Musculoskeletal Assessment

Question 1

Musculoskeletal Symptoms

Answer 1

None Pain
Joint Swelling Joint Stiffness
Contractures Deformities
Crepitus Weakness
Amputation Fractures
Spasm

Question 2

Muscle Tone/Strength

Answer 2

All, LUE, RUE, LLE, RLE
1. Motor Strength Grade
  5/5-normal
  4/5-movement possible against some 
  resistance by the examiner
  3/5-movement possible against gravity, 
  but not against resistance by examiner 
  2/5-movement possible, but not against
  gravity 
  1/5-muscle flicker, but no movement
  0/5-no visible contraction
2. Range of Motion
  Full ROM
  Impaired ROM
3. Characteristic
  Spasm
  Paralysis
  Atrophy

Question 3

Weight Bearing/Gait

Answer 3

None Steady
Independent Unsteady
Dependent Asymmetrical
Jerky Shuffling
Spastic
Developmentally Appropriate
N/A

Question 4

Devices

Answer 4

Cast
Leg braces
Back brace

Question 5

Ambulatory Device

Answer 5

None                                Cane
Crutches                          Walker
Wheelchair
Chair fast-unable to leave one's chair
Bedfast                            Prosthesis
N/A

Question 6

Musculoskeletal Health history questions

Answer 6

pain, stiffness, swelling, heat, redness in joints?
accidents, trauma, deformity of bones?
limitation of mvmnts-problems with ADLs?