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1
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What is a differential diagnosis?

A

Systematic process used to identify the most probably dx from a set of possible competing diagnosses

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When does a differential diagnosis begin?

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In the hx with a working dx

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What does the differential diagnosis direct?

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The POC

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4
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What should we do when we begin our examination?

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Obtain informed consent

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5
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What should we know about informed consent?

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Specific
benefits and risks
offer options
full understanding

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What does a history provide us with?

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A mutual patient focused relationship

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7
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What should our history questioning begin with?

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Open ended questions

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8
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When should we use closed ended questions in our history?

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To clarify and verify

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9
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What kind of questions do we not want in our history?

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Leading questions

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10
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What does SINSS stand for?

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Severity
Irritability
Nature
Stage
Stability

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11
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Why do we use SINSS?

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Helps determine the vigor and extent of physical exam and intervention as well as prognosis

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12
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What is minimal severity?

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0-3/10
intermittent pain/limitation/medication

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13
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What is moderate severity?

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4-7/10
Intermittent and constant pain/limitaiton/medication

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14
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What is maximal severity?

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8-10/10
constant pain/limitation/severity

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15
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What about sleep are we concerned with?

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If it is interrupted, influence of positional changes

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16
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What do we need to know about medications and supplements?

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Dosage - OTC or precription
Frequency
Results

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17
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What is minimal irritability?

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Easing > aggravating activities
Easier relief and slower aggravation

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18
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What is moderate irritability?

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Easing = aggravating activities
Similar relief and aggravation timing

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19
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What is maximal irritability?

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Aggravating > easing activities
Easier aggravation and slower relief

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20
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What is a mechanical issue?

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Symptoms respond to movement

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21
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What is a non-mechanical issue?

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Symptoms do NOT respond to movement - RED FLAG

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22
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What is nociceptive pain?

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MSK or viscerogenic
vague, dull, achy

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23
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What is neuropathic pain?

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Nervous tissue compromised
paresthesias and/or numbness

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24
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What is nociplastic pain?

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Mismatched and heightened pain perception

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25
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pain that is inflammatory is ….?

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sharp

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26
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What do patient characteristics such as psychological factors influence?

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pain perception

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27
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What is a suspicious MSK red flag S&S?

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unwillingness to move or splinting after trauma

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28
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What qualifies a condition as being acute?

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less than 3 weeks

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29
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What qualifies a condition as being sub-acute?

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3-6 weeks

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30
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What qualifies a condition as persistent?

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More than 6 weeks

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31
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What is high sensitivity better at?

A

RULING OUT

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32
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What parts of the social history should we be concerned with?

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Smoking
alcohol
drugs
work

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33
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When does observation happen?

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From introduction through intervention

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34
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What may we observe during conversation?

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Slurred speech, hoarseness

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35
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What are some structural characteristics we may observe during observation?

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Body type, postures, swelling, skin markings, hair quality, asymmetries, othotics, etc.

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36
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What is a red flag that we may see during observation?

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deformity after trauma

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37
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What is our general assessment?

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Scan or screen

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38
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What is a biomechanical exam?

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Greater detailed assessment based on scan findings

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39
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What are symptoms?

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Reported by/for the patient

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40
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What are signs?

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Objective; measured by the clinician

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41
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Can symptoms be present without signs or impairments?

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Yes

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42
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What are the 5 purposed of a scan?

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  1. assess for red flag S&S
  2. assess neuro status
  3. determine if symptoms are referred or radicular
  4. assess severity of condition
  5. identify need for more in-depth biomechanical exam
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43
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What does active ROM assess?

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Willingness to move, ROM, integrity of contractile and inert tissues, pattern of restriction, quality of motion, and symptom reproduction

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44
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What does passive ROM assess?

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Integrity of inert and contractile tissues, ROM, end feel, and sensitivity

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45
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What does resisted testing assess?

A

Integrity of contractile tissues

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46
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What does stress testing assess?

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Integrity of inert tissues

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47
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What does neurologic testing assess?

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Nerve conduction

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48
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What should we scan first without recent trauma?

A

spine first

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49
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What do we scan first with recent trauma?

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involved areas first

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50
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What is the purpose of selective tissue tension testing?

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discerning contractile from non-contractile tissue integrity

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51
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What are contractile tissues?

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muscles
tendons
fascia

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52
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What are non-contractile tissues?

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everything else such as cartilage, bones and ligaments

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53
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What are the 3 components of a STTT?

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A/Prom with overpressure
combined motions
Resisted testing

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54
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What do we observe with ROM?

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Quantity and quality

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55
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What is WNL ROM?

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full, pain free, coordinated motion and smooth curves

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56
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What does aberrant motion indicate?

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joint hypermobility/instability

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57
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What do sharp curves or fulcrums in the spine indicate?

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Impaired motions

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58
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Full quantity of ROM is not always synonymous with …

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Normal or efficient motion

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59
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What are essential or basic ADLs?

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Walking, reaching, squatting, bending, turning, etc.

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60
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What are some higher level ADLs?

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Lifting, throwing, jumping, running, etc.

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61
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What does improved pain/function with repetitive tests indicate?

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Possible inhibited muscle, disc injury, etc.

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62
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What does worse pain/function with repetitive tests indicate?

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Acute injury/irritation

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63
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What can a inhibited muscle be due to?

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Pain
swelling
disuse/immobilization
joint laxity

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64
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What is an end feel?

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What the clinician feels at the end of a movement

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65
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What type of tissue is indicated if the same pain occurs in the same direction of AROM and PROM?

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Non-contractile tissue

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66
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What type of tissue is indicated if PROM is similarly restricted as AROM in the same direction?

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Hypomobility, protective guarding or a shortened muscle

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67
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What is indicated by PROM being significantly greater than AROM in the same direction?

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Hypermobility/instability

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68
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When should we perform combined motion?

A

If uniplanar motions don’t provide much if any guiding information

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69
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What kind of motions are combined motions usually??

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Circumductions

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70
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What does a consistent block indicate?

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Hypomobility so follow up with accessory motion tests

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71
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What does an inconsistent block or crepitus indicate?

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Hypermobility/Instability so follow up with stability tests

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72
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What does opposing spinal quadrants being consistently blocked indicate?

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A fibrotic joint so follow up with accessory motion tests

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73
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How long do we hold manual muscle tests?

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At least 3 seconds

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74
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What would strong and painful resisted testing indicate?

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Mild injury

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75
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What does weak and painful resisted testing indicate?

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Acute, moderate to severe injury

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76
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What does a painless and strong resisted testing indicate?

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Normal

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77
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What does weak and painless resisted testing indicate?

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Neurological damage or chronic contractile rupture

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78
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What do symptoms upon release of resisted testing indicate?

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Non contractile tissue

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79
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What do multiple planes of weakness at one joint with resisted testing indicate?

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Severe injury

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80
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What do multiple joint of weakness indicate with resisted testing?

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Possible CNS issue

81
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What does weakness throughout a range and NOT just in mid range indicate with resisted testing?

A

Possible Pathology

82
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If resisted testing is weak and painful you can retest up to ___ times?

A

3

83
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When would we NOT perform stress tests?

A

If known damage, deformity, or fusion

84
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What does pain with the brief force with stress tests indicate?

A

Acute condition

85
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What would we find with stress tests that would indicate hypermobility?

A

Late, empty and or soft end feels
click clunk and/or spasm

86
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What does increased pain with distraction indicate?

A

Capsule ligament or annulus

87
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What does decreased pain with distraction indicate?

A

Joint surface tissues such as cartilage nucleus pulposus bone or spinal nerve involved

88
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What does decreased pain with compression indicate?

A

Capsule, ligament, or annulus involved

89
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What does increased pain with compression indicate?

A

Joint surface tissues such as cartilage nucleus pulposus bone or spinal nerve involved

90
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What does it mean if both distraction and compression produce pain?

A

Acute condition

91
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What are dematomes? What do they create?

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An area of skin sensation supplied by single segmental spinal nerves with considerable overlap, typically creates paresthesias

92
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What are cutaneous nerve distributions?

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An area of skin supplied by a peripheral nerve, more distinct boundary; typically creates numbness

93
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What is the first sensation lost?

A

Light touch

94
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If sensation with light touch is diminished, what do we do next?

A

Repeat for incrimination of either spinal nerve or cutaneous nerve pattern

95
Q

If both ligh and sharp touch are WNL but the patient has paresthesias, use the pinwheel to check for…

A

Hyperesthesias

96
Q

If loss of light touch check..

A

Vibration, 2 pt discrimination, and proprioception for possible dorsal column issue

97
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If loss of sharp touch check…

A

Temperature and crude touch for possible spinothalmic tract issue

98
Q

What are the grades for neuro tests?

A

0= absent
1= diminished
2= WNL
3= hyperesthesia

99
Q

What is deep tendon reflex?

A

Look from muscle spindle afferents to ventral horn efferents

100
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What are the grades of DTR neurological tests?

A

0= absent LMN condition
1+ = hyporeflexive; LMN consition
2+ = WNL
3+ = hyperreflexive; UMN condition
4+ clonus > than 3 beats; UMN condition

101
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What are myotomes?

A

key muscle or group of muscles innervated by single spinal nerve

102
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What do myotomes test for?

A

Fatiguing weakness

103
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How much conduction loss is needed before percievable fatiguing weakness?

A

80%

104
Q

What does dural mobility assess?

A

Sequential/progressive assessment of neural mechanosensitivity

105
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What are we looking for with dural mobility testing?

A

Reproduction of achy or sharp symptoms or paresthesias

106
Q

Slow growing tumors may cause dural mobility to be …

A

WNL - not much inflammation

107
Q

What is muscle tone for a LMN condition?

A

Decreased or flacid

108
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What is muscle tone for a UMN condition?

A

Increased or spastic

109
Q

What will a LMN do to the bowel and bladder?

A

Cause incontinence or leakage

110
Q

What will a UMN do to the bowel and bladder?

A

Spastic/retentive

111
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What are dematomes/myotomes findings for a LMN condition?

A

Often a single segment

112
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What are dermatomes/myotomes findings for a UMN condition?

A

Multi-segments diminished

113
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What are DTRs with LMN conditions?

A

Hypoactive

114
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What are DTRs with UMN condition?

A

Hyperactive

115
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What is accessory motion testing?

A

Involuntary joint surface motion: roll glide and spin

116
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When do we perform accessory motion?

A

If limited ROM and/or consistent block during combined motions

117
Q

Is it easier to pick up joint hypomobility than joint hypermobility?

A

Hypomobility

118
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What is PPM?

A

Passive Physiological Mobility - assessing glides with extremity osteokinematic

119
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What is PAM?

A

Passive accessory mobility - assessing glides without ostokinematics, more often performed in extremities

120
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What is PPIVM?

A

Passive Physiologic Intervertebral Mobility
- assessing glides with spinal osteokinematics

121
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What is PPAIVM?

A

Passive physiologic Accessory Intervertebral Mobility - assessing glides without osteokinematics

122
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What is joint hypomobility indicated by in accessory motion?

A
  • limited gliding
  • early, firmed end feell
123
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What is joint hypermobility/instability indicated by with accessory motion?

A
  • excessive gliding
  • later, softer, and/or empty end feel
  • click, clunk, spasm
124
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If accessory motion and ROM limited, then restriction is __________ or related to a joint restriction

A

Articular

125
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If accessory motion is WNL or excessive but ROM limited then restriction is _____________

A

Extraarticular

126
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What does accessory motion abnormality indicate?

A

Improper axis of joint motion and subsequent excessive stress on adjacent tissue

127
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What is a centrode?

A

Axis

128
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What does the centrode do?

A

Changes due to gliding and rolling

129
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What are special tests?

A

More precise than stress tests, may help to identify a more specific tissue, its integrity and assess progress

130
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Why are most special tests not “special”?

A

Fail to incriminate a tissue, make a dx, or determine an effective intervention as they clain

131
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What are provocative tests?

A

Identify tissues by the reproduction of tissues

132
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What do provocation assess the integrity of?

A

Non-contractile tissues

133
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What does segmental play assess for?

A

Excessive linear shearing or vertebra

134
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When do we perform provocative tests?

A

If excessive ROM and/or inconsistent block noted with combined motions

135
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How long do we hold provocative tests?

A

10 secs

136
Q

What position should we test stability in?

A

CPP

137
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What do muscle length tests help us determine?

A

Passive flexibility of muscles

138
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What is sensitivity or SNOUT?

A

so good at finding positives when the test is negative you can rule the tissue/condition OUT

139
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What is SNOUT good for?

A

Avoiding false negatives

140
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What is specificity or SPIN?

A

So good at finding negatives that when the test is positive you can rule the tissue/condition in

141
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What is the acceptable level for sensitivity and specificity?

A

~90%

142
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What does a likelihood ratio combine?

A

Sensitivity and specificity

143
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What is the likelihood ratio not affected by?

A

condition prevlanace

144
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What is a postive likelihood ration?

A

Likelihood of a positive test when a patietint has the condition - the higher the better

145
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What is a large likelihood shift?

A

> 10

146
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What is a moderate likelihood shift?

A

5-10

147
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What is a negative likelihood ratio?

A

Likelihood of a negative test when the patient does not have the condition; the lower the better

148
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What is a large likelihood shift?

A

<.1

149
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What is a moderate likelihood shift?

A

.1-.2

150
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What is MMT?

A

Typically mid-range with break test and dont let me move you commend

151
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What is the lengthened position in terms of MMT?

A

Passively insufficient position used to locate milder or grade I muscle strains that were not painful in mid-range

152
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Why do we test MMT in mid-range?

A

Muscle in strongest position

153
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When is the muscle in its weakest position?

A

when fully shortened

154
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When is a muscle in a position of passive insufficency?

A

Fully lengthened

155
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How long do we hold MMT?

A

At least 3 seconds

156
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Why do we hold MMT for 3 seconds?

A

To better assess neuromuscular adaptation capacity and NOT max strength

157
Q

What is MMT not good at finding?

A

Smaller deficits

158
Q

What does MMT tend to overestimate?

A

Strength

159
Q

Can MMT be used to predict function?

A

NO

160
Q

What does it mean when you have symptoms upon release with MMT?

A

Possible articular issue as glide is released when muscle relaxes

161
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What does it mean when you have multiple planes of weakness at one joint with MMT?

A

Possible acute and/or significant injury

162
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What does it mean when someone has multiple joint of weakness with MMT?

A

Possible CNS issue

163
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What does it mean when someone has weakness throughout a range in MMT?

A

Possible pathology

164
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What does it mean if with repetitive MMT the patient has improved pain / function?

A

Inhibited muscle and/or regional interdependance

165
Q

What does it mean if with repetitive test findings a patient has fatiguing weakness?

A

Decreased nerve conduction

166
Q

What does it mean if with repetitive tests of MMT a patient has a consistent weak force?

A

Deconditioned/torn muscle

167
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What does it mean if with repetitive MMT testing a patient has worse pain/function?

A

Acute injury/irritation

168
Q

How long should endurance holds be?

A

Solid for ~20 seconds

169
Q

What is muscle activation and endurance assessing?

A

stabilizing, postural and local muscles

170
Q

What does a warm temp with palpation indicate?

A

Acuity

171
Q

What does a cold temp with palpation indicate?

A

Poor circulation

172
Q

What does turgor and possible pain with skin rolling?

A

Dehydration or nociplastic pain

173
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What does watery swelling indicate?

A

Acuity

174
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What does thickness and pitting swelling indicate?

A

Chronicity

175
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What is hypertonicity of a muscle? What causes it?

A

Inhibited muscles that are overworked and protecting

176
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When is hypertonicity palpation not reliable?

A

in deeper spinal muscles

177
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What is TTP doing?

A

Localizing involved tissue or deformity such as a fracture or tear

178
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What are the grades of TTP?

A

0- none
I - mild
II- mod
III - severe
IC - hypersensitive

179
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What kind of diagnosis is rarely made clincally?

A

Absolute dx

180
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What is hypothetico-deductive reasoning?

A

methodical investigation of all data from multiple hypotheses

181
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What population uses hypothetico-deductive reasoninc?

A

More by PT students or when experienced clinicians don’t see a pattern

182
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Is hypothetico-deductive reasoning more analytic or intuitive?

A

Analytic and slower; deductive reasoning

183
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What is pattern recognition?

A

A recognizable set of signs and symptoms

184
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Who uses pattern recognition more?

A

Experienced physical therapists

185
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What is pattern recognition promoted by?

A

Clinical prediction rules

186
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Is pattern recognition more analytic or intuitive?

A

Intuitive and efficient; inductive reasoning

187
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When should we use both types of reasoining?

A

Always to some degree to reduce the error of the other

188
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What are short term goals?

A

Anticipated interim steps

189
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What are long term goals?

A

overall outcomes

190
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What is a prognosis?

A

Predicted level of function in a specified time

191
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What is prognosis based on?

A

Numerous + and - factors such as severity, PMH, age, time for tissue healing, etc.

192
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What guides the POC?

A

Prognosis

193
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What is minimal detectable change (MDC)?

A

Minimal change that exceeds measurement error

194
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What does MDC indicate?

A

Clinical relevance

195
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What is minimally clinically important difference (MCID)?

A

measures clinical relevance; more definitive measure of improvement

196
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What is EQ-5D?

A

commonly used generic instruments; captures quality of life from mobility, self-care, usual activity, pain, and anxiety/depression

197
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What is the Orebro MSK pain screening tool?

A

A tool designed specifically to facilitate clinical decision making

198
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What is the MSK patient reported outcome measures?

A

A tool that enables clinicians to quickly evaluate and monitor MSK health status using question s for each health domain

Fundamentals of MSK (2 decks)

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