Module 2 ch 10 Flashcards
Overstretching, overexertion, or overuse of soft tissue: tends to be less severe than a sprain, occurs from slight trauma or unaccustomed repeated trauma of a minor degree.4 This term is frequently used to refer specifically to some degree of disruption of the musculotendinous unit
Strain
Severe stress, stretch, or tear of soft tissues, such as joint capsule, ligament, tendon, or muscle. This term is frequently used to refer specifically to injury of a ligament and is graded as a first (mild), second (moderate), or third (severe) degree ______
Sprain
Displacement of a part, usually the bony partners in a joint, resulting in loss of the anatomical relationship and leading to soft tissue damage, inflammation, pain, and muscle spasm.
Dislocation
An incomplete or partial dislocation of the bony partners in a joint that often involves secondary trauma to surrounding soft tissue.
subluxation
If a rupture or tear is partial, pain is experienced in the region of the breach when the muscle is stretched or when it contracts against resistance. If a rupture or tear is complete, the muscle does not pull against the injury, so stretching or contraction of the muscle does not cause pain
Muscle/tendon rupture or tear
general term that refers to tendon injury affected by mechanical loading
Tendinopathy
inflammation of the synovial membrane covering a tendon
tenosynovitis
inflammation of a tendon, there may be resulting scarring or calcium deposits
Tendinitis
inflammation with thickening of a tendon sheath
tenovaginitis
degeneration of the tendon due to repetitive microtrauma
tendinosis
Inflammation of a synovial membrane; an excess of normal synovial fluid in a joint or tendon sheath caused by trauma or disease.
Synovitis
Bleeding into a joint, usually due to severe trauma
hemarthrosis
Ballooning of the wall of a joint capsule or tendon sheath. Ganglia may arise after trauma, and they sometimes occur with rheumatoid arthritis
Ganglion
Inflammation of a bursa.
Bursitis
Bruising from a direct blow, resulting in capillary rupture, bleeding, edema, and an inflammatory response.
Contusion
Repeated, submaximal overload and/or frictional wear to a muscle or tendon resulting in inflammation and pain.
Overuse syndromes, cumulative trauma disorders, and repetitive strain injury
Loss of normal function of a tissue or region. The dysfunction may be caused by adaptive shortening of the soft tissues, adhesions, muscle weakness, or any condition resulting in loss of normal mobility.
Dysfunction
Mechanical loss of normal joint play in synovial joints; commonly causes loss of function and pain. Precipitating factors may be trauma, immobilization, disuse, aging, or a pathological condition such as rheumatoid arthritis
Joint dysfunction
adaptive shortening of skin, fascia, muscle, or a joint capsule that prevents normal mobility or flexibility of that structure
contracture
Abnormal adherence of collagen fibers to surrounding structures during immobilization, after trauma, or as a complication of surgery, which restricts normal elasticity and gliding of the structures involved
Adhesion
Prolonged contraction of a muscle in response to a painful stimulus. The primary pain-causing lesion may be in nearby or underlying tissue, or it may be a referred pain source. When not referred, the contracting muscle functionally splints the injured tissue against movement. Guarding ceases when the painful stimulus is relieved.
Reflex muscle guarding
Prolonged contraction of a muscle in response to the local circulatory and metabolic changes that occur when a muscle is in a continued state of contraction. Pain is a result of the altered circulatory and metabolic environment, so the muscle contraction becomes self-perpetuating regardless of whether the primary lesion that caused the initial guarding is still irritable (Fig. 10.1). Spasm may also be a response of muscle to viral infection, cold, prolonged periods of immobilization, emotional tension, or direct trauma to muscle
Intrinsic muscle spasm
A decrease in the strength of muscle contraction. Muscle weakness may be the result of a systemic, chemical, or local lesion of a nerve of the central or peripheral nervous system or the myoneural junction. It may also be the result of a direct insult to the muscle or simply due to inactivity
muscle weakness
Increased interstitial pressure in a closed, nonexpanding, myofascial compartment that compromises the function of the blood vessels, muscles, and nerves. It results in ischemia and irreversible muscle loss if there is no intervention.11 Causes include, but are not limited to, fractures, repetitive trauma, crush injuries, skeletal traction, and restrictive clothing, wraps, or casts.
Myofascial compartment syndromes