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MSK Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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What are causes of monoarticular joint pain? - Answer✔arthritis, tendonitis, bursitis
What are causes of polyarticular (multiple joints) joint pain? - Answer✔rheumatic fever,
gonococcal arthritis, inflammatory/infectious pain, gout
Red Flags: - Answer✔Age >50
Unexplained WL
Pain > 1 month
Not responding to tx
Pain at night/rest
Hx IV drug use
Infection
What are the three major joint types? - Answer✔cartilaginous, synovial, fibrous
What is a bursae and what is its function? - Answer✔Disc-shaped synovial sac that lies between
skin and convex surface of bone/joint.
It eases joint action
When doing an MSK exam, which side should you examine first? - Answer✔normal first
ROM testing consists of: - Answer✔active, passive and resistive movements
When testing ROM what order do you follow? - Answer✔Active first - if normal, no need to do
passive
When assessing passive ROM, end feel is classified as: - Answer✔soft - tissue approximation
firm - muscle/ligaments
hard - bone
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MSK Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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What are causes of monoarticular joint pain? - Answer✔arthritis, tendonitis, bursitis
What are causes of polyarticular (multiple joints) joint pain? - Answer✔rheumatic fever,
gonococcal arthritis, inflammatory/infectious pain, gout
Red Flags: - Answer✔Age >50
Unexplained WL
Pain > 1 month
Not responding to tx
Pain at night/rest
Hx IV drug use
Infection
What are the three major joint types? - Answer✔cartilaginous, synovial, fibrous
What is a bursae and what is its function? - Answer✔Disc-shaped synovial sac that lies between
skin and convex surface of bone/joint.
It eases joint action
When doing an MSK exam, which side should you examine first? - Answer✔normal first
ROM testing consists of: - Answer✔active, passive and resistive movements
When testing ROM what order do you follow? - Answer✔Active first - if normal, no need to do
passive
When assessing passive ROM, end feel is classified as: - Answer✔soft - tissue approximation
firm - muscle/ligaments
hard - bone
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