spinal ortho exam
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- lumbar ROM
- 90 in flexion, 30 in all others
- the patient comes into your office with their hand on top of their head they tell you this makes them feel better. what is this positive for?
- space occupying lesion
- in the patient assessment what is the context of this class?
- spinal orthopedics and spinal range of motion
- what does myelopathy mean?
- spinal cord involvement
- if a patient tells you that they feel pain that is NOT in a dermatomal pattern, what is the least likely issue to be considered?
- stenosis
- the instrument for measurement of spinal range of motion is
- inclinometer
- of the following, which is least exacerbatory, compared with the others?
- maximum cervical compression
- what is a positive finding on maximum cervical compression?
- recreation or exacerbation of dermatomal findings, sclerotomal findings & local findings
- the most important thing about a change in pulse on thoracic outlet testing...
- is that it is evidence of vascular compromise
- cervical ribs as possible instigators in thoracic outlet testing are revealed...
- on adam's test
- if your patient has just received a whiplash trauma what would be the least likely next step?
- spurling's test
- if your whiplash patient in question #20 had a positive dejerene's triad, what would they be saying
- that they have dermatomal symptoms when they cough, sneeze or strain to go to the bathroom
- how would you follow up the testing of the patient who has a positive valsalva into a c6nerve root dermatome?
- w/ sensory, motor and deep tendon reflex testing