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so this video is going to be a review of
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a musculoskeletal assessment remember
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this involves assessing muscles bones
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and joints both structure and function a
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couple key points before we start if
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your patient can't stand you can perform
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active range of motion in the bed to the
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best of your ability if they can't
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perform active range of motion you can
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use passive movements to help them
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through those range of motion exercises
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there's three main areas we need to
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assess the spine the upper extremities
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and the lower extremities and for each
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one you'll inspect palpate and perform
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range of motion
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so to start assessing the spine
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have the patient stand in front of you
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with their back towards you
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you want to inspect and palpate for the
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spinous processes which should run
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vertically and in alignment
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you also want to look for any abnormal
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lateral curvature which could indicate
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scoliosis
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then you want to look at the patient
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from the side to assess for kyphosis or
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lordosis which is just exaggerated
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curvatures
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next you want to do range of motion so
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to check range of motion of the cervical
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spine have the patient put their chin
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up and down
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turn their heads left
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and right
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and then put each ear to the
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shoulder on that side
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to test thoracic range of motion have
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the patient lean side to side and twist
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left and right
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you can demonstrate these motions if it
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helps
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for lumbar have the patient lean back
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slightly just make sure that you are
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there to support them all of this should
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be done smoothly and without pain
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next we're going to move on to the
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extremities so for each joint you assess
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starting at the shoulders you want to
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inspect for the muscle size and shape is
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there any atrophy what's the skin color
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and condition any redness swelling or
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masses deformities
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then range of motion for the shoulders
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involves abduction adduction
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forward motion backward motion rotation
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and shrugging
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you also want to palpate the joint
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during range of motion is there any heat
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any crepitus with movement and of course
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ask if there's any pain
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now you're going to repeat the same
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inspection and palpation for the elbows
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taking them through flexion extension
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supination and pronation
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then the wrists flexion extension
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supination and pronation and of course
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the hands through flexion and extension
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all the while inspecting and palpating
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the joints for any abnormalities and
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asking for any pain
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before you move on to the lower
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extremities you want to check the
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strength of the uppers we have the
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patient push against you pull you
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towards them lift their arms up and put
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their arms down all against resistance
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check your outline to see the grading
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scale for strength it goes from zero to
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five for this patient she's got full
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strength full range of motion so we'd
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say five out of five
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on the lower extremities you're going to
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inspect and palpate each joint just like
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you did on the uppers looking for heat
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deformity pain and swelling start at the
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hips and work your way down the hips
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should flex and extend
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abduct and adduct and rotate internally
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and externally
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now if your patient has trouble with
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balance you can do these motions in the
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bed or just assist them with stability
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and of course check both sides
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then you're going to check the knees for
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flexion and extension
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make sure that you're feeling for
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crepitus
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while they're moving through that range
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of motion
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then you're checking the ankles they
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should be able to dorsiflex plantar flex
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supinate pronate and rotate
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and finally they should be able to flex
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and extend their toes as well
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now we also will do strength for the
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legs
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these are often done best sitting or
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sitting on the edge of a bed so have
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them push against your hands
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pull against your hands
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lift and lower their legs
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again all against resistance
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so if they can perform all of these
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things then they are five out of five
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again remember if your patient can stand
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balance and and stand on one leg they're
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probably five out of five so you also
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can assess gait during this assessment
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if you'd like just make sure that they
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have any assistive devices they need
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when they're walking now we tested
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reflexes in the neurological assessment
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but you could also include them here in
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musculoskeletal if you wanted
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all right well that's it for this
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assessment make sure you check out all
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