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Spine- Thoracolumbar VI- Hypermobility and Instability and DJD Flashcards

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What are the 4 variables of stabilization?

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  • joint integrity
  • passive stiffness
  • neural input
  • muscle function
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What is hypermobility/instability defined as?

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  • abnormal movement of spinal segment under loaded conditions, resulting in pain/disability that changes instantaneous axis of motion
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What are the two types of instability?

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  1. functional
  2. mechanical
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What is functional instability?

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Instability that CAN be stabilized with muscle activity and/or positioning

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What is mechanical instability?

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Instability that CANNOT be completely stabilized with muscle activity and/or positioning

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Which gender has hypermobility more often?

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Females more than males

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What are the potential etiologies of hypermobility/instability?

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  • trauma or recurrent sprains (such as IDD)
  • age related disc changes
  • repetitive extension activities (dancing, gymnastics, power lifting)
  • creep due to persistent poor posturing
  • Adjacent joint hypomobility, even more so with fusions
  • connective tissue disorder - generalized hypermobility
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What are some connective tissue disorders that can cause hypermobility/instability?

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  • benign joint hypermobility syndrome
  • Ehler’s Danloss syndrome
  • marfan’s syndrome
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What segment in the lower spine is hypermobility most common?

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L4-S1

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Which planes in the lumbar spine is hypermobility more common in?

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Sagittal and frontal planes

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What are symptoms of functional instability?

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  • predictable pain (every time I do …)
  • spine and referred pain, possibly paresthesias from nociplastic pain due to sensitization
  • no clear directional preference
  • catching (high spec)
  • easy self manipulation
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What positions will help/cause pain with functional instability?

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  • decreased pain with positional changes and support
  • increased pain with prolonged positions, prolonged and repetitive forward bending or arching, strenuous activities, and possibly sudden motions

** pain in groin due to shared innervation

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Why can strenuous activities cause pain with functional instability?

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increased demand for stabilizaiton

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What is a sign in the patients history that can indicate functional instability is possible?

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often less than 40 years old

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What will we find with our ROM with acute functional instabilty?

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  • limited and painful with extension because of increased anterior vertebral shearing, followed by SB
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What will we find with general ROM if the functional instability is presenting as an acute condition?

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Limited and painful with aberrant motion

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What can we find with flexion with functional instability?

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  • may be limited with Gower’s sign
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What is Gower’s sign?

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UE assistance returning from forward bending

(using hands as assistance)

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What will be different between PROM and AROM with functional instability?

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PROM greater than AROM, particularly in non weight bearing vs weight bearing

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What can we find with ROM if functional instability is not presenting as an acute condition?

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Often WNL or excessive except for extension that still may be limited with creasing

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What will we find with combined motions with functional instability?

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Possible inconsistent block

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What are signs of aberrant AROM with functional instability?

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  • painful arc of motion, primarily in sagittal plane
  • uncoordinated motion, primarily in sagittal plane
  • Gower’s sign
  • LE/Pelvis compensations
  • positive if ≥ 1 present
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What will we find with resisted testing/MMT with functional instability?

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  • if acute, may be painful
  • MOST often strong and painless bc global muscles not effected
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What will we find with neuro tests with functional instability?

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Negative neuro tests except possibly a hypersthesia with pinwheel during sensation testing and bring DTRs

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What will we find with stress tests with functional instability?

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  • positive PA stress tests
  • Mixed findings with distraction depending on severity
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What will we find with accessory motion testing with functional instability?

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  • possible hypomobility if hypermobile joint is stuck like drawer example
  • possible adjacent hypomobility
    > T 10 rotation
    > SI joint motion
    > Hip hyperextension
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What special tests will be positive with functional instability?

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  • possible positive prone LE extension test
  • likely positive segmental stability
  • possible positive straight leg reaise
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What will segmental stability be most likely positive for with functional instability?

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excessive anterior shearing

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What muscle can be excessively recruited with LBP?

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The psoas

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30
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What does the psoas maintain in standing?

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lordosis

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What can an excessively recruited psoas do to functional instability?

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  • excessively recruited psoas can further add to the hyperextension and anterior shearing MOST often occuring with lumbar hypermobility/instability
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What will happen to local muscles with functional instability?

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Can be inhibited

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What are the symptoms for mechanical instability?

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Same as functional instability, plus worse with
- unpredictable pattern of provoking activities
- worsening symptoms with MORE frequent episodes
- increased pain with even trivial and LESSER ADLs.

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What are the signs of mechanical instability?

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same as functional instability except worse and with
- positive stability tests that wont fully stabilize with repositioning and / or muscle activity

35
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What are tests and measures for functional and mechanical instability?

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  • radiographs
36
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Can functional instability exist without radiological evidence?

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What is a stress radiograph?

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Comparing vertebral position in various positions for mechanical instability - may be a spondylolisthesis

38
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What can exist at rest, which is shearing all the time?

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Step deformity

39
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What is PT rx for functional and mechanical instability?

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  • rx like ligamentous laxity
  • POLICED
  • postural ed to activate local lmuscles and for chair support
  • JM- increase adjacent joint hypomobility
  • Bracing/Taping prn
40
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What is MET for functional and mechanical instability focusing on?

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  • emphasis on stabilization, particularly of local muscles
  • addition of hip exercises provided greater pain and disability improvements
41
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What is contraindicated for MET with instability?

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hyperextension

42
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What is the MD rx in cases of severe slippage and shearing?

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  • prolotherapy for stabiilzation into iliolumbar ligaments along with PT
  • Spinal fusion
43
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What is prolotherapy?

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  • injection of a fluid that creates inflammation into a ligament to get it to scar, creating intentional fibrosis to increase the stabilization of the ligement
44
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What is an indication for a spinal fusion?

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Mechanical instability

45
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What are the results/downsides of a spinal fusion?

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  • similar long-term results to multi-disciplinary PT
  • higher costs are greater risks
46
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What are other names for age-related joint changes?

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  • Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD)
  • Osteoarthrisis (OA)
  • Spondylosis if multiple spinal levels
47
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What segment is the age-related joint changes MOST common?

48
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What progresses with age-related joint changes?

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age-related disc changes

49
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What is the etiology of age related joint changes??

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** Degenerative MORE common
-Rarely acute tears
- Prior trauma
- age
- genetics due to age related disc change contributions
- other disease such as RA
- sedentary lifestyle with underloading

50
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What age population is degenerative age related joint changes more common in? Why?

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-older individuals
– chrondrocytes cant keep up

51
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What population are acute tears from age-related joint changes most common in? How?

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  • younger active individuals
  • involving high shear forces
52
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What are the 5 components of a synovial joint?

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  • joint space
  • articular cartilage
  • synovial fluid
  • capsule
  • synovial membrane
53
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What happens to the synovial joint articular cartilage with age related joint changes?

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frays, blisters, tears and thins so JOINT SPACE narrows

54
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What happens to subchondral bone with age-related joint changes?

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overloaded and injured including marrow with greater load

55
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What happens due to excessive bony stress?

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Osteophyte or spur formation

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What happens to the fibrous capsule due to age related joint changes?

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slackens (very little, maybe ~1mm) then thickens and stiffens

57
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What happens to the synovial membrane with age related joint changes?

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Produces less synovial fluid and nutrients

58
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What happens to periarticular tissue with age related joint changes?

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Inflammation in the ligaments, capsule, muscles, etc

59
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Why is there persistent pain and inflammatory response with age related joint changes?

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  • stress on other tissues like bone
  • increased local nociceptor sensitivity for greater pain transmission fostering inflammation
  • local production of nitrous oxide leads to MORE interstitial inflammation and excess collagen (joint fibrosis)
  • blood released from bone marrow
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What is the onset of lumbar symptoms with age related joint change?

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What will cause pain in the lumbar region with age related joint changes?

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  • prolonged extended positions, particularly standing and possibly sleeping depending on position
62
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What will cause stiffness in the lumbar region with age related joint changes?

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  • morning or after prolonged positions
63
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What will be painful and limited in the lumbar region with age related joint changes?

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  • while standing and walking or lying on stomach
64
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Why is sleeping position important with age related joint changes regarding lumbar symptoms?

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  • sleeping on stomach is a hyperextended position, back without pillows is also a lordotic position which will squeeze synovial fluid out and not allow refilling
65
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What will we see with observation of the lumbar region with age realted joint changes?

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possibly forward bent in standing/walking

66
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What will we find with ROM with lumbar age related joint changes?

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  • Pain with extension, ipsilateral side bend and contralateral rotation
  • typically one side more than the other but may be bilateral
  • capsular pattern of restiction
67
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What will we find with combined motion with lumbar age related joint changes?

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consistent block often into an extension quadrant OR opposing quadrants consistently blocked

68
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What will we find with resisted tests / MMT with lumbar age related joint changes?

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depends on acuity

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What will we find with stress tests for age-related joint changes?

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  • pain with compression, particularly if added while in extension, ipsilateral side bend and/or contralateral rotation
  • PA glides and unilateral torsion likely painful
  • distraction relieving if acute
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What will we find with neuro testing with lumbar age related joint changes?

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Often negative but could be positive for radiculopathy if spurring creates stenosis on spinal nerve

71
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What will we find with accessory motion with lumbar age related joint changes?

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Hypomobility

72
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What is the PT rx for age related joint changes?

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  • greater focus on improving integrity of cartilage and mobility
  • POLICED
  • JM for pain, cartilage integrity and mobility
73
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What POLICED can we do for age related joint changes?

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  • Pt. education of weight management and avoiding provocation
  • assistive device/orthotics to unload involved cartilage (cane, waist wrap)
74
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What is the MET for age related joint changes focusing on?

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  • improving motion, cartilage integrity and neuromuscular benefits
75
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What supplements are for age related joint changes? What should we know about them?

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  • Glucosamine and Chondroitin sulfate
  • NO evidence of minimum clinically important outcomes compared to placebo in the knee

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