Post on 19-Dec-2015
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Easy assessment of musculoskeletal system for GPsAspects of examining the musculoskeletal system
Revisiting the basicsGALSVideoSome bits and pieces / a personal view
HistoryHave you any pain or stiffness in your muscles, joints or back?
Do you have any trouble getting up or down stairs?
Do you have any difficulty getting dressed?
Revisiting the basicsInspectionLookPalpation FeelMovementMoveStabilityFunctionCompare with opposite side
InspectionSkin colour / rashesSwellingDeformityScarsMuscle wastingSurrounding structures - bursae, tendons
PalpationNature of swellingbonysynovialeffusionWarmthTenderness
MovementActive and passiveRange of movementCrepitusNote painInstability
StabilitySubluxation or dislocationMCPRadioulnarsubtalarMTP
FunctionLower limbs - gaitHandspincer grippower grip
G A L SDoherty, Dacre, Dieppe and Snaith (1992) The GALS locomotor screen, Annals of Rheumatic diseases 51: 1165-9GAITARMSLEGSSPINE
G A L Sprovide a valuable screening test for use in general practicethe procedure can be viewed as a general functional (disability), as well as a basic musculoskeletal assessment..be useful in selective situations as a rapid test of functional performance and to screen out regional locomotor abnormalities that merit closer scrutiny
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Bits and piecesHandsWrists - CTS + de QShouldersBacksHipsFeet - biomechanicsHypermobilityFibromyalgia
Hand - RA
Early synovitisPIP - skin discolouration and tendernessClench fist - MCPs should be white with no infillingMCP squeeze to elicit tendernessInferior radio ulnar stress testBulge sign at kneeMTP squeeze test
Hand OA
Raynauds 1
Raynauds 2
Scleroderma early
Scleroderma
Sclerodactaly (acrosclerosis)
Carpal Tunnel SyndromePhalensTinels
De Quervains tenosynovitisAPL and EPB tendonstender over radial styloidsometimes nodule (thickened sheath)Finkelsteins testRest itInject it
ShouldersShoulder or notGlenohumeral or not - external rotationTenderness bicipital groovesubacromialPainful arc of abduction
Shoulder - abduction
Shoulder function related to abduction
BacksLumbar flexionModified Schobers - or use your fingersFingers to floor = misleadingLumbar extensionLumbar lateral flexionSacroiliac restriction
Backs - neurology
Root
Sensory loss
Motor weakness
Reflex
L4
Medial calf and ankle
Knee extension, foot inversion
Knee
L5
Medial foot and hallux
Dorsiflexion foot and hallux
None
S1
Outer foot and sole
Plantar flexion foot
Ankle
Sham backache
Hips
Internal rotation - can examine sitting
Trochanteric bursitis
Trendelenburg - to distinguish lumbosacral from hip pain
Trendelenburg test
Foot - biomechanicsSwing phase
Stance phaseContact (27%)Midstance (40%)Propulsive (33%)
Biomechanics - stance phaseContact outer border heel strikes thenPRONATION at subtalar joint shifts centre gravity mediallycauses tibia to internally rotatepurpose is shock absorption/adaption uneven ground
Biomechanics - stance phase (2)Midstanceforefoot loadedsubtalar joint supinatescauses tibia to externally rotatefoot is converted to rigid lever ready for propulsionends with heel lift
Biomechanics - stance phase (3)Propulsionapp 25% bodyweight on metatarsals and toes (esp 1st)ends with toes off
Abnormal pronation and supination
Over pronationSubtalar pronation uncheckedlongitudinal arch stretches and flattensexcess rotation of tibiaHallux valgusPlantar fasciitisAchilles tendonitisPost tibial tendonitisstress# navicularanterior knee painlow back pain
HypermobilityDorsiflexion of 5th MCP to 90 degreesApposition of thumb to volar aspect of forearmHyperextension of elbow by 10 degreesHyperextension of knee by 10 degreesHands flat on floor with knees extended
Fibromyalgia
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