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upper extremity Flashcards

1
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Inflammation, soft repair, hard repair, and remodel?

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4 phases of bone healing

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2
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How long can swelling actually last in fracture patients?

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Up to 9 months to a year

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3
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ORIF

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Open reduction internal fixation

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4
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Do not use ointments or soak incisions. Can start ROM at 2-10 days

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ORIF care

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5
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Avoid dangling, use elevation, compression, ice, and ROM

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Edema management

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6
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Which 2 ways can PROM be referred to

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Passive and passive stretch

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7
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Humerus, radial head fracture, wrist fracture, metacarpal fractures and phalanx fractures?

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Common upper extremity fractures

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8
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Colles fracture or distal radius fracture

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Common wrist fracture

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9
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Caused by high velocity fall on out stretched hand, most carpal bone fracture

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Scaphoid

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10
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except humeral fractures and epicondyle fractures, most patients begin AROM within a week after surgery or after cast removal

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Treatment

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11
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Proximal humeral fractures start with PROM and pendulums

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Treatment

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12
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Most common with humerus fractures

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Frozen shoulder

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13
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Freezing, frozen, thawing

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3 stages of frozen shoulder

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14
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A contracture of the palmar fascia. Which pulls the fingers into flexion

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Dupuytrens contractures

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15
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A partial laceration, internal/external force (compression),and/or a pull on the arm

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Causes of peripheral nerve injuries

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16
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Commonly seen in volar surface (digit, palm, wrist)

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Peripheral nerve laceration

17
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Safety education for loss of protective sensation. Splint preventing stretch to the repaired nerve and save ROM.

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Phase 1 for post op nerve repair

18
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Sensory nerve (desensitization and sensory reeducation). Motor nerve (strengthening in progression)

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Phase 2 of post op nerve repair

19
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Compression neuropathy, nerve entrapment, and entrapment neuropathy

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Other terms for never compression

20
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Neurapraxia (bruise to the nerve steath), axontomesis (damage to axon fibers),neurotemesis (complete laceration)

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Results of compression

21
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Medial nerve (carpal tunnel syndrome), ulnar nerve( elbow), radial nerve

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Most common nerve compression

22
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Most common compression neuropathy,. Caused by decreased space in carpal tunnel

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CTS

23
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Numbness or tingling in thumb, index, middle, and half of ring finger. Decreased fine motor control, weak or atrophied thenar muscles, decreased pinch strength

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CTS symptoms

24
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Neutral wrist split, patient education, tendon gliding exercises

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CTS OT treatment

25
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Ulnar nerve kinked around a ligament at the elbow

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Cubital nerve compression

26
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Deep tissue and soft tissue massage to supinator and extensors. Ultrasound or electrical stim to extensors. Extensor stretching. Patient education

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Radial tunnel treatment

27
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Usually a traction injury

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Brachial plexus

28
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Onset after soft tissue or bone injury

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Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)

29
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Disease of the tendon

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Tendonopathy

30
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Tennis elbow

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Lateral epicondylitis

31
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Ice, deep friction massage, ultrasound or heat modalities, extensor and supinator stretching, and extensor strengthening

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Tennis elbow treatment

32
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Golfers elbow

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Medial epicondylitis

33
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Ice, deep friction massage, ultrasound or heart modality, flexor and pronator stretching, and flexor strengthening

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Golfer’s elbow treatment

34
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Supraspinatus gets caught under Acromion

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Impingement

35
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Rest (tape, support with pillow, avoid above 90 degree elevation). Ice (Supraspinatus tendon). NSAIDS. Ultrasound

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Phase 1 of rotator cuff treatment

36
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Isometrics, theraband, postural reeducation

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Phase 2 of rotator cuff treatment

37
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PNF diagnosis. Scapular strengthening. Rotator cuff strengthening

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Phase 3 of rotator cuff treatment

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