Patient Evaluation Flashcards
What are a manifestation of the body’s failure to adapt to stimulus from a homeostatic perspective?
Symptoms
When taking a history or symptomatology ask the patient what?
If they have concerns with their health
When taking a history or symptomatology don’t ask the patient what?
Where it hurts
What is a major component of visualization?
Postural Analysis
What are the findings when visualizing a leg check?
Inversion/Eversion
Foot Flare
Plantar Flexion/Dorsiflexion
Short Leg
When doing a leg check what can aid in creating a frame of reference?
A shoe with a rigid outsole
What should not be used to perform a leg check because it is subject to different wear due to gait patterns?
Bottom of the shoe
What should be used to determine the short leg when doing a leg check?
Seam or Like Points
What else can be used to determine the short leg when doing a leg check, but it is subject to anatomical variance?
Medial Malleolus
When doing a prone leg check apply slight headward pressure to remove?
Slack in the shoe
When doing a leg check, flatten the foot to?
Neutralize any Inversion or Eversion
What should you NOT do, when performing a leg check?
Torsion the Tibia/Femur
What will be the instrument of choice to identify breaks?
Nervoscopes
Instrumentiaon indicates where there is?
Neuro-vascular dysfunction occuring
What are the steps of light touch of static palpation?
Sudoriferous Changes
Turgidity Changes
Surface Tonicity Changes
