Day 1-4/24 Flashcards
Free Nerve Endings:
Location
Sensitivity
Dsitribution
Joint capsule, ligaments, synovium, fat pads
Mechanical stress, noxious mechanical or chemical stimuli
All joints
Pacinican Corpuscles:
Location
Sensitivity
Dsitribution
Fibrous layer of joint capsule
High frequency vibration, acceleration, high velocity changes in joint position
All joints
Ruffini Endings:
Location
Sensitivity
Dsitribution
Fibrous layer of joint capsule
Stretching of joint capsule
Greater in proximal joints
Golgi Ligament Endings:
Location
Sensitivity
Distribution
Ligaments, adjacent to ligaments bony attachment
Tension or stretch on ligaments
Majority of joints
Golgi-Mazzoni Corpuscles:
Location
Sensitivity
Distribution
Joint capsules
Compression of joint capsule
Knee joint
Open packed GH joint
55 deg abduction, 30 deg horizontal add
Closed packed GH joint
Abduction and lateral rotation
Capsular pattern GH joint
Lateral rotation, abduction, medial rotation
Open packed SC joint
Arm resting at side
Closed packed SC joint
Full shoulder elevation
Capsular pattern SC joint
Pain @ extreme end ranges of motion
Open packed AC joint
Arm resting at side
Closed packed AC joint
90 deg of abd
Capsular pattern AC joint
Pain @ extreme end ranges of motion
Open packed radiohumeral joint
Full extension, supination
Closed packed radiohumeral joint
90 deg elbow flexion, 5 deg supination