Week 3 Flashcards
What is the flow of the patient management model?
- Examination
- Evaluation
- Diagnosis
- Prognosis
- Intervention
- Outcomes
What are the two exams involved in the examination step of the patient management model?
- Subjective and objective exam (history and physical exam)
The patient management model is an _____ based model
The patient management model is an impairment based model
What does the nagi model of disablement suggest?
That there is some sort of active pathology going on in the body
What is the general flow in the nagi model of disablement?
- Active pathology
- Impairment
- Functional limitations
- Disability
What is an active pathology?
Interruption or interference with normal processes and efforts of the organism to regain normal state
What is an impairment?
Anatomical, physiological, mental, or emotional abnormalities or loss
What is a functional limitation?
Limitation in performance at the level of the whole organism or person
What is a disability?
Limitations in performance of socially defined roles and tasks within a socio-cultural and physical environment
Examination findings lead to ___
Examination findings lead to interventions
We monitor ____ to see if impairments are changing
We monitor signs and symptoms to see if impairments are changing
What are the signs/symptoms that we normally think about to determine if impairments are changing?
Asterisk/provocative signs
What is an impairment intervention/maxim to provide for a stiff patient?
- Manipulate (thrust/non-thrust)
What is an impairment intervention/maxim to provide for a tight patient?
Stretch/ improve flexibility
What is an impairment intervention/maxim to provide for a weak patient?
Strength
What is an impairment intervention/maxim to provide for a patient if coordination is lacking?
Facilitate/inhibit muscles to improve coordination
What is an impairment intervention/maxim to provide for a patient whose fear of movement is high?
Graded exposure
What is an impairment intervention/maxim to provide for a patient when there is a misunderstanding?
Educate
What should our treatment approach be?
- Test
- Treat
- Retest
____ provides most of the information needed to clarify the cause or establish a hypothesis
The patient’s story provides most of the information needed to clarify the cause or establish a hypothesis
When does the interview of a patient stop in the duration of treatment?
NEVER, the interview is continuous should be done for as long as the patient is in your care
What are the key components we want to get out a patient’s story?
- Patient profile
- Chief complaint
- Body chart
- Present episode
- Aggravating and easing factors
What is severity in SINSS?
Intensity of patient’s complaint and the extent that they limit pain
What is irritability in SINSS?
The amount of activity to aggravate/alleviate symptoms
What is nature in SINSS?
The source of patient’s pain.
What is stage in SINSS?
Acute, sub-acute, chronic
What is stability in SINSS?
Is pain getting better, staying the same, or worsening
____ refers to the type and extent or degree of injury/illness
Nature refers to the type and extent or degree of injury/illness
What is an acute on chronic stage of pain?
When a person has a chronic pain, but has a flare up
What is the stage of most back pain?
Acute on chronic
___ clarifies the historical examination
Physical examination clarifies the historical examination
What are the components of the physical exam?
- Observation
- Clearing test (spine, joints above and below)
- Active movement
- Passive movement (physiologic, accessory, neural)
- Palpation
- Functional tests
- Isometric tests
- Special tests
What are the treatment techniques for an impairment based intervention?
- Address impairments
- Reduce, centralize, or abolish symptoms
- May relieve or provoke symptoms
- Take into account: SINSS (worse, same, better) (vigor of techniques)
- Test-treat-retest
- Choose one or two techniques and complement with specific HEP
___ indicates the value of each technique
On-going assessment indicates the value of each technique
A ___ response during a session indicates a better prognosis (outcome) over time
A positive response during a session indicates a better prognosis (outcome) over time
What does an on-going assessment do at the beginning of a treatment session?
- Determine effect of last treatment session (immediate, evening, next morning)
- Re-assess History/physical exam
- Forms the basis for treatment session
What does an on-going assessment do as each technique is performed?
- Be alert t changes on the patient’s symptoms
- Palpate, observe, question
What does an on-going assessment do after each technique is used?
- Determine the immediate effect of a technique (reassess…
- Determine how to proceed (repeat, modify, add, or discontinue the treatment technique)
What does an on-going assessment do at conclusion of a treatment session?
- Determines the effect of the whole treatment session
What are the potential pain generators in the lumbar spine?
- Muscles
- Ligaments
- Dura mater
- Nerve roots
- Zygapophyseal joints
- Sacroiliac Joint
- Annulus fibrosus
- Thoracolumbar fascia
- Vertebrae
What is radicular pain?
Sharp, shooting, superficial or deep pain into the leg in a defined band < 4cm wide
What is a radiculopathy?
Radiating paresthesia, numbness in a dermatome, weakness (myotome), or combo of these, but not pain
What is somatic pain?
Poorly localized, aching pain
Compression of nerve root causes
____ but not pain
Compression of nerve root causes
radiculopathy but not pain
Radicular pain is elicited only when ____
Radicular pain is elicited only when *a
previously damaged nerve root is compressed.*
Patient may not always present with
____ and radicular pain.
Patient may not always present with
radiculopathy and radicular pain.
What are the non contractile tissue pain generators?
- Nerve Root
- Discogenic Pain
- Zygapophyseal Joints
- (Facet Joint Syndrome)
- Sacroiliac Joint
- Ligament and Fascia
- Vertebrae
Where is the site of pain of an herniated nucleus pulposes compressed nerve root?
- Butt, leg, foot
Where is the site of pain of a normal nerve root if felt at all?
- Butt
- Leg
Where is the site of pain of the annulus of the disc?
Back
Where is the site of pain for the vertebral endplate?
Back
Where is the site of pain for the facet capsule?
Back
Actively irritated spinal nerve root
reproduced sciatica ___% of time
Actively irritated spinal nerve root
reproduced sciatica 99% of time
___ nerve root insensitive to
pain most of the time
Normal nerve root insensitive to
pain most of the time
Patients with post-laminectomy scar had perineural fibrosis that sensitized the nerve root. This scar tissue led to nerve pain
by ___
Patients with post-laminectomy scar had perineural fibrosis that sensitized the nerve root. This scar tissue led to nerve pain
by limiting the mobility of the nerve root
Exposure to nuclear material of disc causes an ____
Exposure to nuclear material of disc causes an inflammatory response
In the absence of disc material, an inflammatory response may result from
____
In the absence of disc material, an inflammatory response may result from
traumatic compression
Animal models suggest that compression of the nerve root causes ____ and ____
Animal models suggest that compression of the nerve root causes local edema and ischemia
____ is the most common source of compressive radiculopathy
IVD herniation is the most common source of compressive radiculopathy
Herniation of the L4/5 disc will affect what nerve root and why?
Affect L5 nerve root, because lumbar roots emerge below their vertebrae
On what spinal levels do IVD herniation most commonly occurs?
- L4/5 (50%)
- L5/S1 (46%)
What part of the annulus s innervated?
Outer 1/3
How is the annulus most commonly injured?
- Torsion and repetitive flexion
Radial fissures that develop in the
inner 2/3 of annulus reach outer 1/3 may cause __ but not ___
Radial fissures that develop in the
inner 2/3 of annulus reach outer 1/3 may cause back pain but not leg pain
___ and ____ are so co-mingled that it is almost impossible to stimulate them individually
PLL and central annulus are so co-mingled that it is almost impossible to stimulate them individually
Stimulation of the central annulus and the PLL creates ___ LBP
Stimulation of the central annulus and the PLL creates central LBP
Unilateral stimulation of PLL directed pain to
the ____ side being stimulated.
Unilateral stimulation of PLL directed pain to
the same side being stimulated.
Stimulating a disc herniation caused buttock pain but no ___
Stimulating a disc herniation caused buttock pain but no sciatica
What is sciatica?
Pain that is felt in the legs
Prevalence facet joint pain up to ___%
Prevalence facet joint pain up to 25%
Why has the fact/ZPJ joints been identified as a source of back and leg pain?
- Generate pain in healthy subjects
- Reproduce “familiar” LBP pain in patients
- When injected, can relieve pain in certain patients
____ of the facets may cause pain
Degenerative arthritis of the facets may cause pain
What are some theories as to what can cause pain originating from the ZPJ/facet joint?
- Meniscoid entrapment
- Synovial impingement
- Mechanical injury to the joint’s capsule
Stimulation of the ZPJ/ facet joint at levels L4-5 produces pain where?
Buttock or trochanteric region
Stimulation of the ZPJ/ facet joint at levels L2-5 produces pain where?
Groin
What are the factors significantly correlated with pain relief from facet injection?
• Older age • Previous history of LBP • Normal gait • Maximal pain with extension from fully flexed • The absence of leg pain • The absence of muscle spasm • No pain with Valsalva maneuver
It takes great ____ to elicit pain from the ZPJ joint. The pain produced was ___
It takes great * ‘experimenter force’* to elicit pain from the ZPJ joint. The pain produced was localized an didn’t reproduce
patient’s deep LBP
Occasionally facet capsule was painful and it referred pain into the ___, “Very rarely” into the ___, and “Never” the ___
Occasionally facet capsule was painful and it *referred pain into the back, “Very rarely” into the butt, and “Never” down the lower limb. *
Facet capsule and articular cartilage was
“never” ____, even when pierced
*Facet capsule and articular cartilage was
“never” tender, even when pierced*
Facet can become sensitized to pain in the presence of _____
Facet can become sensitized to pain in the presence of inflammation
L1/2, L2/3, and L4/5 facet joints always
referred pain to ____
L1/2, L2/3, and L4/5 facet joints always
referred pain to *lumbar spine *
Referral to the gluteal region by the facet joint was from ____(68% of the time)
Referral to the gluteal region by the facet joint was from L5/S1 (68% of the time)
L2/3, L3/4, L4/5, and L5/S1 facet joint occasionally referred pain to the ___ (10% to 16% of the time)
L2/3, L3/4, L4/5, and L5/S1 occasionally referred pain to the trochanteric region (10% to 16% of the time)
Referral to ___, posterior thigh, and ___ regions were most often from L3/4, L4/5, and L5/S1 facet joints (5% to 30% of the time)
Referral to lateral thigh, posterior thigh, and groin regions were most often from L3/4, L4/5, and L5/S1 facet region (5% to 30% of the time)
Can pain maps be used to determine the origins of facet joint pain? And why?
No it can not. Because most facet joint pains are overlapping
What is facet joint pain described as?
• Deep and achy • Localized to a unilateral or bilateral paravertebral area. • Common referral areas for facet are • Flank pain • Buttock pain (rarely below the knee) • Pain overlying the iliac crests • Pain radiating into the groin
During what time of the day is facet pain worse?
In the morning
What aggravates facet pain?
Extension, twisting, stretching, lateral bending
The SI joint is a _____ synovial joint that is innervated from the dorsal primary rami of ___
The SI joint is a diarthrodial synovial joint that is innervated from the dorsal primary rami of S1-S4
Injection of irritant solutions into SIJ provokes pain into ___
- Buttock
- Lower lumbar region
- Lower extremity
- Groin
What is the reported prevalence ranges of patients with LBP origination from the SI joint?
2-30%
The people that experienced pain from the Slipman 2001 research with injection to the SI joint felt pain where?
In the fortin area
The people that did not experienced pain from the Slipman 2001 research with injection to the SI joint felt pain where?
The area inferolateral to the fortin area
How can lumbar ligaments and fascia cause LBP?
- Trauma
- Overload (postural)
- Faulty Movement Patterns
Common tendon of ____
and long dorsal SI ligament, along with ____ can cause pain
Common tendon of longissimus thoracis
and long dorsal SI ligament, along with thoracolumbar fascia can cause pain
Prevalence of lumbar ligamentous sprain is
___
Prevalence of lumbar ligamentous sprain is
low
Spondylosis refers to ___
Degenerative changes of the lumbar vertebrae
Bone pain can arise from ____
- Paget’s disease
- Primary or secondary tumors
- Fractures
Spondylolysis is a ___
Spondylolysis is a defect of the pars related to a fatigue fracture
The incidence of ____ is related to activity
The incidence of spondylolysis is related to activity
____ is an anterior displacement of one vertebra over the other
Spondylolisthesis is an anterior displacement of one vertebra over the other
Spondylolisthesis is usually a progression from a ___
Spondylolisthesis is usually a progression from a spondylolysis
Anterior slippage of spondylolisthesis can compress the ___ and lead to ___
Anterior slippage of spondylolisthesis can compress the spinal canal and lead to cauda equina like symptoms
In what population are patients more likely to experience a slippage of spondylolisthesis?
In patients with a bilateral defect
What are some vertebral anomalies that may cause LBP?
- Transitional lumbar vertebrae (TLV)
- Spina bifida occulta (SBO)
Specific somatic pain generators are ____
Contractile tissue
Muscles in patients with LBP become dysfunctional and demonstrate ___
- Atrophy
- Reduced activity with movements
- Decreased muscle strength
- Increased fatigueability
- Change in % of fiber types
What stage of pain does atrophy of paraspinal muscles occur with LBP patients?
Acute and chronic
Most atrophy occurs in what muscle?
Multifidus
____ is the likely cause of atrophy according to Hides et al
Reflex inhibition is the likely cause of atrophy according to Hides et al
____ of multifidus after distention of the facet joints by injection with saline solution
Rapid inhibition of multifidus after distention of the facet joints by injection with saline solution
Patients with LBP have a significantly higher portion of ____ muscle fibers
Patients with LBP have a significantly higher portion of type IIB (fast twitch glycolytic) muscle fibers
The longer the duration of LBP, the ___ the change of muscle fibers to type IIB
The longer the duration of LBP, the higher the change of muscle fibers to type IIB
What are the things that the change in muscle fiber type result in with patients with LBP?
- Increased fatiguability
- Compromised spinal stability
- Increased stress on non-contractile structures
What are the common disorders in muscles with patients with LBP?
• Muscle strain
• Spasm or guarding
• Myofascial complaints, such as trigger
points.
The common disorders in muscles with patients with LBP leads to…?
• Altered activity in painful muscle
• Lower blood flow in the painful muscles
• Impaired circulation contributes to muscle
pain by causing metabolites to accumulate
What are trigger points?
Tender, firm, 3-6mm nodules that provoke radiating, aching pain into localized reference zones
Mechanical stimulation of a taut band/ trigger point elicits a ____
Mechanical stimulation of a taut band/ trigger point elicits a localized muscle twitch.
Myofascial Pain (MP) syndrome occurs when muscles are short/contracted with \_\_\_\_
Myofascial Pain (MP) syndrome occurs when muscles are short/contracted with *increased tone, stiffness, and trigger points (TrPs)*
Myofascial Pain (MP) and trigger points (TrPs) may occur due to …?
• Direct or indirect trauma • Exposure to repetitive strain • Postural dysfunction • Nerve root dysfunction (neuropathic pain) - Site of tissue damage - Result of proximal radicular disorder