Block 12 Week 1

Rotator Cuff injuries

100

What is the function of the rotator cuff?

Keep the ball of the humerus in your shoulder socket, and allows for the shoulder's extensive range of movement

200

Name 2 risk factors for a Rotator Cuff injury

• Age. The risk of a rotator cuff injury increases with age. Rotator cuff tears are most common in people older than 50.
• Some occupations. Jobs that require repetitive overhead arm motions, such as carpentry or house painting, can damage the rotator cuff over time.
• Certain sports. Some types of rotator cuff injuries are more common in people who participate in sports such as baseball, tennis and weightlifting.
• Family history. There may be a genetic component involved with rotator cuff injuries as they appear to occur more commonly in certain families.

300

Name 3 symptoms of a rotator cuff injury

A dull aching pain in the shoulder

Feeling of weakness when lifting your arm

Being unable to move your shoulder fully

Crepitus when moving shoulder

Radiating pain

400

Where can the pain radiate to in a rotator cuff injury?

Towards the elbow

500

Name the 4 rotator cuff muscles

Supraspinatus

Infraspinatus

Teres minor

Subscapularis

Anatomy of the shoulder

100

What is a bursa?

A fluid filled sac within your joint that provides cushioning

200

What is the name of the joint connecting the clavicle to the acromion?

Acromioclavicular joint

300

Where is the epiphysis of the humerus?

Anatomical neck of the humerus

400

What is the function of the short muscles in the shoulder?

Connects the humerus to the scapula

500

Where does the subscapularis muscle lie in relation to the skeleton of shoulder?

Subscapularis fossa

Brachial plexus

100

How many pairs of cervical spinal roots are there?

8

200

Where on the hand does the ulna nerve supply?

Half of the ring finger and the little finger

300

Which spinal nerves make up the roots of the brachial plexus?

C5-T1

400

One branch from the *blank* cord and one from the *blank* cord make up the median nerve

Lateral and medial

500

What does the posterior cord of the brachial plexus branch into?

The axillary and radial nerve

Shoulder pain

100

Name the 3 bones that make up the shoulder

Humerus, scapula, clavicle

200

Sudden onset left shoulder pain along with chest pain and nausea can be a sign of what?

Myocardial infarction

300

Name a possible cause of the shoulder symptoms: 'Sudden very bad pain, cannot move your arm (or it's difficult), sometimes changes shape'

Dislocated shoulder, broken bone (such as a broken arm or broken collarbone), torn or ruptured tendon

400

According to the NHS website after how many weeks of shoulder pain should you see a GP?

2

500

What does RICE stand for, in terms of managing minor injuries?

Rest

Ice

Compression

Elevation

Random

100

Which type of joint in the glenohumeral joint?

Synovial or ball and socket

200

Name the 6 movements of the shoulder

Flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, internal rotation and external rotation

300

What is the range (in degrees) of a glenohumeral painful arc during abduction?

45-60 to 120

400

What is the narrowest part of the humerus?

Surgical neck

500

Name the 2 coracoclavicular ligaments.

Trapezoid (lateral) and conoid (medial)