Lecture 5: Tissue Types and Healing Flashcards
Why don’t we use the term acute anymore?
B/c all injuries are technically acute because something initiates them
Chronic injury
At some point, if injuries don’t heal, they are called chronic
Traumatic injuries
aka acute
- occur SUDDENLY and have a clearly DEFINED cause or ONSET (know exactly then it happened)
- occur when tissue loading is enough to cause sudden IRREVERSIBLE deformation of the tissue
- usually in high speed sports with or without contact
Overuse injuries
- occur slowly over time (secondary to repetitive movement)
- repeated overloading can accumulate over time to exceed tissue threshold (even if individual incidences don’t cause injury)
- in aerobic sports that need long training schedules or in technical sports where a movement is repeated many times
Extrinsic/External Injury Factors
- makes us SUSCEPTIBLE
- originating outside the anatomical limits of tissue/person
- ex. increased training duration, increase in FITT, not enough rest, inappropriate shoes, field conditions
Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Factors
Not enough rest
Extrinsic – could be due to practice too much or too much school
Intrinsic/Internal Injury Factors
- PREDISPOSES us to injury
- belonging to or lying within a given part person/tissue
- ex. flat feet, knee alignment, tight hamstrings
Muscle Characteristics
- contractile tissue with main function to generate power
- well vascularized = good O2 and nutrients; good for healing; bleeds lots
What structures are affected by strains?
Muscle
What structures are affected by contusions?
Muscle
Bone
Cartilage
What structures are affected by sprains?
Ligaments
What structures are affected by ruptures?
Muscle
Ligament
Tendon
What structures are affected by lacerations?
Muscle
Ligament
Tendon
What structures are affected by fractures?
Bones
What structures are affected by tendonosis/itis?
Tendons
Things to consider with strains
- % of fibres torn
- ability to move through range - stretch
- Oxford Scale (strength generated out of 5)
- pain – sometimes more is better (no pain could mean worse tear)
Oxford Scale
Grading Muscle STRENGTH
Out of 5
Oxford Scale
Grade 5
Normal
- Full strength
- can resist throughout available range compared to other side
Oxford Scale
Grade 4
Good
Near full strength through available range when compared to other side
Oxford Scale
Grade 3
FAIR
Full R.O.M against gravity only
- can’t take any resistance
Oxford Scale
Grade 2
Poor
Can complete full available range with GRAVITY ELIMINATED
- to eliminate gravity: change plane of movement (ex. biceps - go lateral to medial instead of up and down)
Oxford Scale
Grade 1
Trace
Able to palpate (feel) muscle contraction when patient tries to contract
Oxford Scale
Grade 0
Nothing happens when patient tries to contract
Isometric Contraction
muscle contraction where length of muscle is CONSTANT
Concentric Contraction
muscle SHORTENS while contracting against resistance
Eccentric Contraction
muscle LENGTHENES while contracting against resistance
- greater risk of injury
How do muscle injuries generally happen?
- Distension (strains/pulled muscle)
- Direct trauma (contusion/laceration)
Muscle strains
- usually happen at musculotendinous junction
- more common in 2 jt. msucle (sart
- strains happen due to forcible stretching of a muscle (either passively or when muscle is activated)
- active contraction + passive stretch = STRAIN
Ecchymosis
Bruising from strains (b/c muscle is well vascularized)
Grade I Strain
- usually 10-20% of muscle fibres torn/stretched
- near full ROM w/ some discomfort near the end
- good strength (4-5 on Oxford scale)
- slight pain/discomfort
- no palpable divot
Grade II Strain
- usually 20-80% of fibres torn
- significant DECREASE in ROM with discomfort near end
- poor strength (50% or 2-3 on Oxford scale)
- significant pain/discomfort
- can have palpable divot
Grade III Strain
- 80%+ of fibres torn to complete rupture
- Poor range of motion
- Poor strength (0-1 on Oxford scale)
- variable pain (complete rupture = no tension on muscle = no pain b/c no attachment)
- initial pain
- large gap or muscle retraction