MISC 1
shoulders are not equal
What is scoliosis?
consists of severe drowsiness in which the patient can be aroused by moderate stimuli and then drift back to sleep.
What is lethargy?
eye opening, motor response, verbal response
What are measurements (items) on the Glasgow Coma Scale?
Trace muscle activation, such as a twitch, without achieving full range of motion
what is muscle strenght 1
A technique to assess joint symmetry
What is inspection?
Perform this test by forward flexing the shoulder and elbow to 90° and forcibly internally rotating the shoulder.
BONUS:
Why is this test performed?
Hawkins Test
To test for rotator cuff injury
patient has a lessened interest in the environment, slowed responses to stimulation, and tends to sleep more than normal with drowsiness in between sleep states.
What is obtundation?
a composite three-item test of recall and clock drawing developed as a brief screen for demential
What is the Mini-Cog?
Muscle activation with gravity eliminated, achieving full range of motion
What is muscle strength 2
The patient is asked to stand with both feet together. Next, the examiner instructs the patient to hold his/her arms next to the body or crossed in front of the body. The NP assesses for balance
What is ROMBERG"S SIGN (TEST)?
the inward curve of the lumbar spine (just above the buttocks)
What is lordosis?
only vigorous and repeated stimuli will arouse the individual, and when left undisturbed, the patient will immediately lapse back to the unresponsive state.
What is stupor?
the false sense that you or your surroundings are spinning or moving i
what is dizziness or vertigo?
Muscle activation against gravity, full range of motion
What is muscle strength grade 3
a person has a physical sensation, sees, or hears something that’s not actually occurring.
What is a hallucination?
a grating sound or sensation produced by friction between bone and cartilage or the fractured parts of a bone.
What is crepitus?
disorientation, bewilderment, and difficulty following commands.
What is confusional state?
a disorder of the brain and nervous system in which a person is unable to perform tasks or movements when asked
What is apraxia
Muscle activation against some resistance, full range of motion
What is muscle grade 4
a person strongly believes something that isn’t based on reality even when shown evidence.
What is a delusion?
A syndrome characterized by progressive and generalized loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength correlated with physical disability, poor quality of life and death, primarily associated with older adults
What is scarcopenia?
the state of wakefulness, awareness, or alertness in which most human beings function while not asleep
What is the normal state of consciousness
assesses mobility, balance, walking ability, and fall risk in older adults.
What is the TUG test?
Timed Get Up and Go
Muscle activation against examiner’s full resistance, full range of motion
BONUS:
No muscle activation
What is grade 5
BONUS: Muscle grade 0
This type of thinking is more complex than the type of thinking that is centered on memorizing and recalling information and facts; involves the ability to understand and think with complex concepts that, while real, are not tied to concrete experiences, objects, people, or situations.
What is abstract thinking or reasoning?