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
What are the steps of deep touch of static palpation?
Tissue Prominency
Palpatory Tenderness
Deep Tonicity Changes
