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Total Musculoskeletal Assessment Includes:
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-Patient History
-Observation/Inspection
-Palpation
-Neurological Tests
-Range of Motion Assessment
-Ligamentous Tests/Joint Play
-Special Tests
-Diagnostic Imaging |
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base line measurements that are measurable (ideally).
i.e. what you see |
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What the patient tells you
i.e. pain type. where the pain is.. |
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| a group of muscles innervated by a nerve root |
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| to see if there has been neurological damage in a specific level of the spinal cord. |
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-Soft (tissue)
-Firm (muscular stretch)
-Hard (bone on bone) |
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| Grade 0/5 for RROM means: |
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| Grade 1/5 for RROM means: |
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| No movement produced, but muscle contraction palpable |
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| Grade 2/5 for RROM means: |
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| Patient can move the body part with full ROM through a gravity eliminated state. |
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| Grade 3/5 for RROM means: |
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| Patient can move the body part through gravity with full ROM |
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| Grade 4/5 for RROM means: |
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| Paitent can resist with medium pressure but will break. |
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| Grade 5/5 for RROM means: |
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| Patient can resist agaist maximal pressure and will not break. |
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| instability is defined as: |
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| Grade 1 Ligamentous Laxity means: |
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| No stretch in the actuall ligament, but there is pain. End feel is firm |
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| Grade 2 for Ligamentous Laxity means: |
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| it has a stretch. Instable. Pain. End feel is soft |
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| Grade 3 Ligamentous Laxity means: |
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| Complete tearing of the ligament. Excessive motion and is restricted only due to secondary joint restraints. End feel is Empty |
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