Lab Practical 1 Flashcards
Introduction upon entering the room. 5 steps:
- Handwashing
- Student Doctor introduction (student doctor Ukoefreso, she/her)
- Ask preferred name and pronouns
- Explanation of OMT in layman terms (what does OMT stand for, how is it used)
- Obtain consent for evaluation AND treatment
Anterior Postural Exam Landmarks (6)
- Neck muscle mass
- Shoulder heights (acromion process)
- Fingertip heights
- Pectus
- Costal arches
- Knees
Posterior Postural Examination Landmarks (6)
- Mastoid process
- Shoulder heights
- Thorax-scoliosis
- Popliteal fossa
- Popliteal fossa line angles
- Feet
Lateral Postural Examination Landmarks
Mid-gravitational line: external auditory meatus, acromion, lateral mallelous
- Cervical lordosis
- Thoracic kyphosis
- Lumbar lordosis
Neck muscle mass: which postural exam, what are its associated terms/what are you looking for
Anterior postural exam
Symmetric
Prominence (L/R)
Shoulder heights: postural exam, associated terms/what you’re looking for
Anterior postural exam: Acromion process, symmetric, inferior/superior (L/R)
Posterior postural exam: symmetric, inferior/superior
Fingertip heights: postural exam, associated terms/looking for what
Anterior postural exam
Symmetric
superior/inferior (L/R)
Pectus: postural exam, associated terms/looking for what
Anterior Postural: Normal, carinatum (outward), excavatum (inward)
Lateral Postural: Symmetric, carinatum, excavatum
Costal arches: postural exam, associated terms/looking for what
Anterior postural exam
Normal
Prominence (L/R)
Knees: postural exam, associated terms/looking for what
Anterior postural exam
Normal
Valgus (knock-kneed) versus Varus (bow-legged)
Lateral postural exam
Symmetric
Recurvatum (hyperextension of knee)
Mastoid process: postural exam, associated terms/looking for what
Posterior postural exam,
Symmetric
Superior/Inferior (L/R)
Thorax-scoliosis: postural exam, associated terms/looking for what
Posterior postural exam (something similar in lateral but not quite this)
Symmetrical
LEVOscoliosis (spine to the left, body to the right–usually lumbar)
DEXTROscoliosis (spine to the right, body to the left–usually thoracic)
Popliteal fossa: postural exam, associated terms/looking for what
Posterior postural exam
Symmetrical
Superior/Inferior
Line angles (symmetricity)
Feet: postural exam, associated terms/looking for what
posterior postural
Symmetrical
Inversion/Eversion
Position of head: postural exam, associated terms/looking for what
Lateral exam
Symmetric
Anterior/Posterior