PD Musculoskeletal Upper and Lower Extremity Exam Flashcards
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Each extremity/joint needs to be inspected for these 7 things..
- Symmetry
- Atrophy/hypertrophy
- Swelling
- Erythema
- Deformity
- Bony landmarks
- Skin
Palpating a joint allows for assessment of…
Warmth, tenderness, deformity, crepitus
Range of motion tests should be ____ first then ____
Active, passive
Palpations on the shoulder
Sternoclavicular joint to acromioclavicular joint
Range of motion on shoulder
Flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, internal rotation, external rotation, Apley’s scratch test!!
Deltoid muscle strength test
Supraspinatus/empty can test
Lift off/subscapularis test
Serratus anterior test
Rhomboid test, verebral border of scapula should not wing out
Neer’s impingement sign, pain suggestive of subacromial impingement
Hawkins Kennedy test for impingement
Adson’s test for subclavian artery compression, thoracic outlet syndrome (don’t forget to palpate the pulse yo)
AC joint arthrosis test
Apprehension test for anterior shoulder instability
Sulcus sign for inferior shoudler instability
Jerk sign for posterior shoulder instability
Load and shift test for anterior and posterior shoulder instability
Range of motion on elbow
Flexion, extension, pronation, supination
Lateral epiconditis (tennis elbow), pain with resisted extension of wrist
Medial epicnodylitis (golfer’s elbow) test - palpate, resisted pronate, flex wrist
Range of motion on wrist
Flexion, extension, ulnar deviation, radial deviation