Shoulder
Shoulder dislocations make up this percentage of ALL dislocations.
What is about 50%?
The medical name for the tip of the elbow.
What is the Olecranon?
We have this many carpal bones in our wrist.
What are 8 Carpals?
Scaphoid, Lunate, Trapezoid, Pisiform, Triquetrum, Trapezium, Capitate, & Hamate
These two regions of the shoulder must be palpated with any shoulder injury.
What are the Clavicle and the Acromion Process?
What is Radial Deviation?
Out of the 4 rotator cuff muscles, this muscle is the most commonly injured.
What is the Supraspinatus?
If asked by a patient, "What is a carrying angle?", this is what you would tell them.
What is the amount of bend in the elbow when the arms are relaxed?
Write down 1 of the 3 S/S for a UCL Sprain of the thumb.
What are unable to perform thumb opposition, ecchymosis in the palm of the hand, and a (+) Valgus Stress Test?
The Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex (TFCC) is located on this side of the wrist (2 acceptable answers).
What is the Ulnar or Medial side of the wrist.
The name of this shoulder action.
What is Horizonal Adduction?
The AT evaluating a patient with a shoulder injury does not observe any abnormal scapular positioning (first observation). This is the second observation that the AT should look for when evaluating the injury.
What are uneven shoulder heights?
Golfer's are at a higher risk for this overuse injury.
What is Medial Epicondylitis?
This is the typical MOI for a Smith Fx.
What is FOOSH with wrist hyperflexion?
The muscles that flex the wrist and fingers originate from these 2 anatomical locations on the forearm.
What is the Anterior and Medial forearm?
The name of this shoulder action.
What is Vertical Internal Rotation?
Following a shoulder dislocation (the shoulder is still out of place) the AT will observe this obvious deformity.
What is a prominent acromion process?
This pulse must be checked after an elbow dislocation and relocation.
What is the Radial Pulse?
This joint that is involved with a Boxer's Fx.
What is the 5th MCP Joint?
These 4 muscles perform action at the elbow.
What are the Biceps, Triceps, Supinator, and Pronator Teres?
Name this shoulder action.
What is Horizontal External Rotation?
A patient with a rotator cuff tear will have a c/c of these 2 specific symptoms (only need 1).
What are feelings of shoulder instability/pain with overhead activity and recurrent shoulder subluxations?
A baseball pitcher will most likely get this type of surgery following a UCL tear.
What is Tommy John?
A patient states that they jammed their thumb really badly a couple months ago but didn't let the AT know about it. They state that the pain hasn't gotten much better since it happened. This injury/condition is, most likely, what they are suffering from.
What is a Stener Lesion?
The 3 joints we discussed that are apart of the wrist/hand/fingers.
What is the Radiocarpal Joint, the Distal Radioulnar joint, and the Metacarpophalangeal Joint?
This wrist action has the same motion as a wrist Varus Stress Test.
What is Ulnar Deviation?