Musculoskeletal Flashcards
If you percuss lightly over the median nerve in the carpal tunnel and the person experiences tingling this is a positive _______
- suggests?
- Tinel Sign
- carpal tunnel syndrome
If the patient flexes the wrists and pressed the backs of their hands together and experiences numbness or tingling this is a positive ______
- suggests?
- Phalen’s sign
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
If you hold onto the patient’s thumb and grind down and around and the patient experiences crepitus this is a positive ________
- suggests?
- thenar grind test
- osteoarthritis
If you have the patient bend one knee 90 degrees and cross it over the other leg and apply pressure to the knee and the patient feels pain at the hip this is a positive ________
- suggests?
- Patrick’s test
- hip problem or bursitis
If there’s a fluid wave or bulge between the patella and femur this is a positive ________
- suggests?
- bulge sign
- effusion
If you push medially against the knee and pull laterally at the ankle and there’s pain or a gap in the medial joint line then this is a positive ________
- suggests?
- Valgus stress test
- partial tear of the MCL
If you push laterally against the knee and pull the ankle medially at the ankle and there’s pain or a gap in the lateral joint line this is a positive ________
- suggests?
- Valgus stress test
- partial tear of the LCL
If the patient puts a knee at 90 degrees and you push the tibia posteriorly and it moves backward this is a positive ________
- suggests?
- posterior drawer sign
- suggests a tear in the PCL
If the patient’s knee is at 90 degrees and you draw the tibia forward and there’s a forward jerk showing the contours of the tibia then this is a positive ________
- suggests?
- anterior drawer sign
- suggests a tear in the ACL
If the patient’s knee is at 15 degrees of flexion and the leg is in external rotation, and you move the tibia forward and femur back and there’s significan forward extension this is a positive ________
- suggests?
- Lachman’s test
- suggests a tear in the ACL
If you apply the valgus stress test with external rotation and extension of the leg and hear a click or pop along the medial joint this is a positive ________
- suggests?
- McMurray test
- suggests a tear of the posterior portion of the medial meniscus
If the patient closes their fist around their thumb and ulnar deviate their wrist and sense a sharp pain in the region of the distal radius this is a positive ________
- suggests?
- Finklestein’s test
- DeQuervain’s tenosynovitis (overuse of the extensor and abductor tendons of the thumb)
If you adduct the arm over the chest and there’s localized tenderness or pain then this is a positive ________
- suggests?
- crossover test
- inflammation or arthritis of the acromioclavicular joint
If you have the patient touch the opposite scapula by putting the arm overhead this tests abduction and external rotation. If you have the patient do it under then this tests teh adduction and internal rotation. If there’s difficulty then this is a positive ________
- suggests?
- Apley scratch test
- rotator cuff disorder
What are the 2 things you want to look for with TMJ inspection?
- palpation: crepitus, tenderness
- ROM: open/close, protrude/retract, lateral motion
