Midterm Flashcards
What is a primary injury?
• Results directly from the initial, immediate trauma associated with a particular mechanism of insult
What are the types of primary injury (3)?
- Direct or Extrinsic. Trauma occurs at point of impact where the force meets the body. Ex: contusion from a direct force
- Indirect or intrinsic. A force meets the body in such a way that energy is transmitted to another part of the body where the trauma is concentrated and the injury occurs. Ex: dislocated shoulder from falling on an outstretched hand
- Overuse injury. Acute repetitive friction, Chronic repetitive microtrauma
What is a secondary injury?
• Additional injury that occurs as a result of the primary injury.
What are the types of secondary injury?
- Short-term. Results from the sequelae of injury, if not managed properly. Affects injured ells on periphery of the primary lesion
- Long-term. Over time may lead to degenerative conditions. Increases total quantity of tissue damage. Potentially increases healing time
What is a secondary enzymatic injury?
• Lysosomes release enzymes (not specifically identified, perhaps phospholipases and acid hydrolases), which damage surrounding cells (cleave hydrocarbon chains from membrane phospholipids), and cell membrane loses integrity and polarity (swelling, cell death)
What is secondary hypoxic/ischemic injury?
• Thought by some to be more important than enzymatic injury. Failure of vasculature to supply enough blood (=ischemia). Vascular and inflammatory changes cause a period of hypoxia, causing a shift to anaerobic metabolism. Eventually there is inability to produce adequate ATP, failure of membrane ion pumps, swelling, cell death
Why does ischemia arise in secondary injury?
• Damaged blood vessels; hemostasis/clotting; inflammation induced hemoconcentration; thicker blood does not flow as well; increased extravascular pressure from expanding hematoma; pain induced muscle spasm; swelling of injured cells
What physiological problems does ischemia cause?
• 3 things. Hypoxia. Inadequate supply of nutrients(glucose, etc); inadequate removal of waste
What is tension?
• A force that pulls tissues (e.g muscle-tendon injuries); results in strain, cramp
What is compression?
• A forceful blow to tissues; results in contusion , fracture
What is shearing?
• A force that moves parallel to the tissues; Ex: vertebral disc injuries
What is torsion?
• A twisting or turning force; an end of an object is twisted in one direction and the other end is stabilized or twisted in the opposite direction
What is bending?
• A horizontal force causing the tissue to bend or strain; Ex: a spiral fracture or greenstick fracture
What is stretching?
• The elongation of tissue (e.g ligaments); Ex: strain, sprain
What do tendons resist?
• Tensile force
What do bones resist?
• Compressive force
What do ligaments resist?
• Tensile force
What do discs resist?
• Tension, compressive, shear and torsion forces
What is a bruise?
• Compression that causes bleeding under the skin
What is a contusion?
• An acute compression causing hemorrhage of a muscle tissue
What are muscle cramps?
• Acute painful involuntary muscle contraction caused by dehydration or an electrolyte imbalance
What is a muscle spasm?
• A reflex muscle contraction caused by acute trauma; serves to protect or guard an area
What is muscle hypertonicity?
• Increased activity of an otherwise normal muscle; no nerve or muscle pathology is present, but the resting tone of the muscle is greater than normal; may cause muscle imbalance with an inhibited/weak antagonist muscle
What is muscle spasticity?
• Increase in muscle tone at rest; characterized by increased resistance to passive stretch, exaggerated deep tendon reflexes and possibly clonus; the result of an Upper Motor Neuron Lesion (UMNL)