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PD Musculoskeletal Upper and Lower Extremity Exam Flashcards

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Each extremity/joint needs to be inspected for these 7 things..

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  1. Symmetry
  2. Atrophy/hypertrophy
  3. Swelling
  4. Erythema
  5. Deformity
  6. Bony landmarks
  7. Skin
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Palpating a joint allows for assessment of…

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Warmth, tenderness, deformity, crepitus

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Range of motion tests should be ____ first then ____

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Active, passive

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Palpations on the shoulder

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Sternoclavicular joint to acromioclavicular joint

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Range of motion on shoulder

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Flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, internal rotation, external rotation, Apley’s scratch test!!

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Deltoid muscle strength test

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Supraspinatus/empty can test

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Lift off/subscapularis test

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Serratus anterior test

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Rhomboid test, verebral border of scapula should not wing out

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Neer’s impingement sign, pain suggestive of subacromial impingement

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Hawkins Kennedy test for impingement

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Adson’s test for subclavian artery compression, thoracic outlet syndrome (don’t forget to palpate the pulse yo)

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AC joint arthrosis test

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Apprehension test for anterior shoulder instability

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Sulcus sign for inferior shoudler instability

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Jerk sign for posterior shoulder instability

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Load and shift test for anterior and posterior shoulder instability

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Range of motion on elbow

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Flexion, extension, pronation, supination

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Lateral epiconditis (tennis elbow), pain with resisted extension of wrist

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Medial epicnodylitis (golfer’s elbow) test - palpate, resisted pronate, flex wrist

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Range of motion on wrist

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Flexion, extension, ulnar deviation, radial deviation

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Finkelstein’s test for De Quarvian’s Tenosynovitis

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Phalen’s test for carpal tunnel syndrome

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Tinel’s sign for carpal tunnel syndrome

26
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Bouchard’s nodes

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Located at the PIP, indicative of osteoarthritis

27
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Heberden’s nodes

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Located at the DIP joint, indicative of osteoarthritis

28
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Ulnar deviation is a sign of what disorder?

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Rheumatoid arthritis

29
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Dupuytren’s contracture

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Chronic hand deformity that causes knots to form in the palmar tissue creating a consistent bent position for ring and pinky fingers, different from trigger finger

30
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Swan neck deformity and boutoneire deformity

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kind of as the name sounds, and what i have :(

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Range of motion on hip

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Gait, flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, external rotation, internal rotation

32
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Groin and anterior thigh pain indicates…

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…osteoarthritis of femoral head and acetabolum

33
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Posterior hip pain indicates…

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…sacroiliac pain

34
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Lateral hip pain indicates…

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Greater trochanteric bursitis

35
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Patrick’s FABER test for sacroiliis

36
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Trendelenberg test

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Watch walking for a trendelenberg gait

37
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Thomas test for flexion contracture of hip, flex knee and hip of other side to see if affected side remains in a flexion contracture

38
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Length leg discrepency

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Measure from ASIS to medial malleolus to determine if both sides are same

39
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Genu varum

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out bowing knees

40
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Genu valgus

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Inward bowing knees

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Range of motion on knee

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Flexion and extension

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Varus knee stress test for LCL

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Valgus stress knee test for mcl

44
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Anterior and posterior drawer test

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With a slightly flexed knee, pushing and pulling on the leg to assess the integrity of the ACL/PCL, not very accurate

45
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Lachman’s test for ACL tear

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Thesalay’s test for meniscus tear

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McMurray’s test for meniscal tear

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Apley’s grind test for meniscal tear

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Patellar apprehension test for patellar sublaxation

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Patellar compression test for patellofemoral syndrome

51
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Range of motion on ankle

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Flexion, extension, inversion, eversion

52
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Kleigar’s test/external rotation test for anteiror tibiofibular ligament, high ankle sprain

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Talar tilt test for calcenofibular lig

54
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Anterior drawer test for anterior talofibular lig

55
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thompson test for achilles tendon rupture

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