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Muskuloskeletal Assessment Flashcards

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Bending limb at joint

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Flexión

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Straightening limb at joint

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Extension

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Moving limb away from midline of body

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Abduction

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Moving limb towards midline

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Adduction

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5
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Turning forearm so palm is down

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Pronation

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Turning forearm so that palm is up

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Supination

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Moving arm around should

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Circumduction

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8
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Moving sole of foot inward at ankle

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Inversión

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Moving the sole of the foot outward at the ankle

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Eversion

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10
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Moving head around central axis

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Rotation

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11
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Raising body part

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Elevation

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12
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Lowering body part

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Depression

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13
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Shifting weight farther back on lower extremities, creating back strain

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Lordosis

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14
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Loss of bone density

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Osteoporosis

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15
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Where lengthening of bone occurs

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Epiphyses (growth plates)

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Cramping or aching feeling

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Myalgia

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17
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Shortening of a muscle leading to limited ROM of joint

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Contracture

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18
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Partial dislocation

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Subluxation

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19
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An audible and palpable crunching or grating that accompanies movement

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Crepitation

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20
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Test that reproduces numbness and burning sensations of carpal tunnel syndrome

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Phalen test

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21
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Percussion of the median nerve that produces burning and tingling along its distribution

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Tinel’s Sign (carpal tunnel)

22
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Flexión deformity in opposite hip

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Thomas test

23
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Confirms presence of small amounts of fluid in suprapatellar pouch

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Bulge sign

24
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Test for larger amounts of fluid present in knee

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Ballottement of Patella

25
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Locking, giving way, or local pain in the knee

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McMurry Test

26
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A click during McMurry test indicates

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Torn meniscus

27
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Distal part of great toe directed away from midline

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Hallux valgus

28
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Test for fetal hip dislocation by comparing leg lengths

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Allis Test

29
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Test for congenital dislocation

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Ortolani manoeuvre

30
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Bowlegged stance

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Genu varum

31
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Knock knees

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Genu valgum

32
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Screen for progressive subluxation of the hip

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Trendelenburg sign

33
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Ribs “hump up” on one side as the child bends forward

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Scoliosis

34
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Due to common poor posture

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Kyphosis

35
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Head of the bed is elevated 45 to 60 degrees and patients knees are slightly elevated

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Supported Fowler’s Position

36
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Back lying position

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Supone position

37
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Lying chest down

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Prone position

38
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What position should patients be in if they experience cardiac issues, trouble breathing, or have a nasogastric tube?

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Fowler’s

39
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This position allows for drainage of the mouth after oral or neck surgery, and allows for full flexion of knee and hip joints

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Prone

40
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This position may be used to promote perfusion in obese patients

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Reverse Trendelenburg

41
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What position helps treat air embolism and prevent pulmonary aspiration?

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Reverse Trendelenburg

42
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Position for administering enemas, perineal examinations, and for comfort during pregnancy

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Sims

43
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“At rest” position, most often used in surgery

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Supone

44
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Position that used to be used to treat hypotension, during gynaecological and abdominal surgeries, and when placing central lines.

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Trendelenburg

45
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If a patient complains of joint pain that is worse in the morning, and gets better with movement, what would the nurse suspect?

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Rheumatoid arthritis

46
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Chronic, systemic inflammatory disease of joints and surrounding connective tissue

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Rheumatoid arthritis

47
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Chronic progressive inflammation of spine, sacroiliac and larger joints of the extremities, leading to bony ankylosis and deformity.

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Ankylosing spondylitis

48
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Non inflammatory, localized, progressive disorder involving deterioration of articular cartilage and subchondral bone and formation of new bone (psteophytes) at joint surface.

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Osteoarthritis

49
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Decrease in skeletal bone mass due to increased bone resorption.

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Osteoporosis

50
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Swelling caused by excess fluid in the joint capsule

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Joint effusion

Can be seen in rheumatoid arthritis

51
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Joint effusion or synovial thickening seen first as bulge or fullness in grooves on either side of olecranon process

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Gouty arthritis

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