PNE: Week 1 - Explaining Anatomy // AI-GENERATED!!

degeneration, mechanical

In the 2010 study on language, researchers divided medical terminology into _____ and ______categories

narrowing

The degeneration category includes words like degeneration, _____, and age-related terms

impingement

The mechanical category includes words like trapped, _______, and compression

prognosis

When patients used degeneration and mechanical terminology, it led to a poor perceived _____

supraspinatus

The construction site metaphor compares the _____ to a worker who gets a cold and can't come to work

rotator cuff

In the construction site metaphor, there are ________ team members to help pick up the slack.

17

The construction site metaphor mentions _____ muscles that attach to the shoulder blade as another construction team

painful shoulders, pain free shoulders

Research showed 88% of _______ showed supraspinatus tendinopathy while 85% of ________ also showed supraspinatus tendinopathy

good to excellent

Research has shown that patients with rotator cuff repairs rate their function as _______

good to excellent

Research has shown that patients with repaired rotator cuffs and partial/complete re-tears rate their function as ______

3/4s

Up to _____ of people with full rotator cuff tear can rehab their shoulder without surgical approach

overcrowded apartment building

The frozen shoulder metaphor compares the condition to an ___________ with too many people.

normal age related changes

Instead of "degenerative disc disease," the preferred terminology is ________________

disc degeneration

Many patients in their 60s have _________ with no back pain

asymptomatic

Many ______ patients in their 60s had a bulging disc

ankle sprain

The _______ metaphor is used to explain disc herniation and the natural healing process

Sequestered

_____ disc displacements have a 96% chance of spontaneous improvement, contrary to what patients might expect

more

The more serious the MRI finding in disc herniation, the _____ likely it is to completely resolve

garden hose

The __________ metaphor is used to explain cervical radiculopathy and referred pain down the arm.

50

In demolition derby drivers who average _____ crashes per night, only 8% had neck pain prevalence.

200

Physicians return to work _____ times faster than patients after similar car accidents

spinal stenosis

The traffic jam metaphor is used to explain _________

rusty door hinge

The _________ metaphor compares knee arthritis to something that needs lubrication rather than replacement

bad hair day

The ________ metaphor is used to describe Achilles tendinopathy as tangled fibers that need "combing" with exercise

loading

The challenge with tendinopathy treatment is that _____ the tendon is doing the thing that already hurts.

contact, pressure

When explaining disc pressure, therapists demonstrate that it's not the _____ that matters, but the amount of ______

pressure

The MRI doesn't show the amount of _____, just that there's contact between structures

"whiplash injury"

For whiplash, a better term than ________ might be "muscle soreness around the neck and shoulder."

supraspinatus

The _____ is the most commonly injured tendon in the rotator cuff family

adhesive capsulitis

When patients Google frozen shoulder, they see scary terms like __________ that make them think things are stuck together

continually

The word "degenerative" is problematic because it implies pain will _____ get worse

neck

In cervical radiculopathy, the problem is in the _____ but symptoms are felt down the arm

NORMAL

Whiplash education should emphasize it's a _____ response to a car accident, not something permanently damaging.

contact

The forearm pressure demonstration shows patients the difference between light _____ and increasing pressure

pressure, function

Instead of focusing on "fixing" the MRI appearance, therapy focuses on reducing _____ and improving ______

flexion, extension

In spinal stenosis, patients feel better in _____ and worse in _____

unhelpful

The goal of patient education is to give hope and challenge _____ beliefs about their condition