OD 1a Flashcards
trigger points
firm hypersensitive tender band of muscle tissue
what are the 7 basic question
Location Intensity Quality Frequency Duration Aggrevating factors alleviation factors
Rationale behind palpation
to evaluate equality in size
so should be done bilateral
and tenderness and firmness of muscle
Motor unit
Functional entity of skeletal muscle
the resistance test is for
lateral pterygoid
if muscles are tender on palpation means patient has
trigger point
Diagnose
to match a condition w/ specific disease name
To recognize signs of a disease
Symptom
SUBJECTIVE evidence of disease/condition
Disease vs Condition
Disease= has a name more specific
Condition= what is happening
sign
objective evidence of disease
evidence that can be Perceived from examining physician
EX pulse
Differential diagnoses
More than one possibilty: starts with most like;y disease.
Clinical diagnosis
most likely differential diagnosis
definitive diagnosis
Diagnosis that is sure after tests
Pathonomonic
Unique to specific disease 0 differential diagnosis
Prognosis
the forecast as to the probable outcome of an attack of disease; An expectation
Disease:
any deviation from normal structure/ interruption of normal function for any part of the body… has characteristic set of symptoms and signs
diagnosis
the footprints of disease and the changes it makes to the body
