Arthritis
What is the most common type of arthritis?
Osteoarthritis or OA
**BONUS--what does it effect, what joints?
What is a provocative test?
A test that mimics a diagnosis--and helps pinpoint what the diagnosis is
Tom has been referred to OT after sustaining nerve damage of bilateral upper extremities. Special tests indicate pain with elbow flexion, including numbness, and tingling. What is his diagnosis?
Ulnar nerve damage cause by entrapment of the cubital tunnel
No internal rotation, no hip flexion past 90 degrees, and no hip adduction
How many heads does the deltoid have and what are they?
3: Anterior, middle, and posterior
Suzette is interested in building her independence in the kitchen with severe arthritis. Name 1 piece of adaptive equipment that would assist her with her goal.
Who was our guest lecturer, what is his title, and where did he work?
Mr. Johnson, OTR, an VA
What nerve flows through cubital tunnel?
ulnar n.
Joseph is at a SNF and you are working on facilitating LB bathing. He is s/p a (R) THA. What equipment do you recommend and why?
LHS Sponge, tub bench or shower chair, removable shower head
Can a school based occupational therapist sit for their CHT and why?
yes---if they have 4 years of direct hand care experience
What is the most common type of co-condition in conjunction with RA?
ulnar drift
boutinierre deformity
swan neck deformity
Mr. Smith is coming outpatient occupational therapy for a recent right sided shoulder hemiarthrplasty. After completing a special test or provactive test you notice a 1-2 inch gap between acromion process and head of the humerus. What is this test called and what do you recommend?
sulcus sign and hemi sling
What makes up guyons canals-what carpal bones?
pisiform and hook of hamate
How would you measure pain when working with a patient s/p hip or knee replacement?
Wong Baker Faces/Scale
Subjectively
Physiogamy
What condition causes flexion of the DIP joint?
Mallet finger
Marie is coming to occupational therapy and is very self-conscious of her current condition of boutinierre deformity. What could you recommend as her OTA?
Oval 8 Splinting
Swan Neck-Oval 8 located on top
Boutinier-Oval 8 switched to the bottom
What is the function of the rotator cuff?
Thomas recently sustained a spiral fracture of his left upper extremity/humerus. When will the therapy process start?
6 weeks post
Elsa is PWB status post falling on ice chasing and undergoing a (R) TKA. How much weight can she put through the right LE?
50%
What causes the catch with trigger finger?
thickening of the A1 pulley where FDS and FDP pass through the sheath
What is a modality that provides circumferentail heat for someone with arthritis?
parrafin wax
Lebron is a professional basktetball player who has come to your clinic for outpatient OT. He has a torn rotator cuff and is unable to externally rotate the shoulder joint--which muscle has been effected?
infraspinatus
You are educating a client on the six pack exercises--GO!
Arrow, Table Top, Claw, Fist, In and Out, Thumb to Tip
Most LE fractures are caused by ?
Trauma
Dr. Banta experienced a hand injury doing what? And what happened with her injury?
Laying flooring--injured her left index/DIP joint--7+ stitches through the nail bed with loss of sensation s/p