musculoskeletal Flashcards
musculoskeletal system components
- Non-synovial or Synovial Joints
- Muscles
- Temporomandibular Joints
- Spine
- Shoulder
- Elbow
- Wrist & Carpals
- Hip
- Knee
- Ankle & Foot
subjective data
- Joints:
- Pain
- Stiffness
- Swelling, heat, redness
- Limitation of movement
- Muscles
- Pain/cramps
- when does it happen? could be musculoskel. or peripheral vascular
- Bones:
- Pain
- Deformity
- Trauma
- Fractures
- Sprains
- Dislocations
supplies
– Tape measure (looking at girth. can use to measure length)
– Skin marking pin (sharpie)
inspection
- Size of each joint
- Contour of each joint
- Observe for color, swelling, masses or deformity
palpation
- Each joint
– Skin for temperature –> backs of hands
– Muscles
– Bony articulations –> wrists, ankles, knees, hip
– Area of joint capsule - Note heat, tenderness, swelling, or masses
- Synovial membrane normally is not palpable
active ROM (volunary)
– Stabilize the joint being moved
– If a limitation is noted, gently attempt PROM
passive ROM
– Anchor joint with one hand
– Use other hand to move joint to its limit
– Use goniometer to measure angles precisely
normal motion DOES NOT cause what?
- tenderness, pain, or crepitation
- crepitation ex: moving should and hearing crackling
abduction
away from midline
adduction
- adding it back to midline
hyperextension
- arms back
- how noah ho would run
flexion
lifting of arms
extension
by side
plantar flexion
on tip toes
dorsiflexion
- toes pointing up
inversion
- big toe up
eversion
- pinky toe up
flexion of hands
- fingers pointing down
extension of hand
- fingers pointing up
muscle testing
- Test the strength of each joint
– Repeat same motions as used for active ROM
– Ask person to flex as you apply opposing force
TMJ
– Inspect
– Palpate
– Test ROM
* Vertical motion
* Lateral motion
* Protrude without deviation
- found in jaw below the ears
cervical spine
– Inspect
– Palpate
– Test ROM
* Hyperextension – looking up
* Flexion – bringing neck forward
* Rotation – rotating body
* Lateral bending – going all the way down on the left and right
shoulders
- Inspect
– Palpate
– Test ROM & muscle strength- Forward flexion
- Hyperextension
- Internal rotation
- External rotation
- Abduction
- Adduction
elbow
– Inspect
– Palpate
– Test ROM & muscle
strength
* Flexion
* Extension
* Pronation – facing down
* Supination – facing up