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Musculoskeletal Examination & Evaluation Flashcards

1
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8 performance expectations for entry to practice

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  1. screen
  2. examine
  3. Evaluate
  4. Diagnose
  5. Prognosticate
  6. plan of care
  7. intervention
  8. outcomes
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purpose of the examination

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to reach to the proper diagnosis

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How to reach the proper diagnosis through the examination?

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systematic and complete

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Aspects of the Examination? (7)

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-patient history
-observation
-ROM/MMT
-Special tests
-Reflexes/Sensations
Accessory motions/ palpation

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Question to ask for HPI/ Chief Complaint

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  • What brings pt to PT. pt describe in own words
  • mechanism of injury (MOI)
  • Pre-injury status
  • Assistive devices/equipment
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Mechanism of Injury

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Trauma vs overuse: seek detail description

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Examples of assistive devices/ equipment

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braces, crutches, immobilizers, orthoses, splints

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Questions to ask for onset

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What happened/ mechanism of injury
Was onset insidious
Was onset related to a trauma: macro trauma
Was onset related to repetitive use: Microtrauma
When did onset occur

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Macrotrauma

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Onset related to a trauma

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Microtrauma

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Onset related to repetitive use

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Questions to ask for Location

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Where is the pain

Was initial location of pain different than current location of pain

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Where is the pain follow up questions?

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localized
non-specific/general/diffuse
peripheralization/centralization
referred pain

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Was initial location of pain different than current location of pain follow up question?

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has it moved or spread

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Duration questions

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How long has pain been present
Constant (chemical) vs intermittent (mechanical)
If intermittent, how long does pain last when present

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What do you want to find out when asking how long pain has been present?

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stage of healing: acute/subacute/chronic

-days,weeks, months, years

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Questions to ask for Character

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Patient descriptors

Is pain changing

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What are patient descriptors

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Sharp/ lancinating 
burning 
dull/aching
deep/boring
aching
throbbing
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what are aggravating conditions/ activities

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  • sitting/ standing (flex/ext)
  • Walking/running
  • lifting/carrying
  • Stairs/jumping
  • throwing
  • ROM/ Resisted motions
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What are relieving conditions/ activities

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Resting (sitting, lying) vs moving
standing vs sitting
ice vs heat
position of comfort

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What are examples of temporal component

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Worse in am when waking
worse as day progresses
worse at beginning of an activity, relieved during activity
worse during the night

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What can be used to assess Severity

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Pain intensity VAS or NPRA

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VAS

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current, past 7 days (best. worst), most severe at any time

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NPRS

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Verbal rating on a 0-10 scale

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Other questions to ask about patient history

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  • other symptoms
  • previous episode
  • previous treatment for condition
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examples of other symptoms

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locking, instability/ giving way, numbness/tingling

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What information do you want to know about current functional level

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  • basic home ADLs
  • Instrumental (community) ADLs
  • Patients goals and expectations
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Information you want to get from the physician

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  • sling, brace, immobilizer, orthoses
  • WB status
  • Post- operative protocol/ precautions
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Information about environment

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home/living environment

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Information about occupational

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job duties

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information about past medical history

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  • medical/surgical history
  • Systematic diseases
  • Allergies
  • Pregnancy
  • anything else important
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Do you want to know what medications they are taking?

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Yes

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What test and measures

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EMG/NCV

Radiographic imaging: xray, MRI, CT scan

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Why do you want so much details about patient history ?

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  • forms working diagnosis
  • Differential diagnosis
  • Indication of progress or decline
  • Goal setting
  • Insurance
  • can help drive treatment/interventions
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What systems should be reviewed?

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Cardiovascular, integumentary, musculoskeletal, neuromuscular

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Components of observation

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  • waiting room assessment
  • Visibility
  • Dominant eye
  • View from ant. post, right and left
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what are you looking for when assessing the pt in the waiting room?

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Posture and gait

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37
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how do you want to approach posture?

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top-down or bottom up

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What are you looking at for posture

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head position
shoulder/ scapula positioning 
spine
pelvis
lower extremities
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When observing head position what are you looking for

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forward head, C/S rotation, side bending

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When observing shoulder/scapula positioning what are you looking for

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forward shoulders.

scapula protraction/retraction/elevation/ depression

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When observing the spine what are you looking for

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scoliosis

normal kyphosis/lordosis

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When observing pelvis position what are you looking for

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  • level iliac crest/ obvious rotations
  • Deviated umbilicus
  • Excessive tilt
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When observing the LE postures what are you looking for

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  • Hip/knee/ankle joint angles
  • Varus/valgus/recurvatum
  • rearfoot varus/ valgus
  • pes planes, rectus, cavus
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What are you observing for the integumentary system

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color, texture, temperature

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What are you observing the wound/incision for?

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  • stage of healing
  • Exudate
  • Scar: red/vascularized, white/ vascularized
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what are you observing when there is swelling ?

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  • edema/effusion
  • Masses
  • Girth (swelling vs atrophy)
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what are you examine with AROM

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Physiological motion

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48
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what are the components to physiological motion ?

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-cardinal planes of motion

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what do you want to observe with AROM

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  • willingness to perform
  • quality/ pattern of movement
  • pain, where?
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what are you examining with PROM

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Anatomical motion

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51
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Is AROM or PROM usually greater?

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PROM

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what do you want to look for with PROM

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  • weakness, active insufficiency
  • Pain
  • Joint or muscle contractures
  • Muscle spasticity
  • compare uninvolved side. norm
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What do you want to asses for in PROM

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  • Crepitus
  • Joint motion/ muscle length
  • Pain/pattern of pain to resistance
  • End Feel
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What are you looking at for joint motion for PROM

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Excessive, normal, limited

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What are some causes for Excessive joint motion for PROM

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trauma/disease, repetitive exposure (pitcher), genetic predisposition

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what are some causes for limited joint motion for PROM

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Muscle length/spasm, pain, adhesions,

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Pattern of restriction can be ?

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capsular pattern or non capsular pattern

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58
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Motion restriction in a proportional pattern

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capsular pattern (cyriax)

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what indicates total joint irritation, capsular contraction, arthritis, arthrosis

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capsular pattern (cyriax)

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motion restriction doesn’t follow capsular pattern?

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non capsular pattern

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what indicates local restriction, ligamentous adhesions, internal derangement, extra-articular lesion ?

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non capsular pattern

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what is the stage of injury when there is pain before tissue resistance

63
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what is the stage of injury when there is pain at tissue resistance

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what is the stage of injury when there is pain with overpressure (if painfree at tissue resistance) tissue resistance

65
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what is the stage of injury when there no pain with overpressure?

66
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Normal End feels for PROM

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soft
firm
hard

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soft end feel

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soft tissue approximation

68
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Firm end feel

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Tissue stretch (muscle or capsule)

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Hard end feel

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bone to bone (elbow)

70
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Abnormal end feels

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muscle spasm 
empty 
hard/bony
springy block
capsular
71
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Empty end feel

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restricted by pain

72
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hard bony end feel

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occurs early in ROM (ostephyte)

73
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Springy block end feel

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Typical of meniscal tear

74
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Capsular end feel

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Occurs with restricted ROM

75
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What is a MIDRANGE examination

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resisted isometrics

76
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Resisted Isometrics asses for

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contractile tissue and peripheral n

77
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Is resisted Isometric a break test?

78
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Strong and painfree

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uninvolved contractile tissue or supplying nerve

79
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Strong and painful

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Mild lesion of contractile tissue, 1st or 2nd degree strain, tendinopathy

80
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weak and painfree

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Rupture of tendon or neurological involvement

81
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Weak and painful

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Severe lesion around joint, fracture causes reflex inhibition

82
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What does MMT interpret

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Muscle STRENTH grade

83
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what does resisted isometric interpret

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Assessing contractile tissue and peripheral nerve INTEGRITY

84
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Examples of examination of task analysis for LE

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  • sit/stand
  • stair ascent/descent
  • squat/lift
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Examples of examination of task analysis for UE

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  • Lift/ reach
  • Grooming/feeding
  • Writing/ turning pages
  • opening jars
86
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Special test are selected by

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specific to a joint or structure

87
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Special tests are what in nature

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provocative

88
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What do special test confirms

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suspected diagnosis

89
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Special test assists with what?

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differential diagnosis

90
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Grade 1 sprain for ligamentous testing

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increased pain, no increased joint laxity, end feel softer than unaffected side

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Grade 2 sprain for ligamentous testing

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increased pain, increased joint laxity, end feel softer than unaffected side

92
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Grade 3 sprain for ligamentous testing

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no pain/ minimal pain, increased joint laxity, hard or soft end feel

93
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What are findings for deep tendon reflexes

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hyporeflexia (LMNL, aging)
Areflexia (LMNL)
Hyperreflexia (UMNL)

94
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what must be relaxed to perform DTR

95
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what must be on stretch to perform DTR

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grading of 0 for DTR

97
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grading of 1 for DTR

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diminished

98
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grading of 2 for DTR

99
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grading of 3 for DTR

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Increased/ exaggerated

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grading of 4 for DTR

101
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When screening for sensation what do you do

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Light touch, side-to-side difference, dermatomal distribution

102
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What do you look for when examining sensation

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pain, pressure, temp

103
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accessory motions

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movement between joint surface

104
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Osteokinematic motion

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cardinal planes of motion

105
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Normal accessory movement is necessary for what?

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full pain free ROM

106
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Accessory motion is also referred as?

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joint play

107
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When looking at accessory motions, how must one assess the joint?

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resting, open, loose packed position

108
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When performing accessory motion what do you have to do to the segments?

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stabilize one and mobilize the other

109
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during traction/distraction the movement is in what direction from the concave joint surface

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perpendicular and away

110
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movement for traction/distraction is through what

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up to and slightly through tissue resistance

111
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During glide movement is what to the concave joint surface

112
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movement for glide is through what

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up to and slightly through tissue resistance

113
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What are you examine for accessory motions?

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mobility and pain

114
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what is mobility for accessory motions

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based on how much excursion is present from the beginning position to tissue resistance

115
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How is mobility measured for accessory motions

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Grade 0 for accessory motions

117
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Grade 1 for accessory motions

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considerably hypo mobile

118
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Grade2 for accessory motions

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slightly hypo mobile

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Grade 3 for accessory motions

120
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Grade 4 for accessory motions

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slightly hyper mobile

121
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Grade 5 for accessory motions

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considerably hyper mobile

122
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Grade 6 for accessory motions

123
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interpretation of hypomobility, no pain

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chronic joint contracture/adhesion

124
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interpretation of hypomobility, pain

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acute joint contracture/ adhesion. muscle guarding

125
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interpretation of normal excursion, pain

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minor sprain

126
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interpretation of normal excursion, no pain

127
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interpretation of hypermobility, no pain

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chronic joint laxity or partial ligament tear, acute/chronic complete ligament tear

128
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interpretation of hypermobility, pain

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acute joint laxity or partial ligament tear

129
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pain with distraction means what?

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joint capsule

130
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Pain with compression means what ?

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joint surface , shortening the capsule

131
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why do you palpate ?

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alignment, tissue tension/texture/thickness, warmth, tenderness, pulses

132
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Palpation grading of 1

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compliant of pain

133
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Palpation grading of 2

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compliant of pain & winces

134
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Palpation grading of 3

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Winces & withdraws

135
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Palpation grading of 4

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No palpation allowed

136
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Why do we exam diagnostic imaging?

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confirm vs establish diagnosis

137
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Radiography

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Bone integrity, cartilage thickness (joint space)

138
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Arthography? CT Arthrography

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Peripheral joints

139
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MRI

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Joint pathology, spinal/ neural structures

140
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CT scan

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disc/ facet, complex fractures

141
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Diagnostic US

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Soft tissue injuries/ masses

142
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what four things do you want for goals

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structure (ABCDE), measurable, meaningful/functional, timely

143
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what does A mean for goals

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Actor: who will accomplish the goal

144
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what does B mean for goals

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Behavior: the action, task, or function that the individual will be able to perform

145
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what does C mean for goals

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Circumstances: The context, circumstances, and support needed to perform the behavior

146
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what does D mean for goals

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Degree: a quantitative specification of performance

147
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what does E mean for goals

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Expected time: the time period within which the goal will be achieved

148
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Short term goals are

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time frame within therapy episode of care

149
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Long term goals are expected to met what?

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as a result of PT interventions

150
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Each STG should have what?

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appropriate intervention

151
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Plan of care should include?

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Frequency and duration 
patient input 
STG and its interventions
direct intervention
patient education 
discharge planning
152
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Patient input should be based on what?

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their expectations and previous experience with PT

153
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Direct interventions include?

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TE
Neuromuscular re-education 
manual techniques
functional training
physical agents
154
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Patient education includes?

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HEP
posture/ergonomics/body mechanics
activity modification

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