Week 1 - Objective Assessment

Question 1

Describe what you are looking for during observation

Answer 1

Alignment
Atrophy
Colour
Deformity

Question 2

What are you looking for during AROM testing

Answer 2

Quality (willingness to move)
Range
Pain response (when, where)
Occurrence of muscle spasm

Question 3

What does AROM test

Answer 3

Muscle/ tendon - contractile tissue

BPS - willingness to move, pain behaviours

Question 4

What does PROM test?

Answer 4

Only inert tissue

Question 5

What are we looking for with PROM?

Answer 5

End feel
Pain response
ROM achieved
Any other symptoms produced

Question 6

What to record with PROM

Answer 6

Where/ when does pain begin and finish (P1,P2)
How does further movement affect pain
Where and when does stiffness begin and end (S1)
Pattern of movement limitation
The ‘End’ Feel

Question 7

Give four abnormal end feels

Answer 7

Bone to bone
Muscle spasm
Empty
Springy block

Question 8

What are three possible causes of a capsular pattern?

Answer 8

Capsular contraction, muscle spasm, osteophyte formation