Exam 3 - MSK Flashcards
Tremors, pill-rolling, masked facial expression, muscular rigidity, shuffling gait, slow slurred speech are all signs of what disease?
Parkinson’s disease
The Lachman test is done to check for what?
ACL injury or tear
The anterior drawer is a physical examination that tests for what?
test the stability of the knee’s (ACL).
The posterior drawer test is used to assess what?
to assess the function of the PCL (in the knee)
Symmetrical polyarthritis of the small joints causing morning stiffness lasting hours.
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Deep, aching pain with use of joint, progressive. Stiffness/gelling after rest, lasts 15-30 mins, crepitus with motion, bony enlargement
Osteoarthritis
symmetrical polyarthritis, deformities are correctable, Malar rash, proteinuria, anemia
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
back pain worse in morning and improves with exercise, onset before 45, morning stiffness, inflammation of tendon/ligament insertion sites especially Achilles
Ankylosing Spondylitis
pain/stiffness in proximal muscles of shoulders, neck, hips. Somewhat acute onset, usually symmetrical, may have fever, malaise
Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Limp, knee pain, worse with activity. Self-limiting. Common in boys 9-15 y/o
Osgood-Schlatter
Painless limp, loss of abduction and internal rotation, decreased ROM, may have pain in thigh or knee
Legg-Calve Perthes
What type of movement do you assess for the elbow joint?
Flexion
extension
What type of movement do you assess for the knee joint?
Flexion
extension
What type of movement do you assess for the hip joint?
flexion extension abduction adduction rotation circumduction
What type of movement do you assess for the shoulder joint?
flexion extension abduction adduction rotation circumduction
