Static Palpation Procedure Flashcards
active light touch (3)
sudoriferous changes
turgidity
surface tonicity
light pressure almost as though you are “tickling” skin. Feel moisture changes
sudoriferous changes
neuropathology is components for (2)
sudoriferous changes
palpatory tenderness
clinical indications: acute VSC (sudorirferous changes)
oily slick moisture clammy tacky
clinical indications: chronic VSC (sudorirferous changes)
dry rough flaky scaly blemished
start with “eyeball” pressure. use pressure on your hand as guide
turgidity
histopathology component is for:
turgidity
clinical indications:
turgidity
fluid filled inflamed boggy spongy puffy saggy deflated flaccid
clinical indications:
surface tonicity
tight contracted spasms rigid firm stiff
component VSC for myopathology
sufrace tonicity
deep tonicity
broad fingerpads contact; “fingerprinting”
tone in surface/superficial musculature
push past any turgidity in the previous step
surface tonicity
AKA: bony prominency. Feel for a bony structure to be out of place. Spinous processes or lamina/tvp/mammilaries
tissue prominency
clinical indicators: tissue prominency
prominent
protruding
pronounced
“sticking out”
clinical indicators: palpatory tenderness
response with pain, discomfort, tenderness, grimace, wince, or apprehension
clinical indicators: deep tonicity
ropiness tight contracted spasm rigid firm stiff
component part for: kinesiopathology
tissue prominency
component part for: neuropathology
palpatory tenderness
press on a bony structure(s) in question while evaluating for a subluxation. elicit a pain response
palpatory tenderness
strumming for deep paraspinal muscles to feel for tonal changes
deep tonicity
deep touch (3)
tissue prominency
palpatory tenderness
deep tonicity
