Musculoskeletal Flashcards
Inspect joints for ? (4)
Size, contour, color, swelling
Swelling of the joints indicate ___ or ___
Joint irritation; effusion
Excess joint fluid
Effusion
An enhanced thoracic curve indicates __, and is more common in elderly people
Kyphosis
A pronounced lumbar curve; more common in obese people
Lordosis
When inspecting body alignment, check symmetry of the ___, ___, ___, and ___
Shoulders, iliac crests, scapulae, and glute folds
Uncoordinated or unsteady gait
Ataxia
Patient actively moving their joints through all the planes of movements without assistance
Active ROM
Nurse moves patient’s joints through all plans of movement because patient is unable to do it themself
Passive ROM
Produces swelling and tenderness around the whole joint, limiting all planes of active and passive motion
Example?
Articular disease
Arthritis 
Produces swelling and tenderness in only one spot of the joint, affecting only certain planes of ROM
Example?
Extra-articular disease
Injury to a specific tendon, ligament, or nerve
Audible and palpable crunching that accompanies movement
Crepitation
Degree of tension in voluntarily relaxed muscles
Tone
Overreactive contraction, sustain contraction longer than needed, difficulty relaxing
Hypertonic
Cannot contract fully or sustained contraction
Hypotonia
How do you assess patient’s muscle TONE?
Supporting limb at the joint, have patient go limp, and move each extremity through a full ROM
Expected finding for patients muscle tone?
Mild, even resistance to movement
Decreased resistance is also known as ___
Flaccidity
Muscle strength grading scale
0-5
Grade 5 on the muscle strength scale
Full ROM against gravity and full resistance
Grade 4 on the muscle strength scale
Full ROM against gravity, some resistance
Grade 3 on the muscle strength scale
Full ROM with gravity
Grade 2 on the muscle strength scale
Full ROM with gravity eliminated (passive motion)
Grade 1 on the muscle strength scale
Slight contraction
Grade 0 on the muscle strength scale
No contraction
What do you use to measure someone’s joints in degrees?
Goniometer
Shoulder joint movements (7)
Flexion, extension, hyperextension, internal rotation, external rotation, abduction, adduction
Forward flexion of shoulder joint is ___ degrees
What are you doing?
180
Raising hands straight forward and up
Extension of shoulder joint is __ degrees
What are you doing?
0
Hands at sides
Hyperextension of shoulder joint is __ degrees
What are you doing?
50
Hands behind back, elbows extended