UE DSA Caldwell Flashcards
Visual inspection
for asymmetry
Survey the entire upper extremity for color change, skin alteration, or unusual bony contours.
- Boney
- Soft tissue
- Atrophy or swelling?
- Including superior clavicle head @ sternoclavicular joint
- Skin for rashes, pustules
Ancient formula of rubor, tumor, dolor, calor
Basic Neurologic and Circulatory Tests
Pulses - Brachial - Radial DTRs Motor Strength Dermatomes
Pulse Check
1. Temporal artery at the temple above and lateral to the eye 2. External maxillary (facial) artery at the point of crossing the mandible 3. Carotid artery on the side of the neck 4. Brachial artery on the inner side of the biceps 5. Radial artery on the radial bone side of the wrist 6. Femoral artery in the groin 7. Popliteal artery in the popliteal fossa 8. Posterior tibial pulse Posterior to the inner ankle 9. Dorsalis pedis artery on the anteriosuperior aspect of the foot
Lymphatic DRAINAGE
Right Lymphatic Duct (RLD) formed by a merger in the Right jugular trunk, the Right subclavian trunk, and the Right transverse cervical trunks. 1 cm in length.
- just head and right arm/ chest
Everything else- left lymphatic duct
Shoulder Pain
some sources of Viscerosomatic
lungs heart diaphragm gallbladder spleen
elbow, cervical spine
Tests to Evaluate for Radiculopathy
C5: biceps DTR, deltoid motor, lateral upper arm for light touch
C6: brachioradialis DTR, biceps (and wrist extensors) motor, lateral forearm, thumb, index finger for light touch
C7: triceps DTR, triceps motor (and wrist flexors, finger extensors), light touch to long finger
C8: motor: interossei (and finger flexors, thenar muscles)
light touch: ring and little finger, medial forearm
T1: motor- interossei, light touch- above and below elbow
The STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID(SCM) MUSCLE
Is the principal muscular landmark of the neck
Passes from the manubrium of the sternum and medial 1/3 of the clavicle to the mastoid process of the temporal bone and superior nuchal line
Acts unilaterally to draw the mastoid process anteriorly and inferiorly, rotating the face toward the contralateral side
Contracts bilaterally to draw the head forward and the chin upward
Is an accessory muscle of respiration
*** Is innervated by the accessory nerve (CN XI) and the anterior ramus of C2
SCM trouble
May be congenitally shortened or spasmodically contracted, positioning the head as it would be positioned by strong unilateral contractions; this is congenital and spasmodic torticollis, respectively
Autonomic Nervous System
Sympathetic innervation to the upper extremity
T2-T8
Actual origins from T5 to T7
Sympathetic trunk courses anterior to the rib heads.
Spinal cord levels usually represented in branches of the BRACHIAL PLEXUS include in principal terminal branches the
Musculocutaneous nerve (C5-7) LC Axillary nerve (C5-6) PC Radial nerve (C5-T1) PC Median nerve (C5-T1) LC, MC Ulnar nerve (C8-T1) MC
Lateral Cord, Posterior Cord, Medial Cord
Standard Method Of Recording Amplitude Of A Reflex
0 Absent 1/4 = Decreased but present 2/4 = Normal 3/4 = Brisk with unsustained clonus 4/4 = Brisk with sustained clonus
Standard Method Of Recording Motor Strength
0 (Zero)
No evidence of contractility
1/5 (trace)
Evidence of slight contractility; no joint motion
2/5 (poor)
Complete range of motion with gravity eliminated
3/5 (fair)
Complete range of motion against gravity
4/5 (good)
Complete range of motion against gravity with some resistance
5/5 (normal)
Complete range of motion against gravity with full resistance
Motor strength chart
Shoulder elevation: trapezius, C2,3 Accessory nerve
Posterior elbow approxiation: Rhomboids, C4,5, Dorsal scapular nerve
Shoulder abduction at 90 degrees: Deltoid, C5 (C6), Circumflex nerve
Elbow flexion at 90 degrees: Biceps (C5) C6, MSC nerve
Elbe extension at 90 degrees: Triceps (C6) C7 (C8, T1), Radial nerve
Finger and wrist flexion : C8, Median and ulnar nerves
Finger abduction and adduction: Intrinsic muscles, T1 Ulnar nerve
Sensory Testing
Upper Extremity Sensation testing with light touch, pinprick, or two-point discrimination C5-lateral arm C6-lateral forearm C7-index finger C8-medial forearm T1-medial arm Sensory testing to the hand
Upper Extremity Neurologic Exam
Tested with light touch, pinprick, or two-point discrimination
- Sensation is intact, diminished, or absent
Dermatomes
- C5-lateral arm
- C6-lateral forearm
- C7-index finger
- C8-medial forearm
- T1-medial arm
Peripheral nerves
Radial, median, ulnar
PROM vs. AROM
Same as AROM with doctor moving the part of the upper extremity
ACTIVE = Patient Performing Motion PASSIVE = Physician Performing Motion Unassisted by the Patient
Physiologic Barrier – is the farthest a patient can actively move a joint/structure
Anatomic Barrier – is the farthest an examiner can passively move the joint/structure beyond the physiologic barrier before causing injury/pain
Shoulder Articulations
Structural: Thoracic cage Scapula Clavicle Humerus
Functional: Scapulothoracic Acromioclavicular Sternoclavicular Glenohumeral