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Test 1 Material Flashcards

1
Q

Complete the following clinical assessment mantra: FIND THE CAUSE - THEN _____________________.

A

TREAT THE CAUSE

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2
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Name the term denoting the disease or syndrome a person has or is believed to have?

A

DIAGNOSIS

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3
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Are RMTs allowed to diagnose?

A

NO

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4
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An _______________ is an appraisal or educated evaluation of a patient’s condition.

A

ASSESSMENT

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5
Q

What are patient impairment’s usually a result of?

A 
MEDICAL CONDITION
\+
PATHOLOGY
\+
INJURY
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6
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List the 5 reasons WHY we assess?

A

1 - GATHER INFO TO DEVISE SAFE TREATMENT PLAN
2 - GATHER INFO TO DEVISE EFFECTIVE T PLAN
3 - A TOOL TO MONITOR PROGRESS
4 - A MEANS TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
5 - REQUIRED BY LAW

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7
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The acronym SOAP stands for the 4 parts of an assessment, what are they?

A

SUBJECTIVE DATA
OBJECTIVE DATA
ASSESSMENT
PLAN

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8
Q

Which type of data collected is from the patient’s perspective?

A

SUBJECTIVE DATA

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9
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Which type of data collected is from the therapist’s observations, testing and physical findings?

A

OBJECTIVE DATA

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10
Q

What is an assessment referred to in student clinic?

A

CLINICAL IMPRESSION

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11
Q

What 4 things should treatment plans include?

A 
GOALS/AIMS
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TECHNIQUES FOR EFFECTS
\+
STRUCTURES/TIME TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO
\+
#OF FUTURE TREATMENTS/RE-EXAM DATE
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12
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It is important to remember with assessment, the client is coming to you because they have a _____________.

A

PROBLEM

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13
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Patients will answer many questions at once - so you should aim not to be _____________.

A

REPETITIVE

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14
Q

List the first 4 guidelines for developing a case history?

A 
FIND PRESENTING CONCERN
\+
GENERAL HEALTH
\+
OCCUPATION
\+
MD & MEDS
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15
Q

List the final 5 guidelines for developing a case history?

A 
PREVIOUS INJURY
\+
PAIN
\+
FUNCTION
\+
THERAPIES
\+
CURRENT SYMPTOMS
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16
Q

Name the term for an unpleasant sensation associated with actual or potential tissue damage?

A

PAIN

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17
Q

________ reduces further inflammation.

A

COLD

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18
Q

Mechanical pain results from what?

A

THE STRETCH OR COMPRESSION OF PAIN SENSITIVE STRUCTURES, CONTAINING NOCICEPTORS

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19
Q

Name the pain provoked by noxious stimulation produced by injury/disease?

A

ACUTE PAIN

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20
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Name the pain which persists beyond the usual course of healing?

A

CHRONIC PAIN

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21
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Name the pain which is a result of non-inflammatory dysfunction of the peripheral or central nervous system?

A

NEUROGENIC PAIN

22
Q

Name the pain which is felt at another location of the body, distant from tissues that have caused it?

A

REFERRED PAIN

TRIGGER POINT

23
Q

Name the nerve root pain involving a spinal nerve, or spinal nerve root?

A

RADICULOPATHY

24
Q

Where is dermatomal pain felt?

A

AREA OF SKIN SUPPLIED BY ONE NERVE ROOT

25
Q

Where is myotomal pain felt?

A

GROUP OF MUSCLES SUPPLIED BY ONE NERVE ROOT

26
Q

Where is sclerotomal pain felt?

A

AREA OF BONE OR FASCIA INNERVATED BY ONE NERVE ROOT

27
Q

A joint ______________ is almost out, and a joint dislocation is completely out.

A

SUBLUXATION

28
Q

What’s another term to describe a gradual onset of pain?

A

INSIDIOUS ONSET

29
Q

Ligaments cause pain when ______________.

A

STRETCHED

30
Q

Muscles cause pain when ______________.

A

CONTRACTED

or stretched

31
Q

When should you perform the most painful assessment test?

ie - ligaments

A

LAST

32
Q

What is parasthesia?

A

ALTERED SENSATION

33
Q

What is another word for painful?

A

ANTALGIC

34
Q

When palpating, what are the 4 T’s we’re feeling for?

A 
TEXTURE
\+
TONE
\+
TENDERNESS
\+
TEMPERATURE
35
Q

Only check for _________ (indicates inflammation) at a lesion site.

A

HEAT

indicates inflammation

36
Q

Which functional test involves telling patients which unassisted positions to assume?

A

AF - ACTIVE FREE

37
Q

Which functional test involves examiner moving joint through its anatomical range, with client relaxed?

A

PR - PASSIVE RELAXED

38
Q

Which functional test is used to determine the status of the contractile unit with the use of controlled isometric contractions?

A

AR - ACTIVE RESISTED

39
Q

What’s the term for crunching, clicking sounds which often accompany no pain.

A

CREPITUS

40
Q

If you believe your client has a strain of the semitendinosis, then what would your order of testing be?

A 
AF - ACTIVE FREE
\+
PR - PASSIVE RELAXED
\+
AR - ACTIVE RESISTED
41
Q

If you believe your client has an injury of the medial collateral ligament, then what would your order of testing be?

A 
AF - ACTIVE FREE
\+
AR - ACTIVE RESISTED
\+
PR - PASSIVE RELAXED
42
Q

Active free, passive relaxed, and active resisted is the sequence to assess what?

A

MUSCLES

43
Q

Active free, active resisted, and passive relaxed is the sequence to assess what?

A

JOINT CAPSULES
+
LIGAMENTS

44
Q

What is the most common ‘end feel’?

A

TISSUE STRETCH

45
Q

How long should examiner’s active resisted tests last during contraction?

A

5 SECONDS

46
Q

Name the 4 possible findings of active resisted testing?

A
  1. STRONG and PAINLESS
  2. STRONG and PAINFUL
  3. WEAK and PAINLESS
  4. WEAK and PAINFUL
47
Q

What is a fasiculation?

A

TRIGGER POINT

48
Q

Which functional test would you use for innert tissue?

A

PASSIVE RELAXED

49
Q

Which functional test would you use for contractile tissue?

A

ACTIVE RESISTED

50
Q

Name the 4 ways your force of palpation can vary?

A 
RATE
\+
PRESSURE
\+
DIRECTION
\+
DURATION

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