DPT6090: Intro to Clinical Measurement

Flashcards for DPT6090 Intro to Clinical Measurement focusing on Goniometry, ROM, and related concepts.

What is objective number 4 for this course?

Reliability and Validity of measurement

When the Screen Tests Video Assignments due?

ROM Video due by 6/15, MMT Video due by 8/3

What is the purpose of the Screen Tests Video Assignments?

To run through a full exam in one take and to practice communicating with a client in a 7th-grade level

What is the purpose of the Practical Exams?

Demonstrate swift recall of assessment procedures, communication with a patient, positioning and handling for testing, and reasoning through a common problem.

Besides respecting others, what topics are included in the Syllabus?

Consent to touch, Incidental Findings, Lab Attire, Kits & textbooks, etc.

What objectives are related to lab activities?

Goniometry, ROM, End-feel, Muscle length testing

What is goniometry?

Measurement of angles created at joints

What are cardinal plane motion?

Flexion/Extension, Abd/Add, Rotation

What plane and axis are shoulder IR and ER in?

Transverse plane about the vertical (longitudinal) axis

What is Range of Motion (ROM)?

Arc of motion

What are degrees of freedom?

Number of axes or planes at which the bone in a joint can move

What is the most widely used notation system to define ROM?

0 to 180° notation system

What is Active ROM?

Voluntary arc of motion produced by unassisted muscle contraction

What is Passive ROM?

Produced by an external force; provides information on joint surfaces, capsule, ligaments, muscles, etc.

What is end-feel?

Feeling of a barrier to further motion

Give an example of a Normal Soft End-Feel.

Soft Tissue Approximation, Knee flexion

What is Abnormal Soft End-Feel?

Occurs sooner or later in the ROM than is usual or in a joint that normally has a firm or hard end-feel. Feels boggy

What is Hypomobility?

Decrease in ROM substantially less than normal values

What is maximal muscle length?

Greatest extensibility of a muscle-tendon unit

What is Passive insufficiency?

Inability of a muscle to lengthen & allow full ROM at all the joints the muscle crosses

What is Abnormal Soft End-Feel?

Body positions recommended, position the joints in a zero-starting position and stabilize the proximal joint