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Symptoms typically last 4 to 72 h and may be severe. Pain is often unilateral, throbbing, worse with exertion, and accompanied by symptoms such as nausea and sensitivity to light, sound, or odors. Auras occur in about 25% of patients
What is a migraine headache?
assess the UNAFFECTED side FIRST
What is the way to assess a painful joint?
palm towards the plants
What is pronation?
The foot hangs with the toes pointing down, causing the toes to scrape the ground while walking, requiring someone to lift the leg higher than normal when walking.
What is steppage gait?
insidious onset impairment of memory and at least one other cognitive domain
What is dementia?
mild to moderate pain often described as viselike. These headaches originate in the occipital or frontal region bilaterally and spread over the entire head.
What is tension (stress) headache?
refers to a movement that decreases the angle between 2 body parts
What is flexion?
Ligament Tears, Cartilage Tears, Tendonitis ,Kneecap dislocation, Bursitis, Fractures, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Gout
What are common causes of knee pain?
This type of gait gets its name because the knees and thighs hit or cross when walking
What is scissor gait?
loss of ability to understand or express speech
What is aphasia?
excruciating, unilateral periorbital or temporal pain, with ipsilateral autonomic symptoms (ptosis, lacrimation, rhinorrhea, nasal congestion
What is a cluster headache?
refers to a movement that increases the angle between two body parts.
What is extension?
Palpable or audible click, pain, grinding, or lack of extension during outward (valgus) and inward (varus) stress during flexion of knee is a positive sign
What is the McMurray's sign?
a way of walking in which one leg is stiff and drags in a semicircular motion on the side most affected by long-term muscle contraction.
What is spastic gait?
inability to interpret sensations and to recognize things
What is agnosia?
results from the persistent contraction of muscles of the head and neck. mechanical pressure and distortion results from decreased blood flow to the optic nerve
What is a tension (muscle contraction) headache
palm towards the sun,
What is supanation?
It is performed by lightly percussing over the nerve to elicit a sensation of tingling or "pins and needles" in the distribution of the nerve.
What is Tinel's sign?
An unsteady, staggering gait
What is ataxic gait?
defined by the presence of memory difficulty and objective memory impairment but preserved ability to function in daily life.
What is mild cognitive impairment?
pain produced by dilatation of cerebral arteries or extra-cerebral pain
What is a vascular headache or temporal arteritis?
Plantar Flexion & Dorsiflexion
Abduction & Adduction
Rotation: Right & Left – Internal (Medial) & External (Lateral)
Lateral Flexion (Bending)
Pronation & Supination
Inversion & Eversion
What is range of motion?
bony enlargements of the middle joints of the fingers, also known as proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joints.
What are Bouchard's nodes?
small, shuffling steps, difficulty picking up the feet, freezing of gait, can come on suddenly and randomly.
What is Parkinson's gait?
fluctuations in their level of consciousness and have difficulty with attention and concentration
What is delirium?