MSK Flashcards
Grade of muscle strength with no contraction/ paralysis
0- absent
Grade of muscle strength with slight contraction
1-trace
Grade of muscle strength: movement with gravity eliminated
2- weak
What would you grade joint with some muscle movement against gravity with little resistance
3- fair
What would you grade a muscle with movement against gravity with some resistance
4- good
What would you grade a muscle with movement against gravity with full resistance?
5- normal
What muscles are responsible for flexion of the shoulder joint?
Anterior deltoid
Pec major
Coracobrachialis
Biceps Brachii
What muscles are response for extension of the shoulder?
Lat Dorsi
Teres Major
Posterior delt
Triceps brachii
What muscles are responsible for abduction of the shoulder?
Supraspinatus
Middle deltoid
Serratus anterior
What muscles are responsible for adduction of the shoulder?
Pec major
Coracobrachialis
Lat Dorsi
Teres major
Subscapularis
What muscles are responsible for IR of the shoulder?
Subscapularis
Anterior Deltoid
Pec Major
Teres Major
Lat Dorsi
What muscles are responsible for external rotation of the shoulder?
Infraspinatus
Teres Major
Post delt
What is nurse maids elbow?
MOA: pulling action of forearm
Typically occurs in children
Subluxation of radial head from the annular ligament
What should the width of base of a normal patients gait, from heel to heel?
2”-4”
Lordosis typically affects which portions of the spine?
Cervical and lumbar
Kyphosis usually affects which portions of the spine?
Thoracic and sacrococcygeal
What is the most prominent spinous process that is palpable when a patient performs forward neck flexion?
C7- T1
What exam should you do if you suspect your patient has cauda equina syndrome?
Rectal exam- inspecting rectal tone
What is an early symptom of hip issues?
Difficulty putting on shoes
What are the typical complaints of a patient presenting with hip pain?
Pain
Stiffness
Deformity
Limp
Why are difficulty putting on shoes, typically the earliest sign of hip issues?
Motion requires ER of the hip which is the first motion to be lost with degenerative hip disease
What is the first motion lost with degenerative hip disease?
External rotation
List the order from first to last of the directions of motions lost with degenerative hip disease:
ER> Abduction> adduction> flexion
What muscle is responsible for flexion of the hip?
Iliopsoas
What muscle is responsible for extension of the hip?
Glute max
What muscles are responsible for Abd of the hip
Glute medius and minimus
What muscles are response for adduction of the hip?
Adductor brevis
Adductor longus
Adductor magnus
Pectineus
What muscle is responsible for IR of the hip?
Iliopsoas
What muscles are responsible for ER of the hip?
Internal and external obturator
Quadratus femoris
Sup/inf gemellus
What is the LARGEST hinge joint in the body?
Knee
What bones make up the knee joint?
Femur, tibia, patella
What 4 ligaments provide stability and are key in the maintenance of position of the knee joint relative to the femur?
ACL
PCL
MCL
LCL
What muscles are responsible for flexion of the knee?
(Be specific)
Hamstrings:
Biceps femoris
Semimembranosis
Semitendinosis
What muscles are responsible for extension of the knee joint?
(Be specific)
Quadriceps:
Rectus femoris
Vastus Medialis
Vastus Lateralis
Vastus intermedius
What muscles are responsible for internal rotation of the knee?
Satorius
Gracilis
Semitendinosis
Semimembranosis
What muscle is responsible for external rotation of the knee?
Biceps femoris
How much of total body weight is transmitted from the ankle to the foot?
1/2 total body weight
The ankle joint is what type of joint?
Hinge
What bones form overall ankle hinge joint?
Talus
Fibula
Tibia
What are the names of the primary joints of the ankle?
Tibiotalar joint
Subtalar (talocalcaneal)
What is the primary medial stabilizer of the ankle?
Deltoid ligament
What are the primary stabilizers of the lateral ankle?
ATFL
Calcaneofibular ligament
PTFL
What muscles are responsible for plantarflexion of the ankle joint?
Gastrocnemius
Soleus
Plantaris
Tib posteroir
What muscles are responsible for dorsiflexion of the ankle?
Tibialis anterior
Extensor Digitorum longus
Extensor Hallucis longus
At what specific ankle joint to dorsiflexion and plantarflexion occur at?
Tibiotalar joint
At what specific joint does ankle inversion and eversion occur at?
Subtalar joint
What muscles are responsible for inversion of the ankle?
Tibialis anterior and posterior