Midterm Flashcards
What are the weak muscles in lower crossed syndrome?
"Bag me Deep" biceps femoris lower abs glute max multifidus deep erector spinae
What are the tight muscles in lower crossed syndrome?
PEAR Psoas erectors (superficial) adductors rectus femoris
What is looked at in modified Bierring Sorenson Test?
it checks extension, flexion, and lateral flexion of the trunk.
Normal should be that Extension is greater than flexion and lateral flexion.
What can be done with a patient who has better trunk flexion in the modified Biering Sorenson Test?
trunk extension exercises focusing on the deep lumbar erector spinae
What do you expect to find in a patient with a positive pushup test?
forward head
protracted shoulders
increased internal shoulder rotation
scapular winging or “tipping”
Your patient demonstrates a positive prone active straight leg raiser test with form disclosure dysfunction. Which of the following myofascial stabilizing systems is most likely involved?
posterior oblique system
Lats and gluts
What is form closure of a ASLR?
lateral - medial compression of SI joint
core stabilization with emphasis on posterior oblique (lats/gluts) and temporary application of pelvic (trochanteric) belt
What are the goals of the assessment of spinal stability?
loss of stability
loss of motor control
loss of aberrant motor patterns
What is abdominal bracing?
- contracting muscles of the trunk in a hoop like fashion without drawing the abdominal wall INWARD
- Level of contraction should be about 10%
- Continue to breathe while maintaining the brace
What is the positive and indicator of lumbar shear stability test?
Positive: Pain in resting position that diminishes in active position
Indicates: ability of the lumbar extensors to stabilize against shear instability
What are the corrective measures of a positive lumbar shear stability test?
spinal stabilization exercises
What are the characteristics of postural muscles?
short and tight
type 1 muscles
responsible for maintaining posture especially in gait
generally slow twitch muscles
What are the type 1 stabilizer muscles?
postural; hyperactivity, tightness triceps surae hamstrings adductors rectus femoris TFL Iliopsosas Erector spinae QL Pecs Upper traps SCM Sub occipitals Masticators
With exercise design, how do you maintain a positive slope?
Add new exercises one at a time after positive progression
Initiate reconditioning process with limited number of exercises 2-4
When developing rehabilitation programs for health, what is emphasized?
muscle endurance
motor control perfection
maintenance of spinal stability during exercise
What is force closure when doing a prone straight leg raise?
PRONE: patient extends arm on opposite to side engage lats while Dr. pushes down
**Decreased force closure w/ dysfunction of posterior oblique.
What are the indicators of the trunk flexion test?
anterior pelvic tilt (anterior innominate) gluteal amnesia decreased abdominal tone asymmetrical lateral grooves in ab wall impaired respiration
What happens in the supine ASRL force closure?
activation of anterior oblique swing with patient crossing arms across chest and bringing elbow to opposite knee against tester resistance.
What is the corrective action with supine ASRL force closure?
core stabilization with emphasis on anterior oblique system
When doing the side lying hip abduction test, what muscles cause what actions?
hip flexion (leg goes out) - TFL Hip external rotation - piriformis hip hiking before abduction - QL
What is the normal outcome of the side lying hip abduction test?
pure hip abduction to 45 degrees
How does the muscular system reflect the status of the sensorimotor system?
change in tone within the muscular system is often a refection of dysfunctional status of the sensorimotor system
In Janda’s Postural Syndromes, what do we expect of a patient with pes planus?
ipsilateral genu valgus ipsilateral coxa varus ipsilateral dropped iliac crest ipsilateral lumbar scoliosis CONTRALATERAL thoracic scoliosis ipsilateral dropped shoulder
What complications would cause you to do a side lying hip abduction test?
lateral shift/rotated pelvis
asymmetrical height of iliac crest
adducted hips (coxa varus)
positive trendelenburg
A lateral shift of the pelvis and associated aberrant movement patterns found on the above named test (trendelenburg) is associated with what?
gluteus medius
Your patient has an anterior pelvic tilt with a noted positive Ely’s sign and a positive Thomas Test. What is an expected associated finding?
positive prone hip extension test
Ely’s sign - tight rectus femoris
Thomas Test - tight iliopsoas
What is the estimated percentage of muscle maximal volitional contraction (MVC) for spinal stability?
In neutral posture, 5-10% of abdominal and paraspinal muscles required for stability.
The increased muscle activation necessary to provide stability in spinal segments damaged by ligamentous laxity or disc disease?
results in greater compressive force
segments that have ligament laxity or disc disease require greater muscle activation, which results in greater compressive force.
Needs 15-20% instead of 5-10%
What are abnormal patterns of neck flexion test?
extension of occiput on atlas
chin poking towards ceiling meaning SCM
Which of the following contributes to the force closure stability of the SI joint?
anterior oblique myofascial sling
What muscle is primarily responsible for force closure?
glut max
What are consequences of compensations and adaptions occurring as a result of dysfunction in a component within the kinetic chain?
tissue overload
decreased performance
predictable patterns of injury
Since ligaments have sensory and mechanical properties, they have the ability to control:
muscle stiffness and coordination - sensory
joint stability - mechanical
moment and position sense - sensory
What test can prove that there may be kinetic chain deficits long after symptomatic recovery from injury?
Saharan Core stability test
With the patient in the modified thomas position we are able to assess the appropriate/inappropriate muscle length. When assessing the one joint adductor length, the patient:
should achieve passive hip abduction
Gracilis is 2 point abductor
During a cranio-cervial flexion test, what is the normal pressure the patient should be able to exert?
2mmHg for 6-10 seconds
A positive cranio-cervial flexion test would indicate?
decreased activation of deep segmental cervical stabilizing structure
A 42 year old female is training for her first 10k and has developed searing right lateral knee pain. Your findings include but are not limited to positive finding in the modified thomas test (decrease in passive adduction) and Ober’s Test. What aberrant movement pattern might you expect on Janda’s Abduction Test?
Hip flexion because of Tensor Fasica Lata - Ober’s Test
With a positie Ober’s Test what happens with the TFL?
TFL contracture which pulls laterally on upper and lower leg bowing the knee inward
Right Genu VALGUS
When testing muscle length of the levator scapula, which is a type _____ muscle fiber, the examiner passively flexes the neck laterally flexing away from the side being tested and rotation _____ tested side while depressing tested side shoulder.
II, away from
What are the type II muscle fibers?
phasic muscles; weak/inhibited tibialis anterior glut max/med rectus abdominus lower/mid traps scalenes longus colli deltoid digastrics
Motor control in what muscles is shown to become dysfunctional with posterior neck or low back injury?
transverse abdominus
mulfifidus
longus capitis/colli
What aberrant movement pattern do you expect to see on hip extension test when a patient has a decreased limb posture during terminal stance gait?
anterior pelvic tilt lumbar lordosis ilipsosas lumbar erector spinae hyperactive erectors knee flexion = hamstrings
What are the lateral line muscles?
peroneal muscles anterior ligament of fibular head ITB TFL Glut Max Abdominal obliques intercostals splenius capitis SCM
What are the spinal line muscles?
Splenius capitis/cervicis rhomboids serrates anterior external oblique linea alba internal oblique TFL ITB tibialis anterior peroneous longus biceps femoris sacrotuberuous ligament
How do you test midsternal division of pec major?
the GH must be abducted to 90 degrees and externally rotated
How do you test the lower division of pec major?
the GH must be abducted to 150 degrees and externally rotated
What is anatomical overload?
tissue injury or overload complex (chronic)
What is clinical alteration?
acute injury
A patient with pronation distortion may need to do which exercise on a regular basis?
short foot/ foot crunches
What muscles are being tested in cranio-cervical test?
deep flexors:
recrus capitis anterior
rectus capitis lateralis
deep multifidus
What muscle is a huge knee stabilizer?
glut max
When doing the ankle dorsiflexion test, how far should the knee be able to clear the foot?
4-6 inches
What is an indicator of scar tissue around the anterior lateral portion of the ankle?
tightness of the gastrocs
What is one basic exercise to activate gluteus medius?
clamshells have patient open legs 4-6 inches laying on side
Name one low level neuro development exercise for glut medius, transverse abdominus, and closed shoulder kinetic chain.
Side plank from knees
One is one large muscle that is prone to tightness and what muscle test can be used?
psoas
modified thomas test
What is triceps surae differentiation?
- Flex the patients knee while maintaining calcaneal distraction and dorsiflexion.
- Increase in dorflexion following knee flexion indicates tight gastrocnemius
- No increase in dorsiflexion following knee flexion indicates tight soleus
Weak muscles of upper cross syndrome:
deep flexor muscles
rhomboids
serratus anterior
Strong muscles of upper cross syndrome:
trapezius
levator scapula
tight pecs
Weak muscles of pronation/distortion syndrome:
posterior tibialis anterior tibialis VMO biceps femoris glut medius
Tight muscles of pronation/distortion syndrome:
peroneals adductors medial hamstrings TFL/ITB Psoas
Neuromuscular dysfunctions with pronation/distortion syndrome:
decreased pronation control of foot and ankle
decreased frontal and transverse plane control at knee
increased compensation in the LPHC
What is an essential function of locomotion?
balance