Test 3 Flashcards
The exact definition of OMM research from the AOA Bureau of Research is, “Investigator has to state relevance of proposed project to Osteopathic philosophy and principles, theories, mechanisms, or practice”
Name the 6 OMM things that classify under this definition
Institutional, Autonomic and Immune function, Spinal cord facilitation, OMT efficacy, Whole patient care, All research at a COM?
Name the person
1) Induced spinal lesions in animals and then noted the effects on their various organ systems
2) Helped to document the existence of somatic dysfunction (osteopathic lesion) by documenting and quantifying muscle, muscle reflex, and autonomic changes in the areas of SD
3) Performed studies using galvanic skin resistance and correlate that with plapatory findings of somatic dysfunction
4) Performed reliability studies, validity studies, and viscerosomatic reflex studies
1) Louisa Burns
2) J. Stedman Denslow
3) Irvin M. Korr
4) William L. Johnston
Working with Louisa Burns, Dr. ___ validated the research that they performed (internal validation)
Wilbur Cole
J.S. Denslow utilized ___ and ___ correlations to document spinal muscle reflex changes in areas of osteopathic lesions (SDs)
** Called “reflex activity in the Spinal Extensors”
He also was a pioneer in ____ proponent
EMG and palpation
standard terminology
Dr. I.M. Korr worked with ___ and is credited for discovering the ___ flow and ___ function of nerves
He also termed the name ____ and he believed that all disease processes have a heightened sympathetic tone to the neurological system effecting an organ
- This is why we care so much about sympathetic stuff
- He also mapped out the levels of what organs have sympathetic and parasympathetic innervation
Denslow, Axoplasmic, trophic
sympatheticotonia
Who brought modern peer reviewed research into the scientific literature from the osteopathic perspective?
Dr. Korr
The second great philosopher of OM is who?
Korr
What happened in 1918 and did DO or MD treatment save more lives?
What happened in 1932?
In 1999, what dysfunction was looked at in the published NEJM article? Which group had a better outcome? Also, __% of patients were satisfied with the care they received in both groups
Spanish influenza Epidemic, DO
Unit II L.A. County Osteopathic Hospital (DOs were in unit 2 and MDs were in unit 1)
Lower back pain, neither group had a better overall outcome (all patients got better, however DOs used lesses medication and PT), 90%
One study on pancreatitis used ___ to treat half of the patients in the study and this lead to a decreased length of stay, decreased __ use, and increased patient satisfaction
general joint mobilization, analgesic (pain killers)
Another study on __ showed OMT groups had decreased edema, pain, and increased ROM
ankle sprain
A study with elderly pneumonia care was conducted and there was an experimental group that used OMT and there was a control group that used light touch (but this was just a sham to make them think OMT was being performed) and the first study showed OMT has a __ amount of antibiotics prescribed and __ length of stay; however, this test was repeated and the results __ (did or did not) hold up
decreased, decreased, did not
A study on children 6months to 6 years old with otitis media (middle ear infection) showed that OMT group has ___ episodes of AOM, less procedures, and an __ frequency of normal tympanograms
** This was actually done by an MD
decreased, increased
One old study on the ___ was redone and re-analyzed. The first study in 1934 looked at immunological cell counts and found with splenic pump, that ___
The most current study looked at cell __ to identify immune activation from ___ pump and results held up
Splenic pump, increased
labeling, abdominal
There are __ cervical vertebra, and which ones are atypical
7, C1(atlas) and C2(axis)
The atlas has no ___ and rotates around the __ of C2
The vertebral body of C2 extends superiorly to form the __
vertebral body, dens
dens (also called the odontoid process)
The typical cervical vertebra start from the articulation between C__ and C__ and continues to C__
facets are in a plane that point towards the __ in the upper segments and towards the __ in the lower segments
C2-C3, C7
eye, opposite shoulder (or opposite ASIS)
What are the 4 C spine lateral view lines?
Anterior vertebral line, posterior vertebral line, spinolaminar line, posterior spinous line
A good view to look at facets and vertebral foramen is the C spine __ view
oblique
Cerivcal spine flexion and extension is __ - __ degrees
Side bending is __ degrees
Rotation is __ degrees
** For all of these, you want to use __ motion first, and then you can use __ motion
45-90
45
70-90
active (they do it), passive (you do it)
What type of SD is the OA joint and what are its major motions?
When diagnosing the OA joint, you should contact the __ aspect of the occiput with your __ fingers and the __ aspect with the __ finger (about at the transverse process of C1)
**^ The competency states for lateral translation, contact head with tips of 2nd and 3rd fingers of the __ and for rotational test, contact head with tips of fingers on the __
By lifting anteriorly on the left side, you asses ___ and vice versa
By translating to the left you asses __
Modified type 1 (so flexion and extension component but rotation and side bending are opposite), Flexion and extension **(Minor motions are SB and rotation)
posterior, middle, lateral, index
Occipital articulation, occipital ridge
Right rotation
Right side bending
If you have a restriction to translation to the right, what is SB and Rotation?
If you have a restriction when you lift anteriorly on the right, you have a restriction to __ rotation aka the rotation is preferred to the right, so then what is SB and rotation
Sr and Rl
left Sl Rr
The __ joint is between C1 and C2 and it’s primary motion is ___ via the __ rotating about the __
** It is an atypical cervical vertebra
** Flexion, extension, and side bending are NOT tested at this segment
AA (atlantoaxial joint), rotation, atlas, dens
The proper position for testing the AA joint is to cup to __ and place fingers on the AA joint
** The competency says to contact the __ of the __, bilaterally
It is important to __ the C-spine to lock out rotation of C2-C7 in order to isolate the rotation to the atlas
occiput
lateral masses, atlas
flex
Unlike the OA joint, when you rotate to the right, you are rotating right.
So in other words, lets say you rotate the head and neck to the right and feel a restriction. How would you document this in the soap note?
AA Rl
Typical cervical vertebra are what type of SD
Type 2
** Although if I remember properly, they can be a modified type 2 due to the fact that it can occur in grouped segments instead of single segments
The proper position when performing the rotational test for the typical cervical vertebra is to place your fingers where?
What about in the lateral translation test?
Posterior aspect of the TP (articular pillars aka lateral mass) ** Not on the tips of the TP
Fingers over the tip of the TP in the midcoronal line ** OSCE says lateral borders of the articular pillars
Rotational testing for typical cervical vertebra is also called __ and what plane does it occur in?
What plane does translation occur in?
Rotoscoliosis testing, transverse
Coronal
Just like the OA joint,
By lifting anteriorly on the left lateral mass side, you asses ___ and vice versa
By translating to the left you asses __
right rotation
right sidebending
When testing for reflexes, name the dermatome level
1) Triceps
2) Biceps
3) Brachioradialis
For testing the reflexes, you should tap your thumb with the reflex hammer over the tendon for __.
For brachioradialis reflex, tap the tendon at the __
For triceps reflex, tap the tendon where is crosses the __
1) C7
2) C5
3) C6
biceps
distal radius
olecranon fossa
DTRs (Deep tendon reflexes) are graded on a scale of __-__ and what is normal?
** Document under the neurological exam of the objective portion
0-4, +2/4 is normal
0 = no response 1 = slight response 2 = brisk 3 = very brisk 4 = clonus (repeating reflex)
___ test/maneuver looks for a herniated disk
If a disk is herniated at L3/L4, what nerve root would be compressed?
WHat are the three stages of the test? Also, what is a positive test for any of the three stages?
Spurlings
L4
1) Compress head in neutral
2) Compress head in extension
3) Compress head in side bending position, first away from affected side and then towards effected side
+ test is pain down arm in the distribution of the nerve root indicating nerve root compression
The heart and lungs are located in the __ cage
Also, much of the __ nervous system outflow arises from the thoracic spine
thoracic
sympathetic
There are __ thoracic spinal vertebrae
This ribs attach to the superior and inferior __, along with the ribs touching the transverse costal facet
and the vertebrae attach to more vertebrae at the superior and inferior __
12
costal facets,
articular process
Explain the rules of three
T1-T3: SP same plane as TP and VB
T4-T6: SP in plane halfway between its own TP and the TP of the vertebra one below
T7-T9: SP same plane as vertebra one level below
T10: Like T7-T9
T11: Like T4-T6
T12: Like T1-T3
What are the three anatomic regions of the thoracic vertebra
What are the four functional divisions and name where their sympathetics go to
**OMT can reduce somatic afferent input
Name the sympathetics 1) Gall bladder 2) Left colon 3) Small intestines 4) Lungs 5) Stomach 6) Kidney 7) Spleen 8) Duodenum 9) Gonads 10 Pelvic organs 11) Heart 12) Pancreas 13) Right colon
Upper (T1-T4)
Middle (T5-T8)
Lower (T9-T12)
T1-T4: To head and neck
T5-T9: To upper abdominal viscera
T10-T11: To most of the lower abdominal viscera
T12-L2: To remainder of the lower abdominal viscera
1) T5-T9
2) T12-T2
3) T10-T11
4) T1-T6*
5) T5-T9
6) T10-T11
7) T5-T9
8) T5-T9
9) T10-T11
10) T12-L2
11) T1-T6
12) T5-T9
13) T10-T11
___’s law is the idea that bones and soft tissues deform according to the stresses that are placed on them
** AKA bones are laid down upon lines of stress
Wolffs
**Can occur in scoliosis, kyphosis, arthritis, and leg length inequalities
In the thoracic spine, __ion is greater than __ion due to the normal __ curvature and gravity
Also, __ is greater in the thoracic spine compared to the lumbar spine
Also, the motion capabilities in the thoracic spine is generally __ than the cervical and lumbar spine
flexion, extension, kyphotic
rotation
**Rotation is greater in the upper and middle portions and the lower thoracic spine moves similar to the lumbar spine
less
Side bending of the thoracic spine is limited by the __ and what three things that we talked about can limit lateral motion aka sidebending?
rib cage
1) Scoliosis/kyphosis
2) Upper and lower motor neuron lesions
3) Repetitive motion causing tethering
What three small muscles of the back are often involved in postural stress and therefore can be responsible for maintaining SDs
Multifidus, Rotares, and Intertransversarii muscles