MSK Flashcards
Subjective Data
- Joint
- P___
- S____ness
- S_____, H_____, R______
- Muscles
- P____ (c___)
- W_______
- Bones
- P____
- De_____
- T_____ (fractures, sprains, dislocations)
- _______ Assessment (ADL’s)
- Self-care ______ (Alcohol, tobacco, athlete that uses proper protective equipment)
- Family Hx (2)
- ______ exposure (Occupation, hobbies, rock climber?)
- Join
- Pain
- Stiffness
- Swelling, heat, redness
- Muscles
- Pain (cramps)
- Weakness
- Bones
- Pain
- Deformity
- Trauma
- Functional
- Behaviors
- Osteoporosis, RA, osteogenesis imperfecta, other genetic disorders
- Environmental
Assessing Joint Pain
- Ask patient to ____ to pain
- Be specific with _____ of pain, associated mechanism of injury if present (ie MVA)
- Is the pain l_____ or d_____
- Is it ____ or ____ articular (inside or outside of joint)
- Is it a____ or ch____
- Is it in_____ or ___-inflammatory (is it hot, swollen, red)
- point
- onset
- localized, diffuse
- intra, extra
- acute, chronic
- inflammatory, non-inflammatory
Common and/or Concerning Symptoms
- ___ back pain
- N___ pain
- Monoarticular or Polyarticular ____ pain
- In_____ or In____ joint pain (arthritis vs. septic joint)
- Joint pain with ____ features such as fever, rash, chills, anorexia, weight loss, weakness
- Joint pain with associated with symptoms from another ____ system (ex Hep C can cause liver failure, arthritis type sx, muscle pain, weakness, and vascular issues)
- Low
- Neck
- Joint
- Inflammatory, Infectious
- systemic
- organ system
Joint Pain with the Following = What Systemic Disorder?
- Butterfly Rash =
- Scaly rash and pitted nails of psoriasis =
- Papules, pustules or vesicles on reddened base found on distal extremities =
- Expanding erythematous patch =
- Hives =
- Lupus
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Gonococci arthritis
- Lyme
- Serum Sickness
Joint pain with the following = what Systemic Disorder?
- Erosion or scaling on the penis and crusting scaling papules on the soles and palms of the feet =
- Red bruning itching eyes =
- Preceding sore throat =
- Diarrhea, abdominal pain, cramping =
- Mental status changes, facial weakness, stiff neck =
- Reiter’s syndrome
- Reiter’s syndrome
- Acute rheumatic fever, gonococci arthrtis
- Arthritis with ulcerative colitis, sclerodema
- Lyme with CNS involvement
Osteoporosis
- Screening for all women > __ or
- Younger with increased ____ factors
- Post _____ women
- _____ or ____ ethnicity
- Th__ build, weight < _____ lbs
- Low dietary ______
- Vitamin ___ deficiency
- T____ or A____ use
- Use of _______* ex) i had a pt addicted to prednisone, fractures -> couldn’t walk
- 65
- risk
- menopausal
- Caucasian, Asian
- Thin, 154
- calcium
- D
- Tobacco, Alcohol
- Corticosteroids*
Recommended Dietary Intake Vitamin D and Calcium
- Age 19-50
- Calcium mg/day =
- Vit D IU/day =
- Age 50-71
- Calcium mg/day =
- Vit D IU/day =
- Age >71
- Calcium mg/day =
- Vit D IU/day =
- 19-50
- 1,000
- 600
- 50-71
- W 1,200 M 1,000
- 600 both M/W
- >71
- 1,200
- 600
Physical Exam
Techniques of Examination: Overview of Each of the Major Joints
- Inspect for joint s_____, al____, or any bony d_____
- Inspect and palpate surrounding tissues for any skin ch___, no____, or muscle _____
- Palpate for c_____ (crunching or grinding sensation esp over patella)
- Assess any deg_____ or inf_____ changes, especially sw_____, w____, te____, or r______
- Perform range of ____; use spoint specific m______ to test:
- Joint function and stability
- Integreity of l_____ tendons, and b_____
- symmetry, alignment, deformities
- changes, nodules, atrophy
- crepitus
- degenerative, inflammatory, swelling, warmth, tenderness, redness
-
motion, maneuvers
- ligaments, bursae
Techniques of Joints Examination of Major Joints (cont.)
- Be alert to signs of inflammation and _____
-
Swelling
- The s_____ membrane, which can feel b___ od doughy
- Effusion from excess synovial f___ within the joint space; or
- Soft tissue structures such as b____, t____, and tendon sheaths
- Warmth
- Tenderness
- Loss of Function
- Deformity
-
Swelling
- arthritis
- synovial, boggy
- fluid
- bursae, tendons
Order of the Examination
- Inspection
- S___ and Con___ of joint
- Sk___ and ti____ over joint
- Palpation
- Skin t_____
- M____, b___ articulations, area of joint c____
- Range of _____
- Muscle s_____
- No percussion or auscultation but test ROM and muscle strength
- Inspection
- Size, Contour
- Skin, tissue
- Palpation
- temperature
- Muscles, bony, capsule
- Motion
- Strength
Test Muscle Strength
- Apply _____ force
- Grade muscle strength: grade __-__
- Full ROM with gravity eliminated (passive motion) =
- Full ROM with gravity but not against resistance (moderate weakness) =
- No contraction, complete paralysis, no visible or palpable movement =
- Full ROM against gravity, with full resistance (normal muscle strength) =
- Full ROM against gravity, with some resistance =
- Slight contraction, but very severe weakness, weak contraction visible but extremity doesn’t move =
- opposing
- 0-5
- 2
- 3
- 0
- 5
- 4
- 1
Cervical Spine
- Inspect: _____ of head and neck
- Palpate: _____ processes and muscles
-
Motion: and Expected R____
- Chin to ____
- Lift ____
- Each ___ to shoulder
- Turn ___ to each shoulder
- alignment
- spinous
- Range
- chest
- chin
- ear
- chin
Neck Pain
(4)
- Mechanical
- Whiplash/Cervical Strain
- Cervical Radiculopathy (herniated disc)
- Cervical Myelopathy (cord compression)
Mechanical
- Aching pain, cervical _____ muscles and ligaments
- Spasm, stiffness, tightness in sh____ and ___ back
- Duration ____
- Any radiation, paresthesia, weakness?
- __ maybe present
- PE: p____ tenderness along paraspinal muscles, pain with ____ but usally no decreased _ _ _, no n_____ deficits
- paraspinal
- shoulder, upper
- weeks
- No
- HA
- point, movement, ROM, neurologic
Whiplash/Cervical Strain
- Aching _____ pain and stiffness (involving the ligaments of cervical spine, fairly common after ___ even slow 25-30 mph)
- Begins ___ after the injury
- O_____ HA, dizziness, malaise, and fatigue present
- Can be ____ lasting > 6 months
- Caused by forced h_____/e____
- Decreased _ _ _, perceived weakness, or upper extremities
- Paracervical, MVA
- day
- Occipital
- chronic
- hyperflexion/extension
- ROM
Cervical Radiculopathy (Herniated disc)
- ____ burning or tingling pain in neck and ___ arm
- P_____ and weakness in affected arm
- Nerve root compression C_ most affected
- Caused by h_____ d___
- PE: weakness of ___ceps if C7 involved, weakness in __ceps if C6 involved
- Sharp, one
- Parasthesia
- C7
- herniated disc
- triceps, biceps
Cervical Myelopathy (cord compression)
- ___ pain with __lateral weakness and paresthesia in ___ upper and lower extremities
- H___ clumsiness, p____ parasthesia and g___ changes possible, urinary f_____
- Neck ____ exacerbates symptoms
- Caused by cervical sp______ from degenerative disc or cervical stenosis or trauma
- PE: ____reflexia, _____ Babinski’s, g___ changes
- Requires neck i______ and n______ evaluation
- Neck, BL, both
- Hand, palmar, gait, frequency
- flexion
- spondylosis
- hyperreflexia, positive, gait
- immobilization, neurosurgical
Spine
- Inspect: while person s_____
- Palpate: _____ processes
-
Motion and expected r____
- Bend ___ways, ___ward
- ____ shoulders to each side
- Straight leg R_______ (while laying on back)
- Measure leg length dis______
- stands
- spinous
- range
- sideways, backwards
- Twist
- Raising
- discrepancy
ROM Spine
How many degrees lateral bending? and twisting/rotation?
Back Pain
- ____ is the pain?
- ______ (over the vertebrae)
- Consider injury, disc herniation, vertebral collapse, spinal cord mets and rarely epidural abscess
- ____ the midline
- Consder muscle strain, sacroiliac inflammation (sacroilitis), trochanter bursitis, sciatica, hip arthritis and possibly renal causes such as pyelonephritis or stones
- ______ (over the vertebrae)
- Does it ____?
- If so where? Do you have any n______ or t____?
- Do you have any ______ symptoms with the pain?
- _____ retention or overflow incontinence
- C______ symptoms
- Where
- Midline
- Off the Midline
- Radiate
- numbness, tingling
- associated
- urinary
- constitutional
Red Flags for Back Pain
- Age > __
- History of ______
- Unexplainted weight ___
- Pain lasting longer than a ___ or not _____ to treatment
- Sudden loss of b___/b___ control
- Hx of __ d___ use (potential for sepsis)
- Presence of in_______
- >50
- Cancer
- weight loss
- month, responding to tx
- bowel/bladder
- IV drug
- infection
Low Back Pain
(4)
- Mechanical Low Back Pain
- Sciatic (Radicular Low Back Pain)
- Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
- Chronic Back Stiffness
Mechanical Low Back Pain
- Aching pain in the l______ area; may ____ into lower leg, especially along L5 or S1
- Usually ____ (<3 months), ___pathic, b____ and self-l_____
- Usually worse s_____ and t____ motion
- 97% of low back presentations, __-__yo and w___ related
- PE: paraspinal muscle t______, pain with _____, loss of lumbar l_____ (curvature)
- ___ motor or sensory impairment
- lumbosacral, radiate
- acute, idiopathic, benign, self-limiting
- standing, twisting
- 30-50, work
- tenderness, movement, lordosis
- Not
- most common: spinal stenosis, herniated discs, vertebral fractures, sacroiliac joint pain*
- Mechanical - arises from spinal structures: bones, ligaments, joints, discs, nerves, meninges*
Sciatica (Radicular Low Back Pain)
- Sh_____ pain below the knee, commonly into the L5 or S1 typically accompanies low back pain (ppl will say starts in the middle of my butt cheeks)
- Associated n_____ and weakness
- Bending, sitting, sneezing, coughing, straining during bowel movements often ____ pain
- Disc ______ common especially if calf _____ is present
- PE: ___ straight leg (test for herniated disc at L5, pain present between 30-70 degrees when bending leg)
- Negative straight leg makes dx ______
- Shooting
- numbness
- worsen
- herniation, wasting
- positive
- unlikely
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
- “_______” pain in the back or legs with walking that can improve with rest or lumbar _____ (hard to differentiate from sciatica)
- Pain vague but usually __lateral, with numbness in one or both legs (not able to walk long distances without resting-if severe enough can get dropfoot)
- Hypertrophic degenerative disease, ____ning of the ligament causing ______ of the spinal canal
- Common age > __
- PE: posture flexed ___ward, lower extremity w_____ ,_____ reflexes
- “pseudoclaudication”, flexion
- bilateral
- thickening, narrowing
- >60
- foward, weakness, diminished
Chronic Back Stiffness
-
______ _______
- Chronic inflammatory disease, progressive stiffness of the spine
- Age onset < 40
- Insidious onset
- Progressive postural changes
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Chronic Back Stiffness
-
_____ _____ ____ ____ (____)
- Non-inflammatory disease
- Calcification and ossification of spinal ligaments
- Age onset > 50
- Decreased range of spinal motion, particulary thoracic movement
- No cure but PT, weight control, pain relievers, sometimes surgery recommended
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH)
Nocturnal Back Pain, Unrelieved by Rest
- Consider ______ _______ to the spine from cancer of p_____, b____, l____, th_____, k_____, M_
- PE: loss of normal lumbar l_____, muscle s_____, l_____ immobility of spine
- C______ E_____ S______
- metastatic malignancy, prostate, breast, lung, thyroid, kidneys, MM
- lordosis, spasm, lateral
- Cauda Equina Syndrome
Cauda Equina Syndrome
- ___ back pain associated with _____ symptoms, _____ anesthesia (major red flag: numbness in all areas that touch saddle of the horse)
- _______ of the spinal nerve root
- Surgical ______ as the compression is often caused by a tumor, ruptured disk, infection fracture, or narrowing of the spinal canal
- May get __ before surgery if not yet available to shrink
- low, associated, saddle anesthesia
- Compression
- emergency
- RT
Sacroilitis
- L_______ pain radiates to b____, g____, and _____ thigh
- ______ by extensive use, prolonged exercise (sitting, standing, exacerbation from getting up from chair)
- PE: t______ at ___ joint
- Can be an _____ injury or related to _____ illness
- Systemic inflammatory conditions that can cause (3): usually an earlier symptom of these
- Traumatic injury causes (2)
- Lumbosacral, buttocks, groin, posterior
- Aggravated
- tenderness at SI joint
- overuse, systemic
- Ankylosing spondylitis, Psoriatic arthritis, OA
- MVA, fall
Shoulders
- Inspect: j___ (look for any swelling, asymmetry, muscle atrophy, deformities)
- Palpate: sh_____ and ax____ (see if you can palpate underlying structures: acromion process, bursa, down the humerus, rotator cuff tendons under axilla)
-
Motions: and expected r____
- Arms f____ and __
- Arms b____ back and hands __
- Arms to sides and up over ____
- Touch hands ____ head
- joint
- shoulders, axilla
- range
- forward and up
- behind back, hands up
- side -> over head
- behind
Rotator Cuff Tendonitis (Impingement Syndrome)
- Usually caused from ______ or ___
- Common in (2)
- ____ pain that is present both with _____ and at ____
- Pain radiating from the ___ of the _____ to the ___ of the ___
- Sudden pain with ____ and _____ movements
- Tenderness just below the ___ of the _____
- overuse, fall
- young adults, middle age athletes
- minor, activity and rest
- front of shoulder - side of arm
- lifting, reaching
- tip, acromion
Drop Arm Test
- What does it test for?
- Fully ____ arm to _____ level
- Ask pt to ____ it slowly
- (___ arm briskly)
- test =
- Rotator cuff injury/tear
- abduct, shoulder
- lower
- tap
- Pt cannot hold or control lowering their arm
Assesses for weakness in supraspinatus muscle (1/4 of rotator cuffs)
Empty Can Test
- What does it test for?
- Elevate arms to ___ degrees
- _____ rotate so thumbs point ___ward
- Apply ___ward pressure
- Positive test =
- Rotator cuff tear or impingement of the supraspinatus tendon, tendonitis
- 90
- internally, downward
- downard
- weakness
Aply Test
- What does it test for?
- Ask pt to touch opposite _____ using these two motions
- Assesses ROM of glenohumoral joint
- rotator cuff disorder or adhesive capsulitis
- scapula
Rotator Cuff Tears
- Injury from a f___ or repeated im_____ may weaken the rotator cuff
- Causing a partial or complete ___, usually after age __
- Weakness, _____ of supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles, pain, and tenderness may ensue
- In a complete tear of the supraspinatus tendon, active ____ and forward ____ at the g___h____ joint are severely impaired, producing characteristics of a ______ shoulder and a ____ drop arm test
- fall, impingement
- tear, >40
- atrophy
- abduction, flexion, glenohumeral, shrugging, positive
- Athletes such as rowers, weightlifters, construction, assembly line workers - any with repetitive motions*