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
Capsular pattern radiohumeral joint
Flexion, extension, supination, pronation
Open packed ulnohumeral joint
70 deg elbow flexion, 10 deg supination
Closed packed ulnohumeral joint
Extension
Capsular pattern ulnohumeral joint
Flexion, extension
Open packed proximal radioulnar joint
70 deg flexion, 35 deg supination
Closed packed proximal radioulnar joint
5 deg supination
Capsular pattern proximal radioulnar joint
Supination, pronation
Open packed radiocarpal joint
Neutral with slight ulnar deviation
Closed packed radiocarpal joint
Extension with radial deviation
Capsular pattern radiocarpal joint
Flex and ext equally limited
Open packed iliofemoral joint
30 deg flexion, 30 deg abd, slight lateral rotation
Closed packed iliofemoral joint
Full extension, medial rotation
Capsular pattern iliofemoral joint
Flexion, abduction, medial rotation (sometimes most limited)
Open packed tibiofemoral joint
25 deg knee flex
Closed packed tibiofemoral joint
Extension with tibial lateral rotation
Capsular pattern tibiofemoral joint
Flexion, extension
Open packed talocrural joint
10 deg PF, in between inversion/eversion
Closed packed talocrural joint
Max DF
Capsular pattern talocrural joint
PF, DF
Open packed subtalar joint
Midway between extremes of range of movement
Closed packed position subtalar joint
Supination
Capsular pattern subtalar joint
Limitation of varus range of movement
Open packed mid tarsal joint
Midway between extremes of range of movement
Closed packed position mid tarsal joint
Supination
Capsular pattern mid tarsal joint
Dorsiflexion, plantar flexion, adduction, medial rotation