Questions 12 Flashcards
What structures are involved in trigger finger
A1 pulley and flexor tendons
Degenerative joint disease is another name for?
Osteoarthritis
An enlargement on the dorsal lateral surface of the DIP joint resulting from OA is called?
Heberdens node
When a normal adult performs lateral pinch, the thumb CMC joint is subjected to compression forces. How large are these forces compared to the pinch force at the thumb tip?
CMC joint compression is 12 times the pinch force
Which of the following is NOT a principle of treatment after finger MP joint implant resection arthoplastly
Use light theraputty for MP joint ext strengthening starting at post op week 4
General treatment princples for golfers or tennis elbow include?
- Superficial heat for pain
- Aerobic ex
- Resisitive ex with high reptitions and low resistance once full pain free AROM ispossible
- AROM, starting with short arcs and progressing to large arcs of motion
The muscle tendon units most commonly involved with medial epicondlytsis is?
flexor carpi radialis and pronator teres
Which causes prolonged moving stiffness (more than 1 hour)
RA
Which is characterized by devlopment of osteophytes?
OA
Arthorsis is another name for?
OA
T/F
Conditions seen by OT that were seen as tendinitis are now usually viewed as a degenerative condition?
True
You have a pt with a history of RA who presents with sudden inability to straigthen the MP joint of the small finger. You observe swelling at the dorsal wrist. What is the problem?
Tendon rupture
Conservative treatment of radial tunnel syndrome does not include which of the following?
Compression over the wrist extensor muscle bellies
Which includes degeneration of the articular surface due in part to mechanical factors as a risk factor?
OA
Which is by finger MP joint ulnar deviation and volar subluxation?
RA
