  • Total motion: 80 – 120 degrees
  • External > internal 2:1 until age 6 yrs
    > 6 yrs: 1:1 / 2:1
  • Examine with hips flexed and extended
  • Internal > external never normal (femoral anteversion)
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Frontal plane knee examination

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  • 0-2 yrs: genu varum
  • 2-4 yrs: straight
  • 4-12 yrs: genu valgum
  • 12-14 yrs: straight (males)
  • > 15 yrs: genu valgum / straight (females), straight (males)
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Ankle joint dorsiflexion with knee extended

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  • Birth: > 50 degrees
  • 3 yrs: > 20 degrees
  • 10 yrs: > 15 degrees
  • 15 yrs: > 10 degrees
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Compensated ankle equinus

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  • Normal heel off with stj / mtj pronation, genu recurvatum or external hip rotation
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Partially compensated ankle equinus

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  • Early heel off with / without further compensation
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Uncompensated ankle equinus

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  • No heel contact

- STJ / MTJ supination

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Tibial torsion (malleolar position)

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  • Birth: 0 degrees
  • 1 yr: 2 – 3 degrees
  • 3 yrs: 6 – 8 degrees
  • 7 yrs: 13 – 18 degrees external
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Subtalar joint ROM

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  • Child: 30 – 45 degrees of total motion
  • Adolescent / adult: 30 degrees total
  • Inversion / eversion ratio: 2:1
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Subtalar joint neutral position

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  • Stj neutral position = Inv + ev / 3 – ev
  • Rearfoot valgus
  • Rearfoot varus
  • Neutral rearfoot
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Midtarsal joint alignment

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  • Forefoot to rearfoot relationship
  • Inverted (supinatus, varus)
  • Everted (valgus, plantarflexed first ray)
  • Vertical
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1st ray ROM

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  • Begin at level of second ray

- 1 cm total: 5mm dorsi / plantarflexion

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Frontal plane forefoot deformities

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  • Varus, valgus, supinatus

- Not commonly the etiology of lower extremity pathology (< 10 y.o.)

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Relaxed calcaneal stance position

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  • 0 – 5 yrs: flat and everted (“fat, flat and floppy”)
  • 7 – age = amount of allowable (normal) everted position
  • Calcaneus perpendicular by 7 yrs
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Neutral calcaneal stance position

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  • Frontal plane position of tibial with subtalar joint in neutral position
  • NCSP = stj neutral position + tibial position
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Frontal plane tibial position

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  • Birth – 4 yrs: 5 – 10 degrees varus

- > 4 yrs: < 5 degrees

45
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Gait evaluation components

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  • Head
  • Shoulders
  • Arm swing
  • Pelvis
  • Knees
  • Feet (contact, midstance, propulsion)
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Immature gait

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  • High arm guard position (1-2 yrs)
  • Staccato gait
  • Wide base of gait (stability)
  • Asynchronous movement of arms/legs
  • No heel contact type of gait initially (develops by 1.5 – 5 yrs)
  • Genu and tibial varum
  • Excessive stj pronation (up to 7 yrs)
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Staccato gait

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  • Increased cadence and decreased stride length