GALS

Question 1

What screening questions should be asked at the start of the GALS exam?

Answer 1

Do you have any current joint pain?
Can you walk up and down stairs without any difficulty?
Can you get dressed without any difficulty?

Question 2

What could a high stepping gait indicate?

Answer 2

Foot drop

Question 3

What could tenderness on an MCP or MTP squeeze indicate?

Answer 3

Inflammatory arthropathy

Question 4

What could hyperlordosis of the cervical or lumbar spine indicate?

Answer 4

Spondylolithesis

Question 5

What could loss of lumbar lordosis indicate?

Answer 5

Compression fractures

Ankylosing spondylitis

Question 6

What could a low arch profile indicate?

Answer 6

Pes planus - flat feet

Question 7

What could a high arch profile indicate?

Answer 7

Pes cavus

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

Question 8

What could a pelvic tilt indicate?

Answer 8

Hip abductor weakness

Question 9

What could wasting of gluteal muscles indicate?

Answer 9

Reduced mobility