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Advanced Health Assessment
NRSG 810
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Health Care
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10/19/2010

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Term
Utilitarianism
Definition
The appropriate use of resources for the greater good of the larger community.
Term

Deontological imperatives

 

Definition
Duties of care providers established by traditions and in cultural contexts.
Term

Fairness and justice

 

 

Definition
Balance between autonomy of patient and competing interest of family and community.
Term
Sensitivity
Definition
% of people with disease who have a positive test.
Term
Specificity
Definition
% of people without the disease who have a negative test.
Term

When the sensitivity of a symptom or sign is high, a ________ response rules ____ the targer disorder.

What is the acronym to help remember?

 

 

Definition

Negative

OUT

 

SnNout

Term

When the specificity is high, a ______ test result rules ____ the target disorder. 

What is the acronym?

 

 

 

Definition
SpPin
Term
The probability of disease in a patient with a positive test, or the "true positive" out of the total population tested.
Definition
Positive Predictive Value
Term
How do you calculate sensitivity, specificity, + predictive value, - predictive value
Definition
See Pg 46
Term
How do you calc. sensitivity?
Definition
a/a+c x100
Term
How do you calc. specificity?
Definition
b/b+d x100
Term
How do you calc. + Predictive value?
Definition
a/a+b x100
Term
How do you calc. - Predictive value?
Definition
d/c+d x100
Term

When does the history transition from pt driven to provider driven?

 

Definition
Following the completion of the HPI.
Term
First, do no harm
Definition
Nonmaleficence
Term
do good for the pt
Definition
Beneficence
Term
Adolescent screening Tool
Definition

HEADS

Home

Education

Activities, affect, ambition, anger

Drugs

Sex

Term
Another adolescent screening tool
Definition

PACES

Parents, peers

Accidents, etoh

cigarettes

emotional issues

school, sexuality

Term
Assessment that should be done with elderly?
Definition
Functional Assessment (ADL Testing)
Term
If a headache is severe and of sudden onset consider ______ or _______?
Definition

Subarachnoid hemorrhage

or

Meningitis

Term
Headaches that are episodic and tend to peak over several hours?
Definition

Migraine and

Tension Headache

Term

New and persisting, progressively severe headaches raise concerns of ____, ____. or_____?

 

 

Definition
Tumor, abcess, mass lesion
Term
N/V is common in _____headaches but also occur in ______
Definition
Migraine, subarachnoic hemorrhage
Term
Family history may be + in pt with _____ headaches
Definition
Migraine
Term
Prodrome prior to onset occurs in ___% of ____ headaches.
Definition

60-70

Migraine

Term
70% Unitlateral in ____ headaches
Definition
Migraine
Term
headaches that lasts 4-72 hrs
Definition
migraine
Term
headaches that lasts minutes to days
Definition
tension
Term
headache that lasts up to 3 hrs
Definition
cluster
Term
headache:  abrupt, peaks within minutes
Definition
cluster
Term
headache: gradual
Definition
tension
Term
Headache:  peaks 1-2 hrs
Definition
migraine
Term
Headache:  usually behind or around the eye
Definition
Cluster
Term
Headache:  cause unclear, possibly extracranial vasodilation
Definition
cluster
Term
Headache:  during attack sinsitivity to etoh may increase
Definition
cluster
Term
Headache:  throbbing or aching: variable in severity
Definition
migraine
Term
Headache:  usually bilat
Definition
cluster
Term
Headache:  bifrontal or global 30%
Definition
migraine
Term
Process of migraine?
Definition
Imbalance of excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters.
Term
Headache:  Very severe "worst of my life"
Definition
Subarach hemorrhage
Term
What is the "tug test?"
Definition
Movement of the auricle and tragus.  Painful in acute otitis externa.
Term
nontender nodular swellings covered by normal skin deep in the ear.
Definition
Exostoses
Term

Abnormalities:  Ear canal is often swollen, narrowed, moist, pale, and tender. 

May be reddened.

 

Definition
Acute otitis externa
Term
Ear canal skin is often thickened, red, and itchy.
Definition
Chronic Otitis Externa
Term

Gold standard for assessing otitis media in peds?


What is normal?

Definition

pneumatic otoscopy


TM should look like a sail in the wind

Term
Bullous Myringitis
Definition
A viral infection characterized by painful hemorrhagic vessicles that appear on the TM.
Term
Serous effusion
Definition

Usually caused by viral URI or sudden changes in atmospheric pressure, flying or diving.

Amber fluid behind the eardrum.

Sometimes with bubbles

Term
Insufflation
Definition
Pneumatic otoscopy
Term
Furuncle
Definition
Tenderness of the nasal tip or alae suggests local infection.
Term

Nasal mucosa is reddened and swollen with ?

 

Definition
Viral rhinitis
Term
Nasal mucosa is pale, bluish or red with?
Definition
Allergic rhinitis
Term
Enlargement of a supraclavicular node, especially on the left suggests?
Definition
Possible metastasis from a thoracic or abdominal malignancy.
Term
List Sinuses
Definition

Sphenoid

Ethmoid

Frontal

Maxillary

Term

Sinuses of infant, 1 yr old

 

 

Definition
Maxillary
Term
Sinuses of a young child, 6yrs old
Definition

Sphenoid

Ethmoid

Maxillary

Term
Sinuses of a school age child, 10 yrs
Definition

Sphenoid

Frontal

Ethmoid

Maxillary

 

 

Term
JAMA suggestins of diagnosis of sinusitis?
Definition

The following incr. likelihood..

1.  History of colored nasal discharge

2.  Poor response to decongestants

3.  Maxillary tooth pain

4.  Physical exam showing purulent nasal discharge and abnormal maxillary sinus transillumination.

Term
Wharton's ducts
Definition
Salivary duct from the submandibular glands, open on each side of the tongue's frenulum.
Term
Stensen's ducts
Definition
Ducts in mouth from the parotid gland, open onto the buccal mucosa across from the second molar of the upper jaw.
Term
Deviation of Uvula to the Right could mean?
Definition

Left CN IX lesion.  may be caused

by CN IX palsy.  deviates away from tumor or infection.

Term

Tongue deviates ______ lesions.

What CN?

Definition

towards

hypoglossal CN XII

Term
Fever, pharyngeal exudates, and anterior lymphandenopathy, especially in the absence of cough, suggest?
Definition
Strep throat
Term
Bleeding gums are most often caused by
Definition
gingivitis
Term
What is smooth tongue caused by?
Definition
nutritional deficiency
Term
Actinic Cheilitis
Definition
Swollen lower lip resulting from exposure to sunlight.
Term
Diptheria
Definition
acute throat infection.  dull red and grey exudate.  airway may become obstructed
Term
Koplik's spots
Definition

Early sign of measles(rubeola)

small white specks that resemble grains of salt on red background in throat.

Term
Cushing's syndrome
Definition

Round face

Red Cheeks

Excessive hair growth

Term
Nephrotic syndrome
Definition

Edematous face

Pale

Swelling around eyes starts in AM

Eyes may become slitlike

Term
Myxedema
Definition

Severe hypothyroidism

dull puffy face

edema around eyes

hair thin, dry

skin dry

Term
Parotid Gland Enlargement
Definition

Associated with obesity, diabetes, cirrhosis

Swelling anterior to the ear lobes and above angles of jaw.

Term
Acromegaly
Definition

increased growth hormone

produces enlargement of soft and bone tissues

head elongated

soft tissues of head also enlarged

Term
Parkinson's disease
Definition

Decreased facial mobility blunts expression

decreased blinking, stare

neck flexed foward

drooling may occur

Term
Hydrocephalus in newborns
Definition

anterior fontanel bulging

setting sun sign

Term
setting sun sign
Definition
eyes deviated downward, revealing upper scleras with hydorcephalus
Term
Carniosynostosis
Definition
premature closure of one or more sutures of the skull in newborns
Term
Cephalohematoma
Definition

In newborns

Usually appear within first 24 hours after birth

does not extend across a suture. 

Resolves in several weeks.

Term

What eye mvmnt test CN IV?  Trochlear

 

Definition

Superior oblique

Down and towards nose

 

Term
Later movemts of the eye are?
Definition

CN VI

Abducens

Term
What cranial nerve innervates the pupil?
Definition
CNIII-Occulomotor
Term

Draw visual field to expain defects

1.  Horizontal Defect

2.  Blind right eye

3.  Bitemporal Hemianopsia

4.  Left homonymous hemianopsia

5.  Homonymous left superior Quadratic defect

6.  Left homonymous hemianopsia

Definition
Term
Total blindness in one eye can be caused by?
Definition
lesion in the optic nerve of the same side
Term
Bitemporalhemianopsia is caused by?
Definition
lesion, most commonly a pituitary tumor, interrupting optic chiasm.
Term
homonymous hemianopsia is caused by?
Definition

lesion of optic tract on either side

 

Term
What does 20/200 mean?
Definition
At 20 FEET the patient can read print that a person with normal vision could read at 200 feet.
Term
Myopia
Definition
Impaired far vision
Term
Presbyopia
Definition
Impaired near vision
Term
An enlarged blind spot occurs in conditions affecting the optic nerve such as:
Definition
glaucoma, optic neuritis, papilledema
Term
Upstarting palpable fissures are found in
Definition
Down syndrome
Term
Nodular episcleritis
Definition
Often self limiting in young adults.  also seen in RA, SLE
Term
Narrow angle glaucoma
Definition
A sudden increase in intraocular pressure when drainage of the aqueous humor is blocked
Term
Open angle glaucoma
Definition

The common form of glaucoma

The normal spacial relationship between iris and cornea is preserved and the iris is fully lit.

Term
Miosis
Definition
Constriction
Term
Mydriasis
Definition
Dilation
Term
What should the pupil do when an object is followed near (to the eye)
Definition
constriction
Term
Testing the near reaction is helpful in diagnosing
Definition

Argyll Robertson

and

Tonic (adie's)pupils

Term
Lid lag
Definition
Seen in hyperthyroidism
Term
What are the contraindications for mydriatic drops?
Definition

Head injury and coma

Narrow angle glaucoma

Term
Poor convergance can be seen in?
Definition
Hyperthyroidism
Term
Ptosis
Definition
Drooping of the upper eyelid
Term
Entropion
Definition
Inward turning of eyelid..seen in elderly
Term
Ectropion
Definition
Margin of lower lid is turned outward, common in elderly
Term
Exophthalmos
Definition

Wide eye stare, eyeballs protrude foward.

Graves hyperthyroidism

Term
Pinguecula
Definition

Harmless yellow triangular nodule in the bulbar conjuntiva on either side of the iris. 

Appears frequently with aging.

Term
Chalazion
Definition

A subacute nontender and usually painless nodule involving a meibomian gland. 

Usually points inside the lid unlike a sty

Term
Xanthelasma
Definition

Slight raised, yellowish plaques that appear along the nasal portions of eyelids.

 

Accompany lipid disorders

Term
Term for unequal pupils
Definition
Anascoria
Term
Band Keratopath
Definition
Calcium deposits in the superficial cornea
Term
Episcleritis is commonly seen in?
Definition

Chron's disease

RA

Autoimmune d/o

Term
Blepharitis
Definition
Crusting along the eyelashes
Term
Drooping of eyelid usually represents a ____ problem
Definition
CNIII
Term
Ptergyium
Definition

An abnormal growth of conjunctiva from limbus to cornea.

Common in people with overexposure to light.

Term
Coloboma
Definition
Keyhole pupil shape
Term
Soft exudate: Cotton wool patches are visualized with what disorder?
Definition
HTN
Term
Hard exudates are visualized with what disorders?
Definition

Diabetes

HTN

Term
Drunsen
Definition

Yellowish round spots

undigested cellular debris

Age related macular degen

Term
The absence of the red reflex suggests?
Definition

Cataract

Children:  retinoblastoma


Term
An enlarged cup suggests?
Definition
Chronic open angle glaucoma
Term
Internal Carotids
Definition
Which brain artery has the greatest importance?
Term
Possible cause of amaurosisfugax?
Definition

Term for unilateral blindness

Occluded central retina artery or

Occluded internal carotid artery

Term
What lobe controls voluntary skeletal mvnt?
Definition
Frontal
Term
What lobe controls fine repetitive mvnt
Definition
Frontal
Term
What lobe controls eye movement?
Definition
Frontal lobe
Term
What lobe processes sensory data?
Definition
Parietal Lobe
Term
What lobe interprets visual data?
Definition
Occipital
Term
Lobe that handles perception and interpretation of sounds?
Definition
Temporal
Term
Lobe that handles integration of taste, smell and balance?
Definition
Temporal lobe
Term
What part of the brain mediates behavior patterns for survival?
Definition
Limbic system
Term
What part of the brain controls the sense of smell?
Definition
Limbic system
Term
What is the cerebellum responsible for?
Definition

Aids in integration of voluntary mvmnt

Processes sensory information

Uses sensory data for reflex control

-muscle tone

-equilibrium

-Posture

Term
What part of the brain controls many involuntary functions?
Definition
Brainstem
Term
What are the part of the brainstem?
Definition

Medulla oblongota

midbrain

pons

diencephalon

Term
Are cranial nerves central or peripheral?
Definition
Peripheral
Term
Which 4 cranial nerves are control parasympathetic?  and how?
Definition

Occularmotor-pupils

Facial-tears

Glossopharangeal-secretions

Vagus-Digestive enzymes and heart

Term
CN 1 function?
Definition
Smell
Term
CN2 function?
Definition
Vision
Term
CN 3 function?
Definition

Pupill constr.

Opening of eye lid

EOMs

Term
CN 4 function?
Definition
Downward internal rotation of eye
Term
CN 5 function?
Definition

Motor- jaw clenching

Sensory-facial sensation

Term
CN 6?  Function?
Definition

Abducens

Lateral deviation of eye

Term

CN7? function?

 

Definition

Motor-facial mvnts

sensory-taste

Term
CN8? function?
Definition

Hearing-cochlear

balance-vestibular

Term
CN 9? Function?
Definition

Glossopharyngeal

Motor-pharynx

Sensory-posterior tongue taste

Term
CN10?  Function?
Definition

Vagus

Motor-palate, pharynx, larynx

Sensory:  pharynx and larynx

 

Term
CN 11? Function?
Definition

Spinal Accessory

Motor-SCM, Trapezius

 

Term
CN 12?  Function?
Definition

Hypoglossal

Motor-tongue

Term

Common dermatomes?

C7

C6

L4

t4

L1

Definition

Middle finger

Thumb

Big toe

nipple

Inguinal ligament

Term

Segment level of this DTR?

 

Ankle

Definition
Sacral 1
Term

Segment level of this DTR?

 

Knee

Definition
Lumbar 2, 3, 4
Term

Segment level of this DTR?

 

Brachioradialis?

Definition
Cervical 5-6
Term

Segment level of this DTR?

 

Biceps?

Definition
Cervical 5-6
Term

Segment level of this DTR?

 

Triceps?

Definition
Cervical 6-7
Term

Segment level of this DTR?

 

Plantar?

Definition

Lumbar 5

Sacral 1

Term
T10 located at?
Definition
Belly butTEN
Term
L4 located?
Definition
L4 on all fours (KNEES)
Term
c3 located
Definition
Turtle neck
Term
What are the warning signs of stroke?
Definition

Sudden numbness of the face, arm or leg

Sudden confusion, trouble speaking, or understanding

Sundden trouble walking, dizziness, or loss of balance and coordinatin

Sudden trouble seeing n one or both eyes

Sudden severe headache

Term
How can you differentiate between a Bells palsy and CN VII injury?
Definition

Bells palsy affects both the upper and lower face.  a central lesion affects mainly the lower face.

 

 

Term
Spinal level evaluated for Achilles Reflex?
Definition
S1, s2
Term

Grade muscle strength:

 

No muscular contraction noted

 

 

Definition
0
Term

Grading muscle strength:

 

Barely detectable trace of contraction

Definition
1
Term

Grading muscle strength:

 

Active movement of the body part with gravity eliminated

Definition
2
Term

Grading muscle strength:

 

Avitve movement against gravity

Definition

3

 

Term

Grading muscle strength:

 

Active movement against gravity with some resistance.

Definition
4
Term

Grading muscle strength:

 

Active movement against full resistance without fatigue.  This is the normal finding.

Definition
5
Term
Steriognosis
Definition

The ability to identify an object by feeling it.

 

Inability could suggest lesion in sensory cortex.

Term
Graphesethesia
Definition
Number identification by feel.
Term
Two point descrimination
Definition
Using two ends of an opened paper clip
Term
Point localization
Definition

Touch a point on pt skin.

ask pt to open eyes and point to where sensation was felt.

Term
Extinction
Definition
Simultaneously stimulate corresponding areas on both sides of the body.
Term
Cerebellar disease
Definition
With this type of disease movements are clumsy, unsteady, and inappropriately varrying in speed.
Term
If the finger initially overshoots its mark with finger to nose test but finally reaches it fairly well this is called..
Definition
dysmetria
Term
Repetitive and consistent deviation to one side, referrred to as  past pointing, worse with eyes closed suggests?
Definition
cCerebellar or vestibular disease
Term
Inability to heel walk is a sensitive test for?
Definition
Corticospinal tract damage
Term
Pronator drift is both sensitive and specific for?
Definition
Corticospinal tract lesion, in contralateral hemisphere
Term
Sustained clonus of the ankle indicates?
Definition
Central nervous system disease.
Term
When should you check for ankle clonus?
Definition
If the reflexes seem hyperactive
Term
Absesnt abdominal reflexes could indicate?
Definition
central and peripheral nerve disorders
Term
Normal plantar response?
Definition
big toe down
Term
Abnormal plantar reflex?
Definition
big toe up
Term

Tests used to check for meningeal inflammation?

 

Definition

Brudzinski

Kernig

Term
Positive Kernig's sign?
Definition
Bilateral pain and increased resistance to flex pt legs at both hip and knee.
Term

Positive Brudzinki's sign?

 

sign of

Definition

Flex neck..

flexion of hips and knees occur with it.

 

meningeal inflammation

Term
95% of disc herniations occur at?
Definition
L5-S1
Term
Radiculopathy
Definition

Compression of the spinal nerve root as it exits through the vertebral foramen

Painful

with associated muscle weakness

usually from herniated disc

Term
What is the sensitivity/specitivity of positive ipsilateral straight leg raise?
Definition

95%

25%

Term
What is the sensitivity/specificity of crossed staright leg raise?
Definition
40% and 90%
Term
Sudden, brief, nonrhythmic flexion of the hands and fingers indicates?
Definition
asterixis
Term
What diseases is asterixis seen in?
Definition

liver disease

uremia

hypercapnia

Term
Scissors gait
Definition

Seen in spinal cord disease causing bilateral lower extremity spasticity.  Gait is stiff

Pts appear to be walking thru water.

Term
Parkinsonian gait
Definition

Stooped

flexion of head arms hips and knees

shuffle

short steps

turns around "all in one piece"

Term
spastic hemiparesis
Definition

Seen in corticospinal tract lesion in stroke

causing poor control of flexor muscles during swing phase

patients may drag toe, circe leg stiffly outward

Term
steppage gate
Definition

seen in foot drop usually secondary to peripher motor unit disease. 

drag feet or lift them high.

cannot walk on heels

 

Term
Second most common reason for office visits?
Definition
Low back pain
Term
Idopathic low back pain is seen in __% of patients?
Definition
85
Term
For midline back pain you would assess for?
Definition

Musculoligamentous injury

disc herniation

vertebral collapse

spinal cord metastases

RARE epidural abcess

Term
For back pain off the midline you would assess for?
Definition

sacroilitis

trochanteric bursitis

sciatica

hip arthritis

Term
sciatic pain should increase with?
Definition
cough or valsalva
Term
Leg pain that resolves with rest and/or lumbar foward flexion could be caused by?
Definition
Spinal stenosis
Term
Urinary retention and overflow incontinence you should consider..?
Definition
cauda equina syndrome
Term
In cases of low back pain plus a red flad such as urinary dysfunction, there is a 10% probability of ?
Definition
serious systemic disease
Term
What is radicular pain?
Definition
Pain radiating along the dermatomes
Term
Pain in one joint suggests monoarticular arthritis, possible tendinitis, or bursitis.  Lateral hip hpain near the greather trochanter suggests>
Definition
Trochanteric bursitis
Term
What is bursitis?
Definition
Inflammation of the fluid filled sac that provides a gliding surface between joints
Term
Joint pain with migratory pattern of spread?
Definition
Rheumatic fever, gonococcal arthritis
Term
Joint pain with progressive additive pattern with symmetric involement?
Definition
RA
Term

Lateral deviation and rotation of the head upon inspection could suggest?

 

Caused by?

Definition

Torticollis

 

From contration of the SCM muscle.

Term
Sciatic nerve tenderness suggests?
Definition
a herniated disc or mass lesion impinging  on the contributing nerve roots.
Term
ankylosing is ?
Definition
Stiffining or fusion of a joint.
Term
lordosis is?
Definition
saddle back
Term

Type of back pain:

Shooting pain below the knee

Definition
Sciatica
Term

Type of back pain:

 

Commonly in lateral leg or posterior calf

Definition
Sciatica
Term

Type of back pain:

 

Pt's report parasthesias and weakness

Definition
Sciatica
Term

Type of back pain:

 

Bending, coughing, straining during BMs often worsen pain.

Definition
Sciatic
Term

Type of back pain:

 

Psudoclaudication pain

Definition
Lumbar spinal stenosis
Term

Type of back pain:

 

Pain is improved with rest, lumbar flexion(why?)

 

Definition

Lumbar spinal stenosis

 

Decompresses spinal cord

Term

Type of back pain:

 

Pain vague but usually bilat with parasthesias in one or both legs

Definition
Lumbar Spinal stenosis
Term

Type of back pain:

 

More common after age 60

Definition
lumbar spinal stenosis
Term

Type of back pain:

 

positive crossed straight leg raise(whats this?)

Definition

pain in afercted leg when healthy leg tested

 

sciatica

Term

Type of back pain:

 

straight leg test usually negative

posture may be flexed foward

Definition
lumbar spinal stenosis
Term

Type of back pain:

 

most common in men younger than 40.

Definition

chronic back stiffness

ankylosing spondylitis

Term

Type of back pain:

 

acute less than 3 months

idiopathic

benign

self limiting

Definition
mechanical low back pain.
Term

Rheumatoid arthritis

Process:

Common location:

Pattern of spread:

Onset:

 

 

Definition

Chronic inflammation of synovial membranes with secondary erosion of cartilage and bone.

Hands, feet, wrist ankels and knees

Symmetrically additive

Insidious onset

Term

What joint disease?

 

Weakness fatigue, wt loss, low fever

Definition
RA
Term

Type of joint pain:

 

Joint stiffness prominent, often for an hour or more in am.  also after inactivity

Definition
RA
Term

What joint disease?

 

Stiffness frequent but brief(5-10min)

in am and after inactivity

Definition
osteoarthritis
Term

Process of osteoarthritis?

 

common locations?

Definition

degeneration and progressive loss of cartilage within joints. 

 

Term
An inflammatory reaction to microcrystals of sodium urate?
Definition
Gouty arthritis
Term

Common locations for gouty arthritis?

 

onset?

Definition

Base of the big toe

 

sudden often at night after injury, surgery

Term

A joint disease of unclear etiolgoy in ppl >50

especially women

may be associated with giant cell arteritis

Definition
polymyalgia rheumatica
Term

Widespread musculoskeletal pain and tender points

Mechanisms unclear

Definition
Fibromyalgia syndrome
Term
Normal base width?
Definition
2-4"
Term
What are some causes of a wide base?
Definition

Cerebellar disease

Foot problem

Term
What are some causes for a waddling gait?
Definition

Hip dislocation

arthritis

abductor weakness

Term
Lateral to medial sequence of inguinal structures?
Definition

NAVEL

nerve

artery

vein

emptyspace

lymph node

Term
What could cause bulges on the inguinal ligament?
Definition

inguinal hernia

aneuryism

Term
Which muscle group pulls the shoulder backwards?
Definition
axioscapular group
Term
Which muscle group rotates shoulders laterally, includes rotator cuff
Definition
scapulohumeral group
Term
What are the rotator cuff muscles?
Definition

SITS muscles

Suprasinatus

Infraspinatus and Teres minor

Sbuscapularis

Term
Demonstrate shoulder flexion
Definition
raise arms in front of you and overhead
Term
Demonstrate shoulder extension
Definition
raise you arms behind you
Term
Demonstrate shoulder internal rotation
Definition
place on hand behind you back and touch your shoulder blade
Term
Demonstrate shoulder external rotation
Definition
place one hand behind your neck as if  your brushing your hair
Term
How do you examine the acromioclavicular joint?
Definition

palpate both joints for swelling and tenderness

 

crossover test(adduction accross chest)

 

 

Term
How do you check for a rotator cuff disorder?
Definition
external and internal rotation
Term
What is Neer's impingent sign?
Definition

Press on scapula

have pt raise arm

+ test =possible rotator cuff tear

Term
What is Hawkin's impingement sign?
Definition

Flex pt should and elbow to 90 degrees

rotate arm internally

pain =+ rotator cuff tear

Term
What is supraspinatus strength test?
Definition

Empty can test

arms to 90 degrees, internally rotate arms

possible rotator cuff tear

 

Term
What is the infraspinatus strength test?
Definition

arms at side at 90 degrees

provide resistance

 

rotator cuff tear or

bicpital tendinitis

 

Term
Forearm supination tests is for?
Definition

tests for rotator cuff tear and

bicep tendon inflammation

Term
What is the drop arm sign?
Definition
indicates rotator cuff tear
Term

DIP

PIP

MCP

joints?

Definition
dip = 1st joint of finger..so on so forth
Term
For complaints of dropping objects, inability to twist lids off jars, aching at the wrist or even the forearm you should test for?
Definition
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Term
Patients will experience decreased sensation in the median nerve with?
Definition
Carpal Tunnel syndrome
Term
What is the finkelstein test?
Definition

grasp thumb against palm then move wrist toward midline.

 

+ pain=de quervains tenosynovitis

Term
What are the 3 main tests for carpal tunnel?
Definition

Thumb abduction

Tinel's sign

Phalen's sign

Term

How do you test for Tinel's sign?

What is positive?

Definition

Tap lightly over median nerve.

Aching or numbness in the median nerve

Term
How do you test Phalen's sign?
Definition

press backs of both hands together downward.

Hold for 60 secs.

 

numbness and tingling within 60 seconds is positive.

Term
Medial and lateral menisci are responsible for?
Definition
cusing the action of the femur on the tibia
Term
What are the 3 tests for effusion in the knee joint?
Definition

Bulge sign-milk fluid downward, apply medial pressure, tap and watch for fluid wave.

balloon sign-

 

Ballotting- push down on patella

Term
How do you test ACL for tear?
Definition

Anterior drawer sign.

 

pull foward on tibia.

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