physical examination Flashcards
purpose of physical exam
confirm or reformulate diagnostic hypothesis
to find comparable signs
to guide selection of safe treatments
to document outcome measures
observation
total body posture
body allignment
deformity
swelling
skin colour
muscle spams
muscle imballance
muscle waste
traumatic scars
functional test
aggrivating acitivities
note the phase of movement where the pain is felt
this is STS/ squats walking up stairs
= reproduce symptoms
active movement
find the patients impairments reproduce the symotoms
quality of the movement
ROM
Symptoms
RECORD THE ONSET OF PAIN
when do you apply overpressure
during active movement
passive movement
if AROM norma may not require
to differentiate between contractile and non-
contractile sources of symptoms
RRER IN PASSIVE MOVEMENT
resistance/ quality of move
ROM
end fee
reproduce symptoms
resisted muscle test/ muscle test quantitiative vs qualitative
quant=
MMT
MML
ISOTNIC
QUAL=
functional
resisted isometric contraction
recruitment/ activation
passive physiological movement
movement that a person could carry out
passive accessory movement
movement individual can’t carry out by themself independently but essential for joint movement
muscle condition test
strength
endurance
power
length
muscle control exercise
balance
coordination
proprioception
palpation
temp, swelling
tone of muscle bony abnomralities
tenderness
soft tissue thickening
adjacent joints
clear joints bellow and above the painful area
special othropedic test
ligament stress test
dynamic instability
meniscal
