PDX 2 Flashcards
(113 cards)
Articular or Extra-articular Structures
Joint Capsule
Articular Cartilage
Synovium and synovial fluid
Intra-articular ligaments
Juxta-articular bone
ARTICULAR
Articular or Extra-articular Structures
peri-articular ligaments
tendons
bursae
muscle
fascia
bone
nerve
overlying skin
Extra-articular
Articular or Extra-articular Disease
Swelling
Tenderness
Limit active and passive ROM
Articular
Articular or Extra-articular Disease
Involve selective portions of joint
Movement dependent
Extra-articular
What type of synovial joint is found in the shoulder and hip
freely movable
Spheriodal (ball and socket)
What type of synovial joint is found in the IP joints, hand and foot, elbow
freely movable
Hinge
movement in 1 plane
What type of synovial joint is found in the knee and TMJ?
freely movable
Condylar (hinges and glides)
2 articulating surfaces
Fibrous joints are immovable and are found where?
skull sutures
audible or palpable “crunching” sound
rubbing of ligament/tendon over bone or bone over bone
CREPITUS
Red Flags of Lower Back Pain
age, weight, time of day, history, present issues
> 50 yrs
History of Cancer
Unexplained weight loss
Pain at Night, worsening with rest, lasting more than one month, un-responsive to treatment
History of IV drug use
Current infection
motion by the patient vs motion by the examiner?
Active – patient
passive – physician
signs of inflammation and arthritis
SWTRP
Swelling
Warmth
Tenderness
Redness
Pain
SITS muscles of the shoulder
Supraspinatus
Infraspinatus
Teres ,inor
Subscapularis
Predictors of Rotator Cuff Tear
Supraspinatus weakness on abduction
Infraspinatus weakness on external rotation
Positive impingement sing – Neers or Hawkings sign
What test is this / what does is diagnose?
Adduct arm across chest –> PAIN
Crossover Test – AC Joint Injury
inflammation or arthritis
What test is this / diagnoses what ?
IR and raise arm while compressing scapula –> PAIN
NEER’s impingement test
= ROTATOR CUFF TEAR
What test is this / what does is diagnose?
shoulder and elbow flexed to 90 degrees and then IR arm –> PAIN
Hawkin’s Impingement Test
ROTATOR CUFF TEAR
What test is this / what does is diagnose?
abduct arm with thumb down, ask patient to resist pressure –> weakness to resist
possible rotator cuff tear
EMPTY CAN TEST
What test is this / what does is diagnose?
Abduct arm to 90 degrees and slowly lowering to side –> inability to slowly lower
DROP ARM TEST
possible rotator cuff tear
a positive VALGUS stress test indicates
push from lateral to medial –> Pain
MCL Tear
a postive VARUS stress test indicates
push from medial to lateral –> PAIN
LCL tear
What test would indicate a potential ACL tear?
Lacmans test – pull anterior with knee 15 degrees
Anterior Drawer Test
pull anterior with knee 90 degrees –> increased excursion
What test would indicate a possible PCL tear?
Posterior Drawer
push poterior with knee 90 degrees
What test could check for a meniscal injury?
MCMURRAY Test
rotate and flex/extend – click or tenderness