Chapter 13 - Off-the-Field Injury Evaluation

Question 1

Diagnosis

Answer 1

denotes what disease, injury, or syndrome a person has or is believed to have

Question 2

planes of the body

Answer 2

sagittal (anteroposterior)

transverse (cross-sectional)

coronal/frontal (mediolateral)

Question 3

distal

Answer 3

proximal

Question 4

anterior

Answer 4

posterior

Question 5

medial

Answer 5

lateral

Question 6

inferior

Answer 6

superior

Question 7

abdominopelvic regions

Answer 7

R hypochondriac region epigastric region left hypochondriac region

right lateral abdominal region umbilical region left lateral abdominal region

right inguinal region hypogastric region left inguinal region

Question 8

abduction

Answer 8

adduction

Question 9

eversion

Answer 9

inversion

Question 10

extension

Answer 10

flexion

Question 11

internal rotation

Answer 11

external rotation

Question 12

pronation

Answer 12

supination

Question 13

valgus

Answer 13

varus

Question 14

biomechanics

Answer 14

application of mechanical forces to living organisms

Question 15

pathomechanics

Answer 15

mechanical forces that are applied to a living organism and adversely change the body’s structure and function

Question 16

etiology

Answer 16

cause of injury or disease aka mechanism

Question 17

mechanism

Answer 17

mechanical description of the cause

Question 18

pathology

Answer 18

structural and functional changes that result from the injury process

Question 19

symptom

Answer 19

perceptible change in an athlete’s body or its functions that indicate injury or disease

Question 20

sign

Answer 20

objective, definitive and obvious indicator for a specific condition

Question 21

differential diagnosis

Answer 21

systematic method of diagnosing a disorder that lacks unique symptoms or signs

Question 22

working diagnosis/ hypothesis

Answer 22

suggest a process for determining likely cause for condition

Question 23

prognosis

Answer 23

predicted outcome of injury (length of time predicted for complete recovery)

Question 24

sequela

Answer 24

condition following and resulting from a disease or injury; development of an additional condition as a complication of an existing disease/injury

Question 25

syndrome

Answer 25

group of symptoms that indicate a condition or disease

Question 26

soft-tissue approximation

Answer 26

soft and spongy

Question 27

capsular feel

Answer 27

abrupt, hard, firm, little give

Question 28

bone to bone

Answer 28

distinct and abrupt endpoint with contact of 2 hard surfaces

Question 29

muscular

Answer 29

springy feel with some associated discomfort

Question 30

normal end-feels

Answer 30

soft tissue approx, capsular feel, bone to bone, muscular

Question 31

abnormal end-feels

Answer 31

empty, spasm, loose, springy block

Question 32

empty feel

Answer 32

movement is beyond anatomical limi; pain before end of range

Question 33

spasm end feel

Answer 33

involuntary muscle contraction that prevents motion due to pain

Question 34

loose end feel

Answer 34

occurs in extreme hypermobility

Question 35

springy block

Answer 35

rebound at the endpoint

Question 36

grade 5 (mmt)

Answer 36

normal, complete ROM against gravity with full resistance

Question 37

grade 4 (mmt)

Answer 37

75%, good, complete ROM against gravity with some resistance

Question 38

grade 3 (mmt)

Answer 38

50%, fair, complete ROM against gravity with no resistance

Question 39

grade 2 (mmt)

Answer 39

25%, poor, complete ROM with gravity omitted

Question 40

grade 1

Answer 40

10%, trace, evidence of slight contractility with no joint motion

Question 41

grade 0

Answer 41

0%, zero, no evidence of muscle contractility

Question 42

testing cerebral function

Answer 42

questions should address general affect, LOC, intellect, emotional state, thought content, sensory perception, and language ability

Question 43

dermatome

Answer 43

area of skin innervated by cutaneous neurons of a spinal or cranial nerve

Question 44

myotome

Answer 44

develop in groups of muscles innervated by a specific spinal nerve

Question 45

areflexia

Answer 45

absence of reflex, grade 0

Question 46

hyporeflexia

Answer 46

diminished reflex, grade 1

Question 47

average reflex

Answer 47

grade 2

Question 48

hyperreflexia

Answer 48

grade 3, exaggerated reflex

Question 49

grade 4 reflex

Answer 49

markedly hyperactive, associated with clonus

Question 50

Anthropometry

Answer 50

the science of measuring the human body

Question 51

osteometry

Answer 51

measurement of the dimensions of the skeletal system

Question 52

craniometry

Answer 52

measurement of the bones of the skull

Question 53

upper abdominal reflex

Answer 53

T7-T9

Question 54

lower abdominal reflex

Answer 54

T11-T12

Question 55

cremasteric reflex

Answer 55

T12, L1

Question 56

plantar reflex

Answer 56

S1-S2

Question 57

Gluteal reflex

Answer 57

L4,S3

Question 58

superficial reflexes

Answer 58

Upper abdominal, lower abdominal, cremasteric, plantar, gluteal