#9. Introduction to Off-the-Field Assessment

Question 1

HOPS acronym?

Answer 1

History
Observation
Palpation
Special tests

Question 2

SOAP acronym?

Answer 2

Subjective - personal account of history
Objective - assessment and special tests
Assessment - clinical impression
Plan - next step

Question 3

During the ‘History’ section of an assessment, what type of questions should you use?

Answer 3

open-ended

Question 4

Pain characteristics: Bright, burning, specific distribution

Answer 4

nerve pain

Question 5

Pain characteristics: Deep, piercing, localized

Answer 5

bone pain

Question 6

Pain characteristics: sharp, severe, intolerable

Answer 6

fracture pain

Question 7

Pain characteristics: Diffuse, throbbing, generalized, may be referred

Answer 7

vascular pain

Question 8

Taking birth control can cause what type of pain?

Answer 8

vascular

Question 9

Pain characteristic: dill,aching, generalized, aggravated

Answer 9

muscle pain

Question 10

Pain characteristic: dull and aching

Answer 10

ligament pain

Question 11

Three types of joint responses?

Answer 11

locking, giving way, and instability

Question 12

Bilateral spinal cord symptoms can be an early sign of?

Answer 12

multiple sclerosis

Question 13

Sever night pain can be symptoms for what?

Answer 13

cancer or bony breaks

Question 14

Bowel/bladder changes are red flags for what?

Answer 14

bilateral cord issues

Question 15

Examination must be performed _____.

Answer 15

bilaterally - compare to the “good” side

Question 16

3 types of movement assessment during examination?

Answer 16

active, passive, resistive

Question 17

4 steps in active examination?

Answer 17

1. ask for permission
2. clear joints above and below
3. examine unaffected side first
4. do painful movements last

Question 18

What is the goal during the passive movement assessment?

Answer 18

not any limitation or presence of pain

Question 19

4 abnormal end feels during passive movement?

Answer 19

1. springy block - rebound
2. boggy - swelling
3. empty - none or arrested
4. spasm - guarding

Question 20

During resisted movement assessment, what is a common tool used to check for innervation?

Answer 20

myotome check: C2-C8 and T1

Question 21

MSC acronym?

Answer 21

Motor (myotomes)
Sensory (dermatomes)
Circulation

Question 22

“sensory distribution by a single root”

Answer 22

dermatomes

Question 23

“groups of muscle supplied by a single nerve root”

Answer 23

myotomes

Question 24

What is a functional examination?

Answer 24

An evaluation of the whole body that is sport specific to test functional motions.

Question 25

When beginning examination with palpation, where do you start?

Answer 25

away from injury and move towards