Final 2016 Flashcards
On initial opening, the mandible usually deviates away from the side that is _____.
Hypermobile
Tight hypertonic jaw musculature on the right would produce which of the following listings?
Posterior-Superior mandible, on Left
When the modified diversified pisiform move is performed, the joints most effected are likely to be ____.
Between the contacted bone and the segment above.
A patient with chronic thoracic pain is found to have a large intersegmental rotational malposition at the T8-T9 level, with T8 spinous left compared to T9. Which is the most indicated move?
Prone staggered contact, right hand more cephalad
In torticollis (both subclinical and obvious), there is usually a very tender ____ point ____ the side of pain.
Supraclavicular; opposite
In light of intense public scrutiny as to whether cervical manipulation can cause vertebral artery damage, an enlightened chiropractor ____.
Minimizes rotation in the thrust
In order to do so, the instructor has recommended that the travel distance for the patient’s jaw during the modified rotary break of the upper cervical spine should be approximately ____.
1”
Which of the following is the normal coupling pattern for upper cervical movement?
Lateral bending is associated with contralateral body rotation
A patient is restricted in left lateral flexion between T5 and T7. He is also hyperkyphotic. Which is the most indicated move?
Patient prone, prestressed in left lateral bending
Costers Syndrome is a synonym for which of the following disorders?
Temperomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome
A patient has right body rotation and right lateral flexion restriction at C2. Which is the most indicated move?
Modified Rotary Break - Right
A patient has spinous process rotation to the right, and is restriction in right lateral flexion at C5. Which of the following is the most indicated move?
Anterior cervical
A patient with thoracic hyperkyphosis is to be adjusted at the T8 level. Which position is optimal?
Prone
The traditional modified rotary break applied to a lower cervical motor unit _____.
Creates an abnormal coupling pattern
It has been suggested that this setup _____ so that ____.
locks out most movement; there is more specificity
In the modified rotary break, the audibles that typically result are produced ___.
Contralateral to the contact hand
In performing the supine anterior weight bearing move using a dorsal fulcrum, care should be taken to ____.
take a BROAD contact with the flats of the hands on the pectoral area
In cases of cervicobrachialgia there appears to be more risk of exacerbating the patient’s condition ____.
in performing a MRB opposite the side of arm pain. (*Recall his in class story about the study)
A straight P to A thrust through the “plane line of the disk” in the lower cervical and upper thoracic spine ____.
mostly compresses the facets.
A patient with severe thoracic pain has the spinous processes of T9 and above to the right of the spinous processes of T6 and below. Which of the following is the most likely explanation?
Intersegmental rotation of T5/T6
A patient presents with a left convex thoracic spine. The doctor may “close the wedges” on the setup by ____.
deviating the pelvic and shoulder girdles to the left
In anterior cervical syndrome, which of the following is suggested as clinical guidelines?
Occiput cervical …..?
