Pages: 1-21 (Neuromusculoskeletal Diagnosis) Flashcards
Scoliotic deviation toward the high side of the sacrum is called?
a. Lovett in reverse
b. Lovett failure
c. Lovett negative
d. Lovett static
a. Lovett in reverse
Stenosis or compression of the vertebral, carotid or basilar arteries are all indications for all of the following except?
a. Dekleyn’s test
b. Hauntant’s test
c. Barre-Leiou sign
d. Adson’s test
d. Adson’s test
Which muscle is most commonly torn in a positive Codman’s test?
a. supraspinatus
b. infraspinatus
c. teres minor
d. subscapularis
a. supraspinatus
Which of the following is most similar to the Laguerre’s test?
a. Sicard’s
b. Ely’s
c. Patrick’s
d. Mill’s
c. Patrick’s
A patient is suspected of having sciatica. Which is the most appropriate test?
a. Yeoman’s test
b. Kernig’s test
c. Burns Bench test
d. Turyn’s test
d. Turyn’s test
Coxa Vera is a femoral angle less than _____ degrees.
a. 120
b. 150
c. 160
d. 180
a. 120
Which is not part of Charcot’s triad?
a. hyperreflexia
b. nystagmus
c. slurred speech
d. intention tremor
a. hyperreflexia
Which is associated with plasmocytosis?
a. Multiple myeloma
b. OA
c. RA
d. Enchondroma
a. Multiple myeloma
Perceptible click in the bicipital groove area is a positive finding in?
a. Yergason’s test
b. Speed’s test
c. Lundington’s test
d. Allen’s test
a. Yergason’s test
Stroke victims will most commonly have this type of paralysis?
a. diplegia
b. hemiplegia
c. paraplegia
d. quadriplegia
b. hemiplegia
Positive indicator of tenosynovitis of the abductor pollicis longus is found in which test?
a. Hoover’s
b. Tinel’s
c. Golfer’s elbow
d. Finkelstein’s
d. Finkelstein’s
Which artery is checked for bruits in the vertebrobasilar maneuver?
a. basilar
b. carotid
c. common iliac
d. aorta
b. carotid
Which of the following can test for a possible T10 nerve root lesion?
a. Kernig
b. Beevor’s sign
c. Lhermitte’s sign
d. Adam’s sign
b. Beevor’s sign
Rotator cuff tear is a positive indication in which of the following?
a. Codman’s test
b. Dugas test
c. Yergason’s test
d. Mill’s test
a. Codman’s test
Yergason’s test is positive. What is the indication?
a. shoulder dislocation
b. lateral epicondylitis
c. bicipital tendon instability
d. meniscus tear
c. bicipital tendon instability
What reflex should be performed for L5 neurological package?
a. patella
b. achilles
c. tibialis posterior
d. no reflex
c. tibialis posterior
- This is a tricky question… There is an actual reflex for L5. Although most chiropractic curriculums teach that there is no reflex here, questions like this can appear on the test.
Dawbarn’s sign has an indication of _____?
a. posterior shoulder dislocation
b. subacromial bursitis
c. rotator cuff tear
d. lateral disc protrusion
b. subacromial bursitis
Bow-legged is also known as?
a. genu varum
b. genu valgum
c. Dawbarn’s test
d. Codman’s test
a. genu varum
Which condition in newborns during the birth process which is characteristic of a waiter’s tip?
a. Meralgia paresthetica
b. Marfan’s syndrome
c. Erb Duchenne paralysis
d. Neurofibromatosis
c. Erb Duchenne paralysis
Rotation of the head is accomplished by the _____, which is innervated by the _____.
a. trapezius, cranial nerve XI
b. SCM, cranial nerve XI
c. coracobrachialis, musculocutaneous nerve
d. subclavius, nerve to the subclavius
b. SCM, cranial nerve XI
Which is not innervated by the tibial nerve?
a. Soleus
b. Plantaris
c. Tibialis anterior
d. Gastrocnemius
c. Tibialis anterior
Lack of elbow extension may show injury of the _____ nerve.
a. radial
b. ulnar
c. axillary
d. peroneal
a. radial
Lister’s tubercle is found on which anatomical structure?
a. transverse process of C6
b. radius
c. ulna
d. femur
b. radius
Which test does not have indications of bicep tendon instability?
a. Abbott Saunders
b. Lundington’s
c. Yergason’s
d. Lewin’s
d. Lewin’s
The _____ nerve is compressed in carpal tunnel syndrome.
a. radial
b. ulnar
c. median
d. axillary
c. median
Which is not related to hyperthyroidism?
a. Grave’s disease
b. Exophthalmos
c. Puffy face
d. Fast language
c. Puffy face
What nerve is being tested in the L4 dermatome?
a. deep peroneal
b. femoral
c. superficial peroneal
d. sciatic
a. deep peroneal
21 year old college football player has hurt his knee in an unfortunate tackle. Which test would be most relevant to use?
a. Apley’s compression
b. Burn’s Bench
c. Buerger’s
d. Dugas
a. Apley’s compression
Normal hematocrit levels would be?
a. 20-30%
b. 35-45%
c. 70-87%
d. 12-25%
b. 35-45%
Normal internal rotation of the knee is _____ degrees.
a. 10
b. 5
c. 0
d. 20
a. 10
Contraction of the tensor fascia lata is a positive for?
a. Ely’s test
b. Ober’s test
c. Thomas test
d. Laguerre’s test
b. Ober’s test
Medial epicondylitis is suspected. Which test should you perform?
a. Cozen’s
b. Golfer’s elbow
c. Tinel’s
d. Mill’s
b. Golfer’s elbow
A sacroiliac joint lesion is suspected. Which test should no be performed?
a. Lewin-Gaenslen’s
b. Iliac compression
c. Hibb’s
d. Bonnet’s
d. Bonnet’s
Achilles tendon rupture is an indication of which of the following?
a. medial collateral ligament test
b. Thomas test
c. Thompson test
d. Patella Apprehension test
c. Thompson test
Which is included in the case history of a patient?
a. sex of patient
b. chief complaint
c. site of pain
d. all the above
d. all the above
All of the following have a scoliosis deviating to the low side of the sacrum except?
a. Lovett in excess
b. Lovett static
c. Lovett negative
d. Lovett in reverse
d. Lovett in reverse
Which is best represented by urticaria?
a. Nodule
b. Macule
c. Wheal
d. Pustule
c. Wheal
Displacement of the femoral head is an indication for?
a. Ortolani’s Click test
b. Ober’s
c. Thomas
d. Ely’s
a. Ortolani’s Click test
Which is the most common cause of ascites?
a. M.I.
b. Peptic ulcer
c. Cirrhosis of the liver
d. Gallstones
c. Cirrhosis of the liver
The classic test for meningitis is?
a. Lhermitte’s sign
b. Linder’s
c. Brudzinksi
d. Thompson
c. Brudzinksi
Which of the following can test for lateral epicondylitis?
a. Cozen’s
b. Golfer’s elbow test
c. Dawbarn’s
d. Apley Scratch
a. Cozen’s
Which of the following have indications associated with multiple sclerosis?
a. Linder’s
b. Brudzinksi
c. Kernig
d. Lhermitte’s
d. Lhermitte’s
Which of the following has a positive sign of non-palpable biceps tendon?
a. Dugas
b. Lundington’s
c. Yergason’s
d. Dawbarn’s
b. Lundington’s
Neurogenic claudication usually occurs in the _____ spine from a(n) _____ and of injury?
a. cervical, flexion
b. thoracic, flexion
c. lumbar, extension
d. thoracic, extension
c. lumbar, extension
Thoracic outlet syndrome is an indication of?
a. Wright’s test
b. Ober’s test
c. Lhermitte’s sign
d. Brudzinski sign
a. Wright’s test
Which neurological package tests for foot dorsiflexion?
a. T1
b. C7
c. L4
d. S1
c. L4
Which is a reflex of the L4 neurological package?
a. Patella
b. Achilles
c. No reflex
d. Tibialis posterior
a. Patella
C5 disc is injured, which nerve will be affected?
a. C5
b. C6
c. C7
d. T1
b. C6
Degeneration of both upper and lower motor neurons is associated with?
a. tabes dorsalis
b. AS
c. Huntington’s chorea
d. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
d. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
The ability to tell the difference between two different weights is called?
a. graphesthesia
b. vibration
c. barognosis
d. stereognosis
c. barognosis