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Cervical Spine 2 Flashcards

1
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When testing the cervcal spine, which side should you test first? Involved or uninvolved?

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Test the uninvolved/ less involved side first

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What are the Maitland SINSS?

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Severity
Irritability
Nature
Stage
Stability
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What is severity?

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Intensity of the pain provoking activity (NPS). Can be min, mod, high

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What is irritability?

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How far into the movement is the pain provoked? Howling does it take to subside? Can be min, mid, high

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What is nature?

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Type of tissue that is causing sx (MSK, neural, inflamm…) Also consider fear avoidance

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What is stage?

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of healing… acute, sub-acute, chronic (3+ months)

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What is stability?

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If the problem is worsening, improving or stablized

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Which is the most useful statistic clinically?

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Likelihood ratios

strong evidence = + LR > 10 - LR < 0.1

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What are the s/s of vertebral artery insufficiency?

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Dizziness
Diplopia (double vision)
Dysarthria
Dysphagia
Drop attacks
N/V
Sensory changes
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What is the sensitivity and specificity of the vertebral artery test?

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Sensitivity 0% (A negative cannot be trusted); Specificity 67-90% a positive can be trusted)

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T/F: Centralization and peripheralization with cervical ROM in transverse and frontal planes has good reliability.

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False. It has no to poor reliability

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What are the 4 elements in the cluster test for radiculopathy

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  1. ULNT (Median)
  2. Cervical rotation <60
  3. Cervical distraction test
  4. Spurling’s
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13
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What is the sensitivity of plain film?

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93%

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What is special about the oblique view of C spine?

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You can see the foramen

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What are the ABCs of film

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Alignment, Bones, Cartilage (and soft tissue)

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Which imaging technique would you use to show the relationship between bone to neural canal in transverse plane?

17
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Which imaging technique would you use to visualize the spinal cord and soft tissues

18
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Which imaging technique would you use to visualize spinal cord and nerve roots

19
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Which imaging technique would you use to see a disc?

20
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What (2) tests would you use for neck pain with mobility deficits?

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  1. Cervical AROM

2. Cervical/ thoracic segmental mobility

21
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What (3) tests would you do for neck pain with HA

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  1. Cervical AROM
  2. Cervical/ thoracic segmental mobility
  3. Cranial cervical flexion test
22
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What (3) tests would you do for neck pain with movement coord impairments?

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  1. Cranial cervical flexion test
  2. Deep flexor endurance test
  3. Flexibility deficits of upper quarter muscles
23
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What (4) tests would you do for neck pain with radiating pain

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  1. Cervical AROM
  2. Spurling’s
  3. ULNT
  4. Neck distraction
24
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What are the 4 principles of classification into McKenzie’s syndromes?

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  1. Pain behavior
  2. Loss of ROM
  3. Presence of referred pain
  4. Effect of repeated movement on pain
25
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What are McKenzie’s 3 syndromes of mechanical pain?

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  1. Postural
  2. Dysfunction
  3. Derangement
26
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What causes postural syndrome?

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Mechanical deformation or vascular insufficiency of normal tissue as result of sustained loading.

27
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The following characteristics belong to which syndrome: gradual onset, dull symmetric pain, full cervical AROM, no referred pain, neck pain with sustained end range positions may take >15 mins

28
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What causes dysfunction syndrome?

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mechanical deformation or vascular insufficiency of abnormal tissue (shortened and fibroses or lengthened)

29
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What syndrome has the following characteristics:intermittent neck pain, loss of cervical AROM, neck pain at end range, no arm pain

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Dysfunction

30
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What causes derangement syndrome?

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internal disruption or displacement of tissues (thought to be disc related)

31
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What syndrome has these characteristics: loss of cervical AROM, constant neck pain, pain radiates into shoulder/ arm, neck/ arm pain affected by repeated movement (peripheralization, centralization)

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Derangement

32
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How would McKenzie classify the following characteristics: constant pain, pain in all movement directions, pain is a result of inflammatory or infectious processes, intervention is rest and pharmacology

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Non-mechanical pain

33
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T/F: Forward head posture is the most common c-spine impairment

34
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What effects does FHP have on c-spine and muscle activity?

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Increased facet loading, slight extension of upper c spine, increased post cervical mm activity

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