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OP 4 palpations only Flashcards

1
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how do you palpate rectus femoris

A
  • Start on ASIS
  • move to AIIS
  • Flex hip
  • Palpate distally to its attachment at tibial tuberosity
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how do you palpate Vastus medialis

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  • Put your person in external rotation
  • have person extend leg
  • start on tibial tuberosity
  • Palpate superiorly to where you lose it under rectus femoris
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how do you palpate Vastus lateralis

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  • Put your person in medial rotation
  • have person extend leg
  • start on greater trochanter
  • Palpate distally to tibial tuberosity
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how do you palpate Biceps femoris

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  • start on ischial tuberosity
  • extend hip
  • move distally onto head of fibula
  • Palpate distally to tibial tuberosity
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how do you palpate semitendinosus

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  • start on ischial tuberosity
  • palpate inferiorly
  • flex knee
  • palpate distally onto back of knee
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how do you palpate semimembranosus

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  • start on ischial tuberosity
  • palpate inferiorly
  • flex knee
  • palpate distally onto back of knee
  • roll medially off of semitendinosus
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how do you palpate semimembranosus

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  • start on ischial tuberosity
  • palpate inferiorly
  • flex knee
  • palpate distally onto back of knee
  • roll medially off of semitendinosus
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how do you palpate gluteus maximus

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  • start on greater trochanter
  • move inferiorly ~1 inch
  • roll posteriorly onto gluteal tuberosity
  • extend hip
  • air palpate diagonally towards attachment onto coccyx, sacrum and posterior iliac crest
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how do you palpate gluteus Medius

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  • start on greater trochanter
  • have person abduct
  • palpate proximally until iliac crest
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how do you palpate gracilis

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  • have person find adductor tendon at crease of thigh
  • have person adduct
  • palpate distally until knee
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how do you palpate adductor longus

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  • have person find adductor tendon
  • move distally to middle of thigh
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how do you palpate adductor magnus

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  • have person resist you pulling their ankle to find hamstrings
  • roll off hamstring medially
  • have person adduct

-palpate halfway up thigh

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how do you palpate tensor fasciae latae (TFL)

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  • start on ASIS
  • move posteriorly onto iliac crest

-have person medially rotate

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how do you palpate I.T band

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  • start on iliac crest
  • move posteriorly onto tibial tubercle
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how do you palpate sartorius

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  • have person cross legs
  • start on ASIS
  • press against hand
  • palpate distally until pes anserine tendon
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how do you palpate piriformis

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  • locate greater trochanter
  • flex knee for external rotation
  • don’t let person pull hand
  • air palpate diagonally onto sacrum
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how do you palpate quadratus femoris

A
  • locate greater ischial tuberosity
  • palpate laterally to greater trochanter
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how do you palpate iliacus

A
  • start on ASIS
  • move posteriorly onto illiac crest
  • bend knee
  • roll medially into illiac fossa
  • take deep breaths
  • sink in on breath out
  • press knee into hand
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how do you palpate psoas major

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  • have person locate belly button
  • locate ASIS
  • form finger into M shape
  • have person crunch to get off rectus andominis
  • take deep breaths
  • sink in on breath out diagonally
  • press knee into hand
20
Q

what is the trail for the ASIS

A
  • start on PSIS
  • move anteriorly along iliac crest until you reach boney protuberance which is your ASIS
21
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what is the trail for the illiac crest

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  • start on AIIS
  • move superiorly onto ASIS
  • move superiorly onto illiac crest
22
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what is the trail for the iliac fossa

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  • start on ASIS
  • move posteriorly onto iliac crest
  • move medially into iliac fossa
23
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what is the trail for the Ischial tuberosity

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  • start on ilium
  • move distally to greater trochanter
  • palpate medially into gluteal crease and apply pressure superiorly
24
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what is the trail for the AIIS

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  • start on iliac crest
  • move anteriorly to ASIS
  • move inferiorly and medially 1/2 and inch to arrive on ASIS
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Q

what is the trail for the greater trochanter

A
  • start on the middle of iliac crest
  • move inferiorly through the ilium until we feel round bone
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what is the trail for the gluteal tuberosity

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  • start on ilium
  • move inferiorly to greater trochanter
  • palpate distally then roll medially onto posterior side of femur

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