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objective assessment Flashcards

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what is an objective assessment?

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  • involves collecting observable and measurable data about a patient’s health
  • observing client’s gait and vital signs
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what is an objective assessment an assessment of and what is it informed by?

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  • physical assessment of the patient
  • informed by subjective assessment
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what are the three aspects you should ensure in an objective assessment?

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  • ensure patient/ model is comfortable
  • ensure own posture and position is optimal
  • ensure the body part you are examining is visible
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what should you seek before assessment?

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  • consent
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what does objective assessment vary with?

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  • speciality
  • patient cohort
  • individual patient presentation
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what are some general observations? (11)

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  • age
  • gender
  • build
  • walking aids
  • glasses/ hearing aids
  • facial expression e.g., pain
  • posture
  • involuntary movements
  • function
  • balance
  • other aspects e.g., speech, behaviour
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what are some of the specific observations?

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  • posture
  • muscle bulk e.g., same on each side
  • soft tissues e.g., swelling
  • gait
  • function e.g., sit to stand
  • patients attitude
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what is posture?

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  • position of the body in space
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what does posture allow?

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  • function and most efficient movement to occur
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describe postural dysfunction

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  • leads to altered loading increasing risk of pain and injury
  • increasing effort of movement
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what aspects affect posture?

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  • pain
  • fatigue
  • strength
  • ROM
  • muscle stiffness e.g., spasticity
  • emotions
  • occupations e.g., office jobs
  • hobbies
  • age and maternity
  • handedness
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what is the ideal alignment ?

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  • plumb line
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describe the position of the plumb line

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  • through external auditory meatus
  • through odontoid process of axis
  • midway through shoulder
  • through bodies of lumbar vertebrae
  • through sacral promontory
  • slightly posterior to centre of hip joint
  • slightly anterior to axis of knee joint
  • slightly anterior to lateral malleolus
  • through calcaneocuboid joint
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describe head/ neck in ideal alignment

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  • no rotation or side flexion of cervical spine
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describe shoulder/ upper limb of ideal alignment

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  • should be level
  • palms facing sides
  • scapula should be flat against back and lie between T2 and T7
  • distance from spine to scapula should be equal
  • look at space between arms and trunks> should be equal on each side
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describe thoracic spine in ideal alignment

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  • slight kyphosis
  • no scoliosis
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describe lumbar spine in ideal alignment

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  • slight lordosis
  • no scoliosis
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describe pelvis in ideal alignment

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  • no lateral tilt
  • no protraction/ retraction
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describe hip in ideal alignment

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  • neutral
  • not flexed or extended
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describe knees in ideal alignment

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  • not flexed or hyperextended
  • no valgus/ varus
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describe ankles/ feet in ideal alignment

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  • foot position
  • equal toe- out angle (8-10 degrees)
  • plantigrade
  • no over pronation/ supination
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describe ‘other’ features of ideal posture alignment

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  • equal weight bearing between left and right feet
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describe kyphosis

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  • curving of the spine that causes bowing or rounding og the back
  • skouding position
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describe lordosis

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  • posture where the pelvis is titled forward, causing hip flexion
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describe flat back posture
- lower spine loses its natural curvature and becomes flat over time
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describe sway back position
- exaggerated curves in the spine - forward tilting hips so appearance of leaning back when standing
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what can you find from soft tissue
- colour and texture of skin e.g., pallor or redness - presence of scars - abnormal skin creases - swelling of soft tissues/ joint
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what does callus of feat give an idea of?
- pressure of walking
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how can you measure muscle bulk if abnormality suspected?
- using a tape measure
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what are the two main benefits of measuring range of motion?
+ aids clinical reasoning + acts as baseline measure> tells us if patient's ROM deteriorates over time or improves with treatment
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what is active range of motion? what questions can be raised?
- voluntary and unassisted - looks at quality of movement - are there compensations? is the movement well controlled
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what is passive range of motion? what can it differentiate between?
- no/ minimal muscle activity - may use as a diagnostic tool to differentiate non- contractile vs contractile components of clinical posture
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what are the three ways of measuring range of motion in clinical posture?
- goniometry - visual estimation 'eye balling' - tape measures
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what are contra- indications?
- measuring ROM causes disruption to healing so its inappropriate
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what are the three main contra- indications?
- interrupting healing process after injury/ surgery - suspected fracture/ dislocation/ subluxation - suspected myositis ossificans or ectopic ossification
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what are cautions?
- should take extra care when dealing with people with cautions
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what are some cautions?
- pain - inflammation - medication for pain/ muscle relaxants - osteoporosis - hypermobility - haemophilia - region of a haematoma - suspected bony ankylosis - soft tissue disruption e.g., sprain - recently healed fracture - after prolonged immobilisation
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what else is important when measuring knee extension and why?
- position of hip as muscles cross over both e.g., hamstrings
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what is passive insufficiency?
- shortness of a two joint or multi joint muscle, length of muscle is not sufficient to permit normal elongation over both joints simultaneously
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what is an example of passive insufficiency?
- short hamstrings
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what is muscle lag?
- active extension lag (quadriceps lag) is a function of a quadriceps weakness - Q lag presents itself in patients who maintain full passive ROM but are limited in active extension ROM
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what is muscle lag due to? what else can it be called?
- due to weakness - patient may not have the strength to reach full ROM - extensor lag
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what is contractures?
- lack of full passive ROM of a joint resulting from structural changes of non- bony tissues such as muscles, tendons, ligaments, joint capsules and/ or skin
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