ECR Musculoskeletal PE Flashcards
What are the three types of synovial joints?
Spheroidal (ball and socket)
Hinge
Condylar
what are examples of spheroidal (ball and socket) joints?
shoulder, hip
What are examples of hinge joint?
Interphalangeal joints of hand and foot; elbow
What are examples of Condylar joints
Knee; temporomandiublar joint
What ligaments?
collagen fibrils that connect bone to bone
What are tendons
collagen fibers that connect muscle to bone
Whawt are common or concerning symptoms?
low back pain
neck pain
monoarticular or polyarticular joint pain
inflammatory or infectious joint pain
joing pain with systemic features such as fever, chills, rash, anorexia, weight loss, weakness
joint pain with symptoms from other organ systems
What are tips for assessing joint pain (3)
- ask patients to “point to pain” this may save time b/c pateint’s verbal description may be imprecise
- clarify and record the mechanism of injury, part. if there is a histry of trauma
- determine whether the pain is LOCALIZED or dffuse, acute or chronic, inflammatory or non inflammatory
Osteoarthritits
bone formation, nodules Wear and tear Post Traumatic Bony eburnation Asymmetric
Arthritis with Inflammation
Dolor Rubor Calor Tumor Morning stiffness and Gel (>30 mins swollen or stiffness
Causes for Acute Inflammatory arhtitis
Gout
Pseudogout
Trauma
Infection
Types of inflammatory arthropathies
RA
symmetric, systemic
Spondylaoarthropathy
psoriatic, ankylosing, inflammatory bowel associated, reactive
What is Sausage-toe Spondyloarthritis
inflammatory arthritis
What is ankylosing spondylitis?
Ankylosing spondylitis is a long-term disease that involves inflammation of the joints between the spinal bones, and the joints between the spine and pelvis.
These joints become swollen and inflamed. Over time, the affected spinal bones join together.
What are examples of connective tissue diseases
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Scleroderma
Vasculits
