Extra

Question 1

Using a cane on the ____ hand for a right trendelburg hip effectively diminishes the THA sign by providing support and balancing the hip abductor weakness

Answer 1

Left hand (opposite to affected side)

Question 2

An autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks peripheral nervous system (demyelination of cranial and peripheral nerves) causing weakness and abnormal sensations in arms and legs (LMN)

Answer 2

Guillain Barre Syndrome

Question 3

In GBS, motor loss is
Symmetrical or unsymmetrical
LE extremity first or upper
Distal to proximal or opposite

Answer 3

• symmetrical
• distal to Proximal
• LE TO UE

Question 4

Some people who’ve had the polio virus would have had paralysis, weakness, etc… but usually these problems resolve eventually. ________ syndrome is where some of these symptoms return or worsen many years after the original infection

Answer 4

Post polio syndrome

Question 5

What are some characteristics of post-polio syndrome

Answer 5

• fatigue
• muscles weakness
• muscle & joint pain
• weight gain
• breathing, swallowing difficulties
• sleep apnea
• cold intolerance

Question 6

What are some complications seen in post polio syndrome

Answer 6

• falls & loss of balance
• malnutrition, dehydration, aspiration pneumonia
• respiratory failure
• spine curvature & osteoporosis
• mobility & ambulation difficulties

Question 7

Is muscle weakness in post polio syndrome patchy or complete
LE or UE more involved
Symmetrical or unsymmetrical

Answer 7

Patchy paralysis
Asymmetrical
LE > UE

Question 8

DMD signs & symptoms become apparent btw ages

Answer 8

2-5 years

Question 9

DMD muscle weakness is described as

Answer 9

Proximal to Distal
LE to UE

Question 10

Muscles of face, eyes, speech, swallowing are spared in DMD, true or false

Answer 10

True

Question 11

caused by noxious event such as crush or ST injury, immobilization, tight cast, surgery, absence of nerve lesion. What type of CRPS is this

Answer 11

TYPE 1

Question 12

Presence of identifiable nerve lesion, which type of CRPS is this

Answer 12

TYPE 2

Question 13

Symptoms are consistent but specific injury or lesion has not been determined, what type of CRPS is this

Answer 13

TYPE 3 (CRPS-NOS) * not otherwise specified *

Question 14

In CRPS symptoms are marked distal or proximally first ?

Answer 14

Symptoms are marked distal then spread proximally (peripheral to central)

Question 15

what type of interventions can we provide to a DMD patient

Answer 15

• cardiopulmonary
• nutritional
• scoliosis & contractures
• posture & other deformities
• exercises & providing maximal functional level
• orthosis, splinting, & assistive devices

Question 16

In the case _____ arthritis there will be joint involvement + skin lesions over or near the joint with typical appearance with a black eschar center or scab like appearance surrounded by area of erythema or hemorrhagic base with pustule in center

Answer 16

STI/STD arthritis

Question 17

Main difference between septic and reactive arthritis

Answer 17

Septic arthritis is a joint infection requiring emergency treatment to prevent joint destruction, while reactive arthritis is a non-infectious, post-infection immune response causing joint inflammation

Question 18

a structural skeletal condition that causes an abnormal, excessive forward curvature of the upper back. It occurs when the front of the vertebrae grow more slowly than the back during childhood, resulting in a wedge-shaped rather than rectangular appearance.

Answer 18

Scheuermann’s disease, kyphosis

Question 19

Posterior interosseous nerve is motor and sensory, true or false

Answer 19

False it is purely motor