Musculoskeletal Assessments Flashcards
(139 cards)
Pain scales
Thermometer Pain Rating Scale
Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)
Numerical Pain Scale
McGill Pain Questionnaire (Ma’am Elaine Fav)
Verbal Descriptor Grading
0 - no pain
1 - slight pain
2- mild pain
3 - moderate pain
4 - severe pain
5 - extreme pain
6 - worst pain
Pain patterns for vascular
Throbbing
Pounding
Pulsing
Beating
Neurogenic pain patterns
Sharp
Crushing
Pinching
Itchy
Stinging
Shooting
Electrical
Musculoskeletal pain patterns
Aching
Sore
Deep
Cramping
Dull
Mnemonics for pain assessment
PQRST
SOCRATES
PQRST
Provoking factors
Quality of Pain
Region and radiation
Severity or associated symptoms
Temporal factors
SOCRATES
Site
Onset
Character
Radiation
Associations
Time course
Severity
Chronic Pain assessment tool
Waddell’s Nonorganic Signs and Behavioral Symptoms
Signs of Tenderness test
superficial
nonanatomic (deep)
Signs of simulation tests
Axial loading
Acetabular rotation
light vertical loading over the pt’s skull reproduces pain on the lumbar region instead of the cervical region
axial loading
lumbosacral pain from upper trunk rotation, back pain reported when the pelvis and shoulders are passively rotated in the same plane as the pt stands.
acetabular rotation
Signs of Distraction Tests
SLR
Double leg raise
when there is same results in SLR in supine and sitting there is a presence of a/an
organic pathology
in what position should SLR be worse/better
Worse in supine
Better in sitting
organic response after SLR
greater degree of double leg raising
Signs of regional disturbances
weakness
sensory disturbances
cogwheeling or giving away of many muscle groups that cannot be explained on neurological basis
weakness
diminished sensation fitting a “stocking” rather than a dermatomal pattern
sensory disturbance
overreaction behaviors during an examination
guarding
bracing
rubbing
sighing
clenching of teeth
grimacing
what are trigger points and in what condition is it present?
pain c deep pressure and often radiates locally
found in myofascial pain syndrome
what are tender points and in what condition is it found
pain c light touch and does not radiate
found in fibromyalgia syndrome
structures affected in fibromyalgia syndrome
cutaneous
subcutaneous
ligaments
tendon