Bates Assessment Final Exam Graded A+
1. Which population is more commonly affected by osteoarthritis?
A) Men
B) Women
C) Children
D) Elderly
Correct answer: B) Women
2. What are the first steps in approaching a patient with a musculoskeletal disorder?
A) Assess the patient's overal...
Bates Assessment Final Exam Graded A+
1. Which population is more commonly affected by osteoarthritis?
A) Men
B) Women
C) Children
D) Elderly
Correct answer: B) Women
2. What are the first steps in approaching a patient with a musculoskeletal disorder?
A) Assess the patient's overall health
B) Perform a thorough physical examination
C) Determine the location and nature of the pain
D) Review the patient's medical history
Correct answer: C) Determine the location and nature of the pain
3. What are the different types of joints?
A) Fibrous, cartilaginous, and synovial
B) Synovial, ligamentous, and tendinous
C) Cartilaginous, bony, and fibrous
D) Synovial, cartilaginous, and ligamentous
Correct answer: A) Fibrous, cartilaginous, and synovial
If the NEXUS criteria is met? ✅The patient can be cleared of cervical spine injury
,What does the Canadian C-Spine Rule include and what is it used for? ✅-age
-mechanism of injury
-low risk factors allowing assessment of ROM
-testing of neck rotation
To determine if imaging is necessary following trauma
What kind of pain is one of the most common in office visits? ✅Low back pain
Three groups of low back pain: ✅-nonspecific
-nerve root entrapment with radioculpathy or spinal stenosis
-pain from underlying disease
What is a very important question to ask with regards to symptoms with low back pain? ✅Any
associated bladder or bowel dysfunctions
List the red flags for low back pain from underlying systemic disease: ✅-age <20 or >50
-hx of cancer
-unexplained wt loss, fever, or decline in general health
-pain lasting >1mo or not responding to tx
-pain and night or at rest
-hx of IV drug use, addiction, or immunosuppression
-presence of active HIV
-long term steroid use
-saddle anesthesia, bowel or bladder incontinence
-neuro symptoms or deficits
, What are the six motions of the shoulder girdle? ✅Flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, internal
and external rotation
Restricted ROM occurs in? ✅Bursitis, capsulitis, rotator cuff tears or sprains, and tendinitis
How to test pure glenohumeral motion?
How about scapulothoracic motion?
Both? ✅Have the patient raise the arms to shoulder level at 90' with palms facing down.
For scapulothoracic motion have the patient turn the palms up and raise the arms an additional 60'
The final 30' tests the combined glenohumeral and scapulothoracic motion
What is the most common cause of shoulder pain in primary care? ✅Rotator cuff disorders
What causes "impingement signs" or pain during shoulder movement? ✅Compression of the rotator
cuff muscles and tendons between the head of the humerus and the acromion
How many maneuvers are there that have the best LRs and the narrowest confidence intervals and are
currently recommended? What are the classes? ✅Five
1. Pain provocation test (1)
2. Strength tests (3)
3. Composite test (1)
What is a composit test? ✅The patient experiences either pain or weakness during the maneuver
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