LAB MIDTERM MATERIAL Flashcards
Abbott-Saunders Test
( + ) Audible or palpable click
( i ) Subluxation or dislocation of the biceps tendon due to a rupture of transverse ligament or tendon subluxation beneath the subscapularis muscle belly
Foraminal Compression
a. ( + ) Exacerbation of localized cervical pain
a. ( i ) Foraminal encroachment or facet pathology without nerve root compression
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b. ( + ) Exacerbation of cervical pain with a radicular element
b. ( i ) Foraminal encroachment or facet pathology with nerve root compression
Cervical Distraction
a. ( + ) Diminished or absence of local pain
a. ( i ) Foraminal encroachment
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b. ( + ) Diminished or absence of radicular pain
b. ( i ) Nerve root compression
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c. ( + ) Increase in cervical pain
c. ( i ) Muscular strain, ligamentous sprain, myospasm, facet capsulitis
O’Donoghue Maneuver
Wrist and Hand
Wrist Flexion - 80°
Wrist Extension - 70°
Wrist Ulnar Deviation - 30°
Wrist Radial Deviation - 20°
( + ) Pain during passive range of motion
( i ) Ligamentous sprain
( + ) Pain during active range of motion
( i ) Muscle or tendon strain
Wrist and Hand ROM
Flexion 80°
Extension 70°
Ulnar deviation 30°
Radial deviation 20°
Finger Abduction
Finger Adduction
Thumb Flexion
Thumb Extension
Finger Flexion
Finger Extension
Finger Opposition
Shoulder Bony Palpation
sternoclavicular articulation
clavicle
acromioclavicular articulation
acromion process
spine of the scapula
body of the scapula
scapulothroacic articulation
coracoid process
greater tuberosity
bicipital groove
lesser tuberosity
O’Donoghue Maneuver
Elbow
Elbow Flexion - 150°
Elbow Extension - 0°
Forearm Supination - 80°
Forearm Pronation - 80°
( + ) Pain during passive range of motion
( i ) Ligamentous sprain
( + ) Pain during active range of motion
( i ) Muscle or tendon strain
Golfer’s Elbow Test
( + ) Pain over the medial epicondyle
( i ) Medial Epicondylitis (Golfer’s Elbow)
Impingement Sign
( + ) Pain in the shoulder
( i ) Overuse injury to the supraspinatus and possibly biceps tendon
Elbow Bony Palpation
medial epicondyle
groove for the ulnar nerve
trochlea
olecranon
olecranon fossa
lateral epicondyle
radial head
lateral supracondylar line of the humerus
medial supracondylar line of the humerus
Tinel Elbow Sign
*Introduce patient to reflex hammer, ask permission to proceed
( + ) Pain and/or tenderness at the site being tapped with paresthesia in the ulnar nerve distribution area, digits 4 and 5
( i ) Neuroma of the ulnar nerve
Valsalva Maneuver
( + ) radiating pain from the site of lesion, usually recreating the complaint in cervical or lumbar spine
( i ) space occupying lesion, possible disc pathology
Cervical Spine ROM
Flexion - 50°
Extension - 60°
Lateral Flexion/Bending (L/R) - 45°
Rotation (L/R) - 80°
Finkelstein Test
( + ) Pain distal to the radial styloid process
( i ) Stenosing tenosynovitis of the abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis tendons (DeQuervain’s Disease)
Mills Test
(Mills Maneuver/Evans)
( + ) Pain over the lateral epicondyle
( i ) Lateral epicondylitis (Tennis Elbow)
Phalen Sign
Patient would hold this position for 60 seconds or until the point of pain. 58, 59, 60…
( + ) Reproduction of pain, tenderness and/or paresthesia in the median nerve distribution area (thumb, 2nd, 3rd and lateral half of 4th digits)
( i ) Median neuritis, possibly Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Shoulder Depression Test
a. ( + ) Localized pain on the side being tested
a. ( i ) Dural sleeve adhesion, and muscular adhesion or contracture, or spasm, or ligamentous injury
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b. ( + ) Radiating pain on side being tested
b. ( i ) Neurovascular bundle compression, dural sleeve adhesions or Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
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c. ( + ) Radicular pain on opposite side being tested
c. ( i ) Foraminal encroachment with nerve root compression
Tinel Wrist Sign
*Introduce patient to reflex hammer, ask permission to proceed
( + ) Reproduction of pain, tenderness and/or paresthesia in the median nerve distribution area (thumb, 2nd, 3rd and lateral half of 4th digits)
( i ) Median neuritis, possibly Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Lateral Collateral Ligament Test
(Adduction Stress Test)
( + ) Excessive gapping and pain
( i ) Lateral collateral ligament instability