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What are the three types of joints and their mobility?
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The three types of joints are synovial(freely movable), cartilaginous(slightly movable), and fibrous(immovable)
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What is/and the function of the nucleus pulpous? Where is it found?
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The nucleus pulpous is found in some cartilaginous joints and their function is to absorb impact. In joints of the spine.
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What subjective data may indicate rhematoid arthritis or an infection in a joint?
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Fever, chills, rash, anorexia, weight loss
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When you inspect a joint what are you looking for? What do you look for when you palpate a joint?
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Reddness, swelling, dislocations, bones protruding.Skin changes, nodules, muscle atrophy crepitus
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What does ROM test for?
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Joint function and stabilityIntegrity of ligaments, tendons and bursae
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What are the 5 things to do in a musculoskeletal assessment? What is one extra thing to note?
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Inspect, Palpate, ROM, muscle strengthDegenerative or inflammatory changes
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What is passive ROM? When would you perform it?
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Taking the client through the motions with yours supporting theirs. You would do it when the client cannot do it themselves.
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What is a goniometer?
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Measures the angle of the joint at its maximum flexion and extension.
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What should tone in joints feel like?
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Slight residual tension bilaterally
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What is the scale for muscle strength? Where does passive ROM fall? ROM with gravity? ROM with resistance?
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5/5. 2. 3. 5.
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What directions should you watch your patient walk across the room? What is the normal base distance of a gait?
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From the side and behind. 5-10 cm
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What assessments are used to measure balance?
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Tandem walking, walking on toes/heels, Romberg, hopping on one foot
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What are the three important joints of the shoulder? What are three important points on the shoulder that allow you to landmark?
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Sternoclavicular joint, acromioclavicular joint, and the glenohumeral joint.Coracoid process, acromion and greater tubercle of the humerus
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What are the three groups of muscles for the shoulder? Which one is known as the rotator cuff?
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Scapulohumeral group, axioscapular group, axiohumeral group. Scapulohumeral group
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What are the rotator cuff muscles?
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Subscapularis, infraspinatus, supraspinatus, teres minor
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