Test 1 Material

Question 1

Complete the following clinical assessment mantra: FIND THE CAUSE - THEN _____________________.

Answer 1

TREAT THE CAUSE

Question 2

Name the term denoting the disease or syndrome a person has or is believed to have?

Answer 2

DIAGNOSIS

Question 3

Are RMTs allowed to diagnose?

Answer 3

NO

Question 4

An _______________ is an appraisal or educated evaluation of a patient’s condition.

Answer 4

ASSESSMENT

Question 5

What are patient impairment’s usually a result of?

Answer 5

MEDICAL CONDITION
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PATHOLOGY
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INJURY

Question 6

List the 5 reasons WHY we assess?

Answer 6

1 - GATHER INFO TO DEVISE SAFE TREATMENT PLAN
2 - GATHER INFO TO DEVISE EFFECTIVE T PLAN
3 - A TOOL TO MONITOR PROGRESS
4 - A MEANS TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
5 - REQUIRED BY LAW

Question 7

The acronym SOAP stands for the 4 parts of an assessment, what are they?

Answer 7

SUBJECTIVE DATA
OBJECTIVE DATA
ASSESSMENT
PLAN

Question 8

Which type of data collected is from the patient’s perspective?

Answer 8

SUBJECTIVE DATA

Question 9

Which type of data collected is from the therapist’s observations, testing and physical findings?

Answer 9

OBJECTIVE DATA

Question 10

What is an assessment referred to in student clinic?

Answer 10

CLINICAL IMPRESSION

Question 11

What 4 things should treatment plans include?

Answer 11

GOALS/AIMS
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TECHNIQUES FOR EFFECTS
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STRUCTURES/TIME TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO
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#OF FUTURE TREATMENTS/RE-EXAM DATE

Question 12

It is important to remember with assessment, the client is coming to you because they have a _____________.

Answer 12

PROBLEM

Question 13

Patients will answer many questions at once - so you should aim not to be _____________.

Answer 13

REPETITIVE

Question 14

List the first 4 guidelines for developing a case history?

Answer 14

FIND PRESENTING CONCERN
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GENERAL HEALTH
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OCCUPATION
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MD & MEDS

Question 15

List the final 5 guidelines for developing a case history?

Answer 15

PREVIOUS INJURY
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PAIN
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FUNCTION
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THERAPIES
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CURRENT SYMPTOMS

Question 16

Name the term for an unpleasant sensation associated with actual or potential tissue damage?

Answer 16

PAIN

Question 17

________ reduces further inflammation.

Answer 17

COLD

Question 18

Mechanical pain results from what?

Answer 18

THE STRETCH OR COMPRESSION OF PAIN SENSITIVE STRUCTURES, CONTAINING NOCICEPTORS

Question 19

Name the pain provoked by noxious stimulation produced by injury/disease?

Answer 19

ACUTE PAIN

Question 20

Name the pain which persists beyond the usual course of healing?

Answer 20

CHRONIC PAIN

Question 21

Name the pain which is a result of non-inflammatory dysfunction of the peripheral or central nervous system?

Answer 21

NEUROGENIC PAIN

Question 22

Name the pain which is felt at another location of the body, distant from tissues that have caused it?

Answer 22

REFERRED PAIN

TRIGGER POINT

Question 23

Name the nerve root pain involving a spinal nerve, or spinal nerve root?

Answer 23

RADICULOPATHY

Question 24

Where is dermatomal pain felt?

Answer 24

AREA OF SKIN SUPPLIED BY ONE NERVE ROOT

Question 25

Where is myotomal pain felt?

Answer 25

GROUP OF MUSCLES SUPPLIED BY ONE NERVE ROOT

Question 26

Where is sclerotomal pain felt?

Answer 26

AREA OF BONE OR FASCIA INNERVATED BY ONE NERVE ROOT

Question 27

A joint ______________ is almost out, and a joint dislocation is completely out.

Answer 27

SUBLUXATION

Question 28

What's another term to describe a gradual onset of pain?

Answer 28

INSIDIOUS ONSET

Question 29

Ligaments cause pain when ______________.

Answer 29

STRETCHED

Question 30

Muscles cause pain when ______________.

Answer 30

CONTRACTED | or stretched

Question 31

When should you perform the most painful assessment test? | ie - ligaments

Answer 31

LAST

Question 32

What is parasthesia?

Answer 32

ALTERED SENSATION

Question 33

What is another word for painful?

Answer 33

ANTALGIC

Question 34

When palpating, what are the 4 T's we're feeling for?

Answer 34

``` TEXTURE + TONE + TENDERNESS + TEMPERATURE ```

Question 35

Only check for _________ (indicates inflammation) at a lesion site.

Answer 35

HEAT | indicates inflammation

Question 36

Which functional test involves telling patients which unassisted positions to assume?

Answer 36

AF - ACTIVE FREE

Question 37

Which functional test involves examiner moving joint through its anatomical range, with client relaxed?

Answer 37

PR - PASSIVE RELAXED

Question 38

Which functional test is used to determine the status of the contractile unit with the use of controlled isometric contractions?

Answer 38

AR - ACTIVE RESISTED

Question 39

What's the term for crunching, clicking sounds which often accompany no pain.

Answer 39

CREPITUS

Question 40

If you believe your client has a strain of the semitendinosis, then what would your order of testing be?

Answer 40

``` AF - ACTIVE FREE + PR - PASSIVE RELAXED + AR - ACTIVE RESISTED ```

Question 41

If you believe your client has an injury of the medial collateral ligament, then what would your order of testing be?

Answer 41

``` AF - ACTIVE FREE + AR - ACTIVE RESISTED + PR - PASSIVE RELAXED ```

Question 42

Active free, passive relaxed, and active resisted is the sequence to assess what?

Answer 42

MUSCLES

Question 43

Active free, active resisted, and passive relaxed is the sequence to assess what?

Answer 43

JOINT CAPSULES + LIGAMENTS

Question 44

What is the most common 'end feel'?

Answer 44

TISSUE STRETCH

Question 45

How long should examiner's active resisted tests last during contraction?

Answer 45

5 SECONDS

Question 46

Name the 4 possible findings of active resisted testing?

Answer 46

1. STRONG and PAINLESS 2. STRONG and PAINFUL 3. WEAK and PAINLESS 4. WEAK and PAINFUL

Question 47

What is a fasiculation?

Answer 47

TRIGGER POINT

Question 48

Which functional test would you use for innert tissue?

Answer 48

PASSIVE RELAXED

Question 49

Which functional test would you use for contractile tissue?

Answer 49

ACTIVE RESISTED

Question 50

Name the 4 ways your force of palpation can vary?

Answer 50

``` RATE + PRESSURE + DIRECTION + DURATION ```