Unit 4 - Definitions

Question 1

A wrench or twist the ligaments of (an ankle, wrist, or other joint) violently so as to cause pain and swelling but not dislocation. is a stretching or tearing of ligaments — the tough bands of fibrous tissue that connect one bone to another in your joints

Answer 1

Sprain

Question 2

Is a stretching or tearing of muscle or tendon

Answer 2

Strain

Question 3

Inflammation of a bursa, typically one in the knee, elbow or shoulder.

Answer 3

Bursitis

Bursa -a fluid-filled sac or saclike cavity, especially one countering friction at a joint.

Question 4

Inflammation of a tendon, most commonly from overuse but also from infection or rheumatic disease

Answer 4

Tendonitits

Question 5

Inflammation of a tendon shealth

Answer 5

Tenosynovitis

Question 6

A region of injured tissue or skin in which blood capillaries have been ruptured; a bruise

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Contusion

Question 7

A swelling comprised of a collection of blood (usually clotted).

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Hematoma

Question 8

A condition of shortening and hardening of muscles, tendons, or other tissue, often leading to deformity and rigidity of joints.

Answer 8

Contracture

Question 9

Is one of the most common causes of heel pain. It involves pain and inflammation of a thick band of tissue that runs across the bottom of your foot and connects your heel bone to your toes.

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Plantar Fasciitis

Question 10

Is an overuse injury of the tendon, the band of tissue that connects calf muscles at the back of the lower leg to your heel bone.

Answer 10

Achilles Tendon

Question 11

A condition resulting from increased pressure within a confined body space, especially of the leg or forearm.

Answer 11

Compartment syndromes

Question 12

Is inflammation of the bursa (fluid-filled sac near a joint) at the outside (lateral) point of the hip known. When this bursa becomes irritated or inflamed, it causes pain in the hip. This is a common cause of hip pain.

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Trocanteric Bursitis

Question 13

Is inflammation and swelling behind the elbow.

Answer 13

Olecranon Bursitis

Question 14

Is a muscular disease in which the muscle fibers do not function for any one of many reasons, resulting in muscular weakness

Answer 14

Myopathy

Question 15

Is a group of disorders that occur when the blood vessels or nerves in the space between your collarbone and your first rib become compressed. This can cause pain in your shoulders and neck and numbness in your fingers.

Answer 15

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Question 16

Irritation of inflammation of the wrist tendons at the base of thumb

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De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis

Question 17

A condition in which there is fixed forward curvature of one or more fingers, caused by the development of a fibrous connection ( shortening and thickening of the palmar aponeurosis) the finger tendons and the skin of the palm

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Dupuytren’s Contracture

Question 18

Is a chronic pain condition most often affecting one of the limbs (arms, legs, hands, or feet), usually after an injury or trauma to that limb. Damage of the nerves, resulting in pain, tissue swelling, autonomic dysfunction to limbs + skin. Abnormal response of the nerves.

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Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

Question 19

Is one of the leading causes of lateral knee pain in runners. This syndrome is a thick band of fascia on the lateral aspect of the knee, extending from the outside of the pelvis, over the hip and knee, and inserting just below the knee.

Answer 19

Iliotibial Band Syndrome

Question 20

An injury, usually musculoskeletal in nature, that results from continual repetitive motion

Answer 20

Repetitive Stress Injury