8: Soft Tissue Injuries and Spasm Flashcards
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What’s Acute Compartment Sydrome?
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- Causes include, but are not limited to, fractures and crush injuries
- Results in ischemia and eventual necrosis of mm and/or nerves
- Medical emergency
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What’s Chronic/Exertional Compartment syndrome?
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- can occur in distance runners or those involved in major change in activity levels
- Leads to ischemia, pain, and (rarely) neurological signs and symptoms can be present
- Symptoms are less severe (than acute compartment syndrome) and tend to improve with rest, but may proceed to acute compartment syndrome if the exercise continues
3
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What are characteristics of a Grade 1 (1st degree) tissue injury?
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- Mild pain at time of injury or within 24 hours
- Mild swelling, local tenderness, and pain when the tissue is stressed
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What are characteristics of a Grade 2 (2nd degree) tissue injury?
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- Moderate pain that requires stopping the activity (possibly able to resume after some interruption with lower grade injury)
- Stress and palpation of tissue greatly increase the pain
- When injury is to ligaments, some of the fibres are torn = increased joint mobility
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What are characteristics of a Grade 3 (3rd degree) tissue?
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- Near-complete or complete tear or avulsion of the tissue (tendon/ligament) with severe pain
- Stress to the tissue is usually painless
- Palpation may reveal the defect
- Torn ligament results in instability of the joint
6
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What are characteristics of mild, moderate and severe contusions?
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7
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What’s a Hematoma?
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- A swelling comprised of a mass of blood that is confined to an organ, space or tissue and caused by a break in a blood vessel
- A normal occurrence with contusions
- Significant hematoma = risk of severe bleeding or re-bleeding (feature of more severe contusions). Use care during tx
- If palpable, it will feel like a hard lump at the lesion site. Should resolve as injury heals.
8
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What are classifications, characteristics and healing times of strains?
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