musculoskeletal Flashcards
test for shoulder rotation
apley scartch test
test the acromioclavicular joint
crossover test/sign
test for supraspinatus
empty can test
thumbs down sign
test for the teres minor and infraspinatus
resisted external rotations
test for subscapularis
resisted internal rotation
Rotator cuff tests
neers impingements sign
hawkins impingement sign
Drop arm sign
rotate shoulders and try to move it upwards
hawkin’s impingement sign
patient laterally raises arm and then you push it down
drop arm sign
test for bicep’s strength
speed test
test for bicipital tendinitis and RTC
Yergason’s test
instability tests
anterior apprehension test
relocation test
try to elicit the feeling that their shoulder will be dislocated
with their shoulder externally rotated and adducted, try to push
anterior apprehension test
patient is supine
stabilize arm and place pressure on shoulder, the ox will feel the shoulder is being dislocated
relocation test
prone to gout and infections
olecranon area
accumulation of fluid in the elbow
olecranon bursitis, septic arthritis, gour
assess the function of the proximal and distal radioulnar or humeroradial joint
forearm supination and pronation
extension
0
flexion
150
pronation
70
supination
90
resistance will aggravate lateral epicondylitis
supination of wrist
resistance will aggravate medial epicondylitis
pronation
resistance will aggravate pain of lateral epicondylitis
extension of wrist
resistance will aggravate pain of medial epicondylitis
flexion if wrist
pulls at the lateral epicondyle
resisted long finger extension
resistance tests bicep strength
elbow flexion
resistance test tricep strength
elbow extension
no creases, tight skin
sclerodema
claw hand
sclerodactyly (acrosclerosis)
distal to the radial
styloid process with lateral extension of thumb away from hand
anatomic snuffbox