Random OSCE Flashcards
What are the types of toe walking
-Idiopathic
-Autisim, sensory stimulation
-Cerebral Palsy, Calf muscle spasticity
When is Toe walking not considered normal
-Above the age of 3
What are the issues associated with toe walking
-narrow calcaneus
-falls
-Knee instability
-quality of life
What are the causes of Idiopathic Toe Walking
-Tactile Processing, response to touch sensations
-Proprioceptive processing, sense of body position in space
-Vestibular processing, maintaining balance
-Moto control, control of specific body movement
-How long and flexible the leg and foot muscle are
What is a red flag in the birthing history
-Premature delivery
What are the muscle changes associated with toe walking
-Shortening of gastric and soleus
-Short hamstrings
-Contracted hip flexors/adductors
What are the traditional therapies to ITW
-Night braces
-Gait training
-serial casting
-AFO’s
-HEP
-Manual stretching
-Gait plates
-Botox
-Surgery
What other therapies can you use
-Taping
-Orthotics
-Footwear
-Squatting
How to treat a MSK/Sensory toe walking
-Heel lift to bring ground up to the heel
-Myofascial release
-eccentric strengthening
-Weight shifting training
-Casting
What some exercise for toe walking
-Calf stretching
-ice skating on towels
-Foot intrinsic
-Deficit calf raises
What would you suspect of a 7 year old new toe walker?
=tethered cord syndrome
What are some the primitive reflexes
-Grasp
-Step
-Crawl
-Tonic neck
-moro reflex
-Tonic labyrinth
How to rate a reflex response
0 absent
1 hypoactive
2 normal
3 brisk without clonus
4+ hyperactive with unsustained clonus
5 hyperactive with sustained clonus
How to rate motor strength
0 no movement
1 Flicker
2 moves with gravity eliminated
3 moves against gravity but not resistance
4 moderate movement against resistance
4- slight move against resistance
4+ sub maximal movement against resistance
5 normal movement
What are some conditions associated with hyporeflexia
-CMT
-Polio
-Muscular dystrophy
-Friedreich ataxia
-Neuropathy
-Stroke
-CP
What are some conditions associated with hyperreflexia
-Spinal cord injury
-Cerebral Palsy
-Cerebellar ataxia
-Angelmanns syndrome
How to rate a Gowers sign
-Mild, prolonged or rise using single hand action
-Moderate, forming prone crawl position, and using one or two hands on thigh
-Severe, using the thigh with both hands, additional aid to rise, unable to rise
What is ankle clonus
-Series of involuntary, rhythmic contraction and relaxation
What is an ankle clonus indicating
-Sign of neurological condition
-Upper motor neurone lesions
-associated with spasticity
What does ANTT stand for
-Aseptic non-touch technique
What should you be checking when using dressings
-Package intact
-Date
How to perform Donning and doffing
Donning (put on)
-Gown
-Mask
-Glasses
-Gloves
Doffing (put off)
-Gloves
-Gown
-Glasses
-Mask