UE structural exam

Question 1

What are parts of the UE structural exam?

Answer 1

Screening exam
Regional exam
segmental exam

Question 2

What are the parts to the screening exam?

Answer 2

Anterior view
Lateral View
Posterior View
AROM

Question 3

What is checked in the anterior view?

Answer 3

Gait 
UE symmetry 
Chest Symmetry
Shoulder 
Carrying angle 
Derm

Question 4

What is checked in gait?

Answer 4

arm swing

Question 5

What is checked in UE symmetry?

Answer 5

hypertrophy/atrophy

Question 6

What checked in chest symmetry?

Answer 6

Pectus Excavatum/ Carinatum

Question 7

What is checked in shoulder?

Answer 7

Shoulder level (horizontal plane) 
Clavicle level (clavicular head)

Question 8

What is the normal carrying angle for men and woman?

Answer 8

M: 5-15; F: 10-25 

Question 9

What is check in derm?

Answer 9

(pigment, pallor, erythema)

Question 10

what is checked in the lateral view?

Answer 10

Cervical lordotic curve (excessive/flattened) norm

Upper Thoracic kyphotic curve (excessive/flattened) norm

Gravitational line
(Anterior) Lateral malleolus to

Greater trochanter Greater trochanter to Acromion process Acromion process to External auditory meatus

Overall posture

Shoulder (protracted/retracted)

Question 11

what is checked in posterior view?

Answer 11

Derm (pigment, pallor, erythema) Level/location

Shoulder level (horizontal line)

Scapula level (inferior angle)

Question 12

What is checked in AROM?

Answer 12

Shoulder (flex/ext, ab/adduction, int/ext rotation)

Elbow (flex/ext, sup/pronation)

Wrist/Hand (flex/ext, ab/adduction)

Question 13

What are the parts of the regional exam?

Answer 13

PROM
palpatory (TART)
Muscle Strength testing 
Sensory 
DTRs
Vascular assessment

Question 14

What are the parts of PROM?

Answer 14

Shoulder (flex/ext, ab/adduction, int/ext rotation)

Elbow (flex/ext, sup/pronation)

Wrist/Hand (flex/ext, ab/adduction)

Question 15

What is done in Palpatory TART?

Answer 15

Cervical (OA, AA, Typicals)

T1-4

Ribs 1-4 (rib angles)

Supraclavicular Fossa Depth

Shoulder (long head, short head, AC joint, supraspinatus fossa,subacromial bursa, coracoid process, superior angle of scapula)

Elbow (radial head, lateral epicondyle, medial epicondyle,
cubital tunnel, posterior bursa, olecranon process)

Wrist (carpal palmar surface, carpal dorsal surface, anatomical snuff box)

Question 16

What is on the shoulder in the palpatory exam?

Answer 16

long head
 short head
AC joint
supraspinatus fossa
subacromial bursa
coracoid process
superior angle of scapula)

Question 17

What is on the elbow in the palpatory exam?

Answer 17

(radial head
 lateral epicondyle, 
medial epicondyle,
cubital tunnel, 
posterior bursa, 
olecranon process)

Question 18

What is checked on the wrist in the palpatory exam?

Answer 18

carpal palmar surface
carpal dorsal surface
anatomical snuff box

Question 19

What is checked in muscle strength?

Answer 19

Shoulder
Elbow
Elbow
Wrist
Hand (grip strength)
Bilaterally assessed

out of 5 (designated group performed unilaterally on grader)

Question 20

What is checked in sensory/

Answer 20

assess using light touch C5-T1

Question 21

What is checked in DTR?

Answer 21

must grade 0-4/4 Triceps (C7-8)

Biceps (C5-6) Brachioradialis (C5-6)

Question 22

What is checked in vascular assessment?

Answer 22

Radial pulse present/absent

Question 23

What is checked in segmental exam?

Answer 23

joint
myofascial assessent
Orthopedic test

Question 24

What is checked in joint assessment exam?

Answer 24

assess position
Radial head
Radiocarpal joint

Question 25

What is checked in myofascial assessment?

Answer 25

one joint-related area to be assigned by grader Shoulder

Elbow Wrist

Question 26

Which orthopedic test are assigned?

Answer 26

3 assigned by grader

Shoulder (Drop Arm, Apprehension, Biceps Load)

Elbow (Cozen)

Wrist (Finklestein, Tinel at the Wrist, Phelan)

Spurling

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