Static Palpation and Leg Check Flashcards
How many components are there to static palpation?
6
What two categories do all components of static palpation fall into?
active light touch and deep touch
What is assessed during active light touch?
sudoriferous changes, turgidity, and surface tonicity
What is assessed during deep touch?
tissue prominency, palpatory tenderness, and deep tonicity
Which component of the VSC is associated with sudoriferous changes?.
neuropathology
Which component of the VSC is associated with turgidity?
Histopathology
Which component of the VSC is associated with surface tonicity?
Myopathology
Which component of the VSC is associated with tissue prominency?
kinesiopathology
Which component of the VSC is associated with palpatory tenderness?
neuropathology
Which component of the VSC is associated with deep tonicity?
myopathology
Which part of static palpation can be described as: light pressure almost as though you are tickling the skin, feeling for moisture changes?
Sudoriferous changes
During which part of static palpation does one start with “eyeball” pressure?
Turgidity
Which part of static palpation can be described as “fingerprinting?”
surface tonicity
Which part of static palpation is assessed when feeling for a bony structure to be out of place?
Tissue prominency
Which part of static palpation is assessed when pressing on a bony structure to see if it elicits pain?
Palpatory Tenderness
