Classes 1-4 Flashcards
Definition of an injury?
Any occurrence, cause by various types of trauma that impairs tissue structure or function and thereby alters the cell’s ability to carry out its normal homeostatic mechanism
Any injury will cause the inflammatory response
Direct (Contact) definition
Occurs because of blood trauma; soft tissue and bony trauma with visceral implications, neurological implications
Ex. Football, Rugby, hockey, Lacrosse, basketball
Indirect (non-Contact) definition
Overuse/ Over stress injuries as a result of muscle imbalance; extension or hyperextension of muscles
Ex. Swimming, Tennis, Golf
Acute definition
Sudden on set or a short duration; has a known etiology; can be traumatic/overuse
Chronic definition
Injuries lasting longer than 6 weeks - 6months; small onsert and usually defined as -itis; pain subsides during injury (absent during exercise and present during rest/recovery periods)
Microtraumatic definition
Less inflammation but still present
Macrotraumatic definition
Larger scale injuries; significant inflammations
Ex. Fractures; sprains to ligaments, strains to tendons/muscle
Force definition
is a push or pull acting on the body which results in acceleration and//or deformation
Two primary factors determine the injury:
- Size of the force
- Properties of the involved tissue
Response to Force: Steps
Graph
Elastic Region
Yield point
Plastic region
The elastic region is which part of the graph
Small load
Yield point is what exactly?
MAX load a material can handle without permanent deformation
Failure defined in lecture
forces such that loss of continuity, rupturing soft tissue or fracturing bone results
Three main forces causing the injury (comprehend from the chapter)
Compression
Tension
Shear
Force which produces a crushing or squeezing type of force resulting in soft tissue or bony injury; Fractures,
Compression
Forces that pulls or stretched tissue on bone in the opposite direction
Tension
Parallel to a plane passing through the object which tends to cause sliding or displacement
Shear
What three things is the inflammation response designed to do?
Protect, Localize, Rid
How does the body protect against the injury?
Pain reaction, pain spasm cycle
How does the body localize the injury?
Clotting, vasoconstriction
How does the body get rid of the injury?
phagocytosis, WBC, replace the damaged cells,
Can healing begin with the dead/injured cells remaining within the body?
NO! The inflammation has to heal and get rid go the old cells for effective healing to began
How long do inflammatory responses last?
40-78 hours normally
What are the cardinal signs of inflammatory response (characteristics)?
Swelling; Heat; Altered function; Redness; Pain
Reasons for having heat in the inflammatory response?
Results of increase in blood volume in the region of the inflammatory response; use the back of the hand to feel the heat
What is the acute care response to inflammation?
RICE
How is the body altered as a result of inflammation?
Natural protective Mechanical; how they are holding the injured body part and the reason is to less stress on the injured structure, more room and decreased amount of tension on the injured structures; aka Closed Packed position
What is the closed packed position?
The way the injured body part is held; the reason is to less stress on the injured structure, more room and decreased amount of tension on the injured structures
What are the reasons for the pain to occur?
- Chemical; released responses to the injured areas of the body (protective mechanism)
- Mechanical; putting pressure on the free nerve ending causing pain
Caused by anemia (lack of RBC)
Macrotraumatic injuries we talked about in class?
Contusion Sprains Strains Dislocations and Subluxations Nerve Injury Fractures
Contusions (hematoma, Burise)
Compression injury without breaking the skin; usually clotting caused by break in a blood vessel
Involve the soft tissue or bone
How are contusion cause?
Contusions are cause by direct trauma from an object or an opponent;
What happen under the skin in a contusion?
The compressive force will damage the underlying tissues or structures
Are contusion self limiting?
YES! Due to pain and healing depending on the degree of the damage they prevent movement of the injury area
Can contusion penetrate the bone?
Yes, they cause, bone bruise, Periostitis or Myositis Ossificans
Are there more pain receptor in the muscle or on the bone?
The bone
What is the medical term for a bruise?
Ecchymosis
Periostitis:
inflammation of the covering of a bone (the periosteum
How does periostitis occur?
Results from sport traumas
How does periostitis appear on the skin when palpating?
Often appears as skin rigid of the overlying muscle and bone
Shin Splints is a result of?
Periostitis (contusion)
Myositis Ossificans:
inflammatory disease of a muscle marked by a bony deposit within the muscle in response to trauma
ex. Linebacker’s exostosis
What is Traumatic ossification referred to as?
Myositis ossificans
Where is the only place you will detect the myositis ossifican?
In an x-ray that separated the bone from the dark mass
The steps leading to myositis ossifican:
- Contusion
- Penetrating the bone tearing the periosteum
- Leading to myositis ossifican
- Calcificatin of the soft tissue may be seen in x-rays
Ecchymosis definition
the escape of blood into the tissue from ruptured blood vessels
What is this term applied?
Applies to subcutaneous discolouration resulting from the seepage of blood within the contused tissue
Sprains definition
occur to the ligaments and ligaments are found in joints by overstretching and tearing of the supporting connective tissue including the joint capsule and supporting ligaments
What is a ligament made of?
Mostly Collagen and elastin (strong fibrous connective tissue); have a hard end point
What is the role of ligaments in a joint?
They act as breaks for the joints; they join bone to bone preventing abnormal movements of a joint
Type of ligaments found (3)?
- Collateral ligaments: on the side of the joint
- Cross ligament: They cross the joint prevent forward or backward movement (anterior and posterior)
- Lateral collateral: found on the outside of the joint of a joint
How to grade sprains (large vs small ligaments)?
First way: mild/moderate/severe
Larger ligaments: mild/moderate/severe
Smaller ligaments: The number of the ligament torn (1/2/3)
What is the etiology of a sprain?
Direct/indirect trauma causing stress on the sprain
Joint classification:
Synarthrotic (cranial bones): non-moveable
Amphiarthrotic (slightly moveable): vertebrae joints
Diarthrotic (freely moveable): synovial joints
Joint characteristics:
Ligaments, through of outside the joint Arterial supply Nerve supply Bursa: sac filled with fluid Ephyseal plate: at the end of a long bone Hyaline cartilage (articular cartilage) Meniscus
What are inert structures?
Ligaments, joint capsule, bone; there are no contractile properties
Muscle and tendon are contractile
Atheros refers to?
refers to a joint
Effusion define
Swelling within a joint with minimal to no bleeding
Edema
the swelling in the soft tissue usually with the absence of blood
Hemarthrosis
Bleeding and swelling within a joint
How to differentiate between a hemarthrosis and effusion?
Pop-swelling (immediately); effusion come later on
Hematoma
swelling and bleeding within soft tissue, organ, bone
Differentiating between edema and hematoma?
The discolouration is present in hematoma with the swelling; absent on edema (only swelling)