PDCI 6 Musculoskeletal

Question 0

Injury to ligament

Answer 0

Sprain

Question 1

Tool to measure angle

Answer 1

Goniometer

Question 2

Injury to muscle / tendon

Answer 2

Strain

Question 3

Injury to soft tissue

Answer 3

Contusion / bruise

Question 4

Sprain classification

Answer 4

Grade I: normal (no laxity)
Grade II: partial disruption, joint laxity with endpoint
Grade III: complete disruption, no endpoint

Question 5

Strain classification

Answer 5

Grade I: no fiber disruption, normal muscle contraction
Grade II: partial fiber disruption, abnormal muscle contraction with pain
Grade III: complete fiber disruption, no movement or pain

Question 6

Ecchymosis

Answer 6

Bruise

Question 7

Erythema

Answer 7

Redness

Question 8

What is not active in PROM

Answer 8

Muscles

Question 9

3 types of endpoints

Answer 9

Muscle spasm (stop moving because of pain)

Capsular (springy resistance)

Empty/soft (mushy feel, no resistance)

Question 10

Strength testing uses what scale

Answer 10

Oxford scale

Question 11

Strength grades

Answer 11

0 no movement
1 some contraction, no movement 
2 partial movement w/o gravity
3 movement against gravity 
4 movement against some resistance
5 movement against complete resistance

Question 12

If a person can walk into office, what could their leg strength be?

Answer 12

4 or 5

Question 13

Where is subacromial pain

Answer 13

Shoulder down to arm

Question 14

Piano key sign for

Answer 14

AC joint (can’t hold clavicle to acromion)

Question 15

What does Apley Scratch Test do

Answer 15

Tests shoulder

• under: adduction, internal rotation
• over: abduction, external rotation

Question 16

Neer impingement test

Answer 16

Hyperflexionpajn with impingement syndrome

Question 17

What is frozen shoulder / adhesion capsulitis

Answer 17

When capsule scarred down

Question 18

Drop arm test

Answer 18

Looks for complete rotator cuff tear

Especially supraspinatus

Question 19

Impingement / Hawkin’s sign

Answer 19

Arm and forearm flexed, medically rotate arm

Positive if pain in subacromial area

Shows bursitis or supraspinatus tendinitis

Question 20

Apprehension sign

Answer 20

Anterior instability of shoulder

Humerus pops forward

Question 21

Low back acute vs chronic timeline

Answer 21

6 weeks

Question 22

Early sign of cauda equina syndrome

Answer 22

Urinary retention

Question 23

If a person has a list, what does that usually mean

Answer 23

Disc herniation

Question 24

What does the straight leg raise look for

Answer 24

Neural impingement L4, L5, S1 Sciatica for disc herniation (pain along sciatic nerve past knee) Positive if pain past knee between 35-70 degrees

Question 25

What is wrong if sciatic pain to knee only

Answer 25

SI joint

Question 26

Swelling of knee right away means

Answer 26

ACL tear

Question 27

Swelling of knee later on

Answer 27

Isolateral meniscal tear

Question 28

If hard to go up and down stairs, problems with

Answer 28

Patellofemoral pain / runner's knee

Question 29

Baker's cyst

Answer 29

Swelling in popliteal fossa

Question 30

Bulge sign

Answer 30

Slosh fluid around in knee Shows swelling of joint

Question 31

Anterior drawer sign tests

Answer 31

ACL