Health Care Skeletal Pt 2

Question 1

What’s ROM exercises for and who performs them

Answer 1

Maintain the health and function of the musculoskeletal system and physical therapist, nurse or other authorized person

Question 2

What’s the 6 problems of lack of movement

Answer 2

Mineral loss
Muscle and joint function 
Poor appetite 
Circulatory impairment 
Other problems 
Respiratory problem

Question 3

ROM
Active…..
Passive….

Answer 3

Active-performed by patient able to do ROM exercises by their self
Passive- another patient moves another patients joint who can’t

Question 4

Fibrous joints

Answer 4

Immovable
They are held together by strong, fibrous connective joint
An example could be sutures where cranial joints meet

Question 5

Synovial joints

Answer 5

Freely moveable which contains fluid

Ex.knees hips ankles wrists elbow shoulder

Question 6

Cartilaginous joints

Answer 6

Slightly moveable
It’s held together by cartilage and that allows some movement
Ex: joints between vertebrae

Question 7

Ball and socket joint

Answer 7

It’s a bone that has a ball shaped head and fits into the concave of he 2nd bone
Ex: shoulders and hips

Question 8

Hinge joints

Answer 8

The joint only moves in one direction or plane

Ex: knees phalanges elbows

Question 9

Pivot joints

Answer 9

It extends and then rotates on a 2nd arch shape

Ex: radius & ulna, atlas & axis

Question 10

Gliding joints

Answer 10

These joints have flat surfaces that glide on one another

Ex: carpals and tarsals

Question 11

Arthritis

Answer 11

Inflammation causes the pain

Stiff joints

Question 12

Rheumatoid arthritis

Answer 12

Autoimmune disease
Synovial membranes membranes attacked by immune system
Cartilage eventually erodes the bones
Joints are swollen painful and deformed
Affects wrists hands ankles knees and feet

Question 13

Osteoarthritis

Answer 13

Daily wear and tear on joints
Results from energy
Starts with cartilage and soon erodes the bones
Happens in spine hip hand and knee

Question 14

Diagnosis and treatment

Arthritis

Answer 14

Told by X-ray
Anti-inflammatory meds and analgesics (painkillers)
Low impact exercises
Rest

Question 15

Diagnosis and treatment

Rheumatoid arthritis

Answer 15

Steroids and injections into cortisone joints

Question 16

Diagnosis and treatment Osteoarthritis

Answer 16

Hylauronic acid injections into joints

HA is part of synovial fluid prevents friction, reduces inflammation, helps heal and maintain cartilage

Question 17

Aging

Answer 17

Bone denisty is lost 
Effects brittle bones 
Spine becomes shorter 
Intervertebral disks lose fluid 
Vertebrae loses minerals spinal column goes curved and compressed