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clinical skills Flashcards

1
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GALS exam structure

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screening questions. gait, arms, spine, legs.

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what are the screening questions for the GALS exam?

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manage stairs?

dressed by yourself?

current pain anywhere in joints/muscles?

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what to look for when assessing Gait in GALS exam?

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assess gait.

Inspect muscle bulk, symmetry,

inspect spine and iliac crests. Elbow and toes also

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what to look for when assessing arms in GALS exam?

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arm movements,

looks at hand both sides,

make fist, grip fingers, MCP’s, precision test

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what to look for when assessing legs in GALS exam?

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full flexion and extension of knees, feel for crepitus,

rotation of hip,

patellar tap,

look at feet and MTP’s

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what to look for when assessing spine in GALS

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tilt head to each side

touch toes with two fingers on back

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what must be done before starting every exam in MSK?

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Always adequate expose areas and check for pre-existing discomfort.
(plus intro, explain exam, consent, hands, ID )

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Hand exam sections

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look, feel, move

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what to look for in hand exam?

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deformity, skin, swelling, nails, muscle wasting

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what to feel for in hand exam

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warmth, MCP tenderness, bilaterally palpate swollen joints

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movement/special test of Hand exam

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make fist, finger squeeze, precision test, pick up coin, hold pen, power of pincer grip, hook (okay sign) grip

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spine exam: look for?

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behind - posture and scoliosis

side - kyphosis/lordosis

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spine exam: feel for?

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subclavicular LN/cervical rib,

spinous processes,

para-spinal muscles,

iliac crest height,

sacroiliac joints,

chest expansion

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spine exam: move

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C-spine 3 neck movements (up/down, side rotation, touch to ear)

L-spine 3 movements. (flex (schober’s test), extend, sides)

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knee exam: look

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limb alignment, quad/ham muscle bulk, popliteal fossa, Gait , local inspection of knee: erythema, skin, bruise, scars, hair changes, swelling

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knee exam: feel

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temperature, patella tendon, tibial tuberosity, joint lines, collateral ligaments. Pop fossa

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knee exam: move

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flexion active and passive

extension passive [+/- heel height testing for locked knee/suspected bucket handle tear])

Special Tests: Straight leg raise, effusion tests, patellar tests, Steinman’s test, collateral ligament test. Cruciate ligament test(ACL and PCL)

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hip exam: structure

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look standing up and walking. trendelenberg test. look, feel and move lying down

19
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hip exam: look for

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look at standing Quad/Ham/glut mass,

Gait,

Trendelenberg test,

lying on couch look for skin changes, scarring, bruising, hair changes, erthyema, attitidue of the limb, swelling over greater trochanter

20
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hip exam: feel

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up to greater trochanter and dow to mid-point of groin from iliac spine (sore indicate hip pathology)

tenderness on palpation of medial groin may indicate pubic rami #

21
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hip exam: move

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Thomas’ test,

flexion active and passive,

internal/external rotation passive,

abduction/adduction passive

limb lengths ture and apparent

22
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shoulder exam structure

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look [front, side,back and axilla]

feel

move

then decide if RC or instability

23
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shoulder exam: look

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Front= deltoid and trap bulk. Inspect sternoclavicular and acromoclavical joint, scars and deformity/assymtery.

Side = shoulder counter, sternoclavicular and acromoclavical.

Behind= supra and infraspinatus fossae in Scapula

Axilla

24
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shoulder exam feel

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sternoclavicular along clavical then acrominoclavucilar joint, then long head of biceps tendon and body and spine of scapula

25
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shoulder exam move

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external rotation, forward flexion, Abduction, internal rotation, scaula winging: chest = trapezium muscles supplied by spinal accessory nerve + waist = serratus anterior supplied by long thoracic nerve:

supraspinatus(examiner pushes down on forearms of thumb down arms ), infraspinatus (external roation against resistance), subscapularis (hand out against buttock)

26
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shoulder exam if suspect RC pathology/inpingement

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painful arc, Hawkins-,kennedy (bent elbow internally rotate arm) jobe’s (supraspinatus power), scarf test (push on elbow pain in acromialclavicular joint problem).

27
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shoulder exam if suspect instability

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subluaxtion/dislocation history.

Sulcus sign (pull downwards on arm humeral head sublaxes inferiorly),

ant.post drawer tests (try to displace anterior and posteriorly).

Ant and post aprhension test (rotate externally with flexed elbow and shoulder flexed push down on elbow.)

28
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when to suspect RC tear/impingement or shoulder instability

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instability = Hx of subluxation/dislocation

RC problem = stiffness/pain in shoulder

29
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why does painful Arc occur?

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RC tendon compressed subacromial space 80-150’ of abduction

30
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what does a straight leg raise confirm? (knee exam). How is it done?

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extensor mechanism is intact

ask to dorsifelx their ankle, lock knee and straight leg raise against resistance

31
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what are the two effusion tests in knee exam?

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medical gutter sweep (small effusion) or patellar tap (large effusion)

do one of the other NOT BOTH - if visible to naked eye then do patellar tap

32
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what are the patellar tests and what do they indicate if positive.

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patellar aphernsion test - gently express lateralising force on patella (patellar instability due to subluxation/dislocation) - look at patient face for ‘aprehension.’

-patellar grind test (patello-femoral OA gives pain/discomfort)

33
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what is steinman’s test for

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meniscal provocation test (for acute meniscal tear)

knee at 45 degrees - take heel in hand and rotate away from affected side

34
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why and how to test collateral ligament?

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stress of medial (valgus) or lateral ligaments (varus). - tenderness suggests sprain on palation

Hang leg off bed at 20 degrees and put one way or the other

35
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how to test crucial ligament

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posterior drawer test (PCL) and Lachan’s test (ACL)

compare to knees at 45 degrees then sit on foot and exert posterior force to tibia. tibia sits back in relation to femoral condyles to called posterior sag (looks sunken). Then move back to look normal.

lachman’s raise to 20 degrees with thumb over tibial tuberosity and lift tibial anteriorly while posterior pressure on femur. torn ACL gives laxity of this movement

36
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what does pain in joint line suggest if generalised in elderly or if localised in young

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elderly and genral - OA and degernative meincal tears (part of disease process )

young and localised suspect acute meniscal teat do Steinman’s

37
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what ankle, wrist, elbow exams

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38
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MSK inspection MARS

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muscle bulk, assymetry, redness, scaring/swelling

15021998-MSK (19 decks)

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