MSK Clinical Assessment Flashcards
1
Q
GALS Screening questions?
A
Do you have any pain or stiffness in your muscles joints or back?
Can you dress yourself completely without any difficulty?
Can you walk up and down stairs without any difficulty?
2
Q
red flags?
A
severe and worsening pain night pain disturbing sleep non-mechanical pain general malaise, febrile, rigors unexplained weight loss PH of malignant disease
3
Q
PMH: MISTI THREAD
A
MI
Stroke
Thrombosis
Icterus - jaundice
TB Hypertension Rheumatic fever Epilepsy Asthma Diabetes
4
Q
Examination: Look?
A
skin scars wounds sinuses colour swelling wasting deformity
5
Q
Examination: Feel?
A
temperature tenderness swelling deformity sensation
6
Q
Examination: Move?
A
active (range, power)
passive
special tests - stability
