TEST AND MEASURES Flashcards
Your patient complaints of deep, nagging type of pain. In your assessment, what structure is most probably involved?
a. nerve
b. bone
c. muscle
d. ligaments
b. bone
a: sharp shooting, burning pressure
c: may cramping
d: dull/aching type
Cremasteric reflex is:
a. Stroking of the medial thigh will elicit ipsilateral elevation of the umbilicus.
b. Stroking of the lateral thigh will elicit ipsilateral elevation of the scrotum.
c. Stroking of the medial thigh will elicit contralateral elevation of the umbilicus.
d. Stroking of the medial thigh will elicit ipsilateral elevation of the scrotum.
d. Stroking of the medial thigh will elicit ipsilateral elevation of the scrotum. (T12 to L1)
All of the following are red flag signs, except:
a. Loss of appetite
b. Unusual lumps or growth
c. None of these
d. Persistent pain at night
c. None of these
Functional scale of Cancer:
a. Hoen yahr
b. Kurtzke
c. Karnoffsky
d. none of these
c. Karnoffsky
a: PD
b: MS
What is the level of the upper abdominal reflex?
a. T8
b. T4
c. T11
d. T10
a. T8
What is the landmark in measuring the apparent leg length?
a. ASIS to lateral malleolus
b. ASIS to medial malleolus
c. Umbilicus to medial malleolus
d. ASIS to umbilicus
c. Umbilicus to medial malleolus
a: True LLD
c: apparent
This type of pulse may be detected by a palpable decrease in the pulse’s amplitude on quiet respiration. It is also found in pericardial tamponade, constrictive pericarditis and obstructive lung disease:
a. Paradoxical
b. Tardus
c. Alternans
b. Bisfriens
a. Paradoxical
If there is a springy end feel what does this suggest?
a. Muscle tightness
b. Fracture
c. Frozen shoulder
d. Meniscal injury
d. Meniscal injury
Burning, pressure-like, aching pain suggest that what structure is affected:
a. nerve
b. sympathetic nerve
c. nerve root
d. nerve endings
b. sympathetic nerve
All of the following are Babinski-like reflex except:
a. Gonda
b. Schaeffer
c. Gordon
d. Bing
b. Schaeffer (PF or foot response)
This pulse indicates left ventricular failure and is usually accompanied by a left sided S3:
a. Paradoxical
b. Tardus
c. Alternans
d. Bisfriens
c. Alternans
Squeezing the calf muscle will elicit big toe extension and fanning of the toes:
a. Gonda
b. Schaeffer
c. Gordon
d. Bing
c. Gordon
a: ABD of the 5th toe
d: pinching of the Achilles tendon
Stroking of the lateral side of the foot beneath lateral malleolus produces extension of big toe and fanning of toes:
a. Babinski
b. Gordon’s
c. Chaddock’s
d. Hoffman
c. Chaddock’s
In this position the metatarsophalangeal joint is in the closed pack position:
a. abduction
b. full flexion
c. adduction
d. full extension
d. full extension
What is the level of plantar reflex?
a. S2-S4
b. S1-S2
c. S3-S4
d. L5-S1
b. S1-S2
What is the grade of muscle if there is complete ROM against gravity with maximal resistance?
a. 4 plus
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
d. 5