MIDTERM Flashcards
What grade WHIPLASH
No Physical Signs
GRADE 1
What grade WHIPLASH
Musculoskeletal signs
Grade 2
What grade WHIPLASH
Neurological Signs
Grade 3
What grade WHIPLASH
Fracture or dislocation
NOT WHIPLASH
Grade 4
What STAGE of Whiplash?
Flexion of C-spine
Stage 1
What STAGE of Whiplash?
S-Shaped C Spine
Stage 2
What STAGE of Whiplash?
Hyperextension
Stage 3
Stage 4 = HyperFLEXION
What would you expect to find on an X-Ray/CT scan for a patient with WHIPLASH?
LOSS OF LORDOSIS “military neck”
Prevertebral edema
Swelling of alar and transverse ligaments
What are NERVE results of whiplash injury?
Occipital headaches, blurred vision, diminished reflexes, paresthesias, proprioception issues
ACUTE Stage Treatment for Whiplash Injury
moderate-severe ROM limitation, warm “boggy” tissue, echymosis
Ice
Rest
Cervical Collar
NSAIDS
**AVOID DIRECT TECHNIQUES **
INDIRECT, lymphaic
When do you perform HVLA when treating someone with CHRONIC stage WHIPLASH injury?
NO HVLA (1 week to 1 month)
HVLA can be done when >1 month
Which cervical disc RESISTS COMPRESSION and which RESISTS TENSILE LOADS?
NUCLEUS PULPOSIS = RESISTS COMPRESSION
ANNULUS FIBROSIS = RESISTS TENSILE LOADS
Which cervical spine muscle is responsible for:
SB same side
Rotate opposite side
Bilateral Contraction flexes neck
STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID (SCM)
Which cervical spine muscle is responsible for:
SB same side
bilateral contraction FLEXES neck
SCALENES
Which cervical spine muscle is responsible for:
SB Same side
Bilateral contraction EXTENDS neck
TRAPEZIUS
Which cervical spine muscle is responsible for:
Rotate same side
SPLENIUS
Which cervical spine muscle is responsible for:
NECK EXTENSION
Semispinalis
Usual presentation for congenital muscuklar torticollis?
Tx = physical therapy and stretching excercises
Lateral Neck Flexion (same side)
Neck Rotation (opposite side)
is sustained –> plagiocephaly = flattening on side of curvature
Ocular Torticollis is usually due to ..
CN 4 (trochlear) or CN 6 (abducens) palsy
Present around 9 mo – child tilts head toward unaffected side of muscle/nerve dysfunction
Common presentation = child unable to see after getting up
Juvenile RA –>
AA subluxation
What type of TORTICOLLIS is resistant to all treatments?
Neurologic Torticollis
involuntary contraction of cervical muscles – twisting and reptitive head movements and postures
Spasmodic Torticollis
HALLMARK of Acute Torticollis
sudden onset – usually in morning with no hx of trauma
Acute Side-bending
TX = Botox A – temp. inhibits overactive neck muscles
Which type of torticollis is usually a symptom of an underlying medical condition or injury?
Acquired Torticollis
Which type of torticollis is characterized by involuntary twisting movements of the neck?
Cervical Dystonia
unilateral throbbing headache with assoc. nausea and visual changes =
MIGRANE
type of headache
pain is described as a SQUEEZING BAND
Tension Type
cause of headache
Sudden onset of severe headache with neurologic signs
“Worst headache of my life” or “thunderclap” headache
Hemorrhage (SUBARACHNOID)
- superficial temporary artery vasculitis
- Presentation: Age >50 , elevated ESR, pain worsening if stopping or lying flat
assoc. fever , weight loss, night sweats, joint pain
Temporal Arteritis
WARNING SIGNS – HEADACHES
- Abrupt onset of pain < 1 week or sudden change in pattern
- Stiff Neck
- Altered conscciousness
- Neurologic deficit
- Progressively worsening
- Vomiting precedes headache
- new onset in patients over 50
- Abrupt onset of pain < 1 week or sudden change in pattern
- Stiff Neck
- Altered conscciousness
- Neurologic deficit
- Progressively worsening
- Vomiting precedes headache
- new onset in patients over 50
vascular dilations in the cerebral arteries – circle of willis
oculomotor is affected –> dilation of the pupils
Berry Aneurysm
Pathophysiology
typically vascular in origin, increased contraction leads to low oxygen levels in that area dropping level of serotonin
LOW SEROTONIN –>
MIGRAINE
Migraine with or without AURA?
Sx: Scintillating Scotoma = visual disturbance
Ascending paresthesia
Weakness
Aphasia
MIGRAINE WITH AURA
migranes WITHOUT AURA affect what location
Frontal or Periorbital
What is the most common adult headache?
typically in women
TENSION headaches