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Maryville Nurs 612 Exam 3 Musculoskeletal System Questions and Answers 100% Pass McMurray Test - Tests for torn meniscus in the knee. Ballottement - Palpation technique used to assess an organ or mass. Also used for detection of effusion in the knee Neer Test - Shoulder rotator cuff impingeme...

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McMurray Test - ✔✔Tests for torn meniscus in the knee.


Ballottement - ✔✔Palpation technique used to assess an organ or mass. Also used for

detection of effusion in the knee


Neer Test - ✔✔Shoulder rotator cuff impingement or tear. Forward flex the patient's

arm up to 150 degrees while depressing the scapula. This presses the greater tuberosity

and supraspinatus muscle against the anteroinferior acromion.


Hawkins Test - ✔✔Shoulder rotator cuff impingement or tear. Abducting the shoulder

to 90 degrees, flexing the elbow to 90 degrees, then rotating internally rotating the arm

to its limit.


Tinel Sign - ✔✔Median nerve integrity. Tested by striking patient wrist with index

finger or middle finger where median nerve passes under the flexor retinaculum and

volar carpal ligament.




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, Phalen Test - ✔✔Median nerve integrity. Patient holds both wrists in a fully palmar-

flexed position with the dorsal surfaces pressed together for 1 minute. Numbness and

paresthesia in the distribution of the median nerve suggestive of carpal tunnel

syndrome.


Bulge sign - ✔✔Effusion of fluid in the knee. With patients knee extended, milk the

medial aspect of the knee upward two or three times, and then milk the lateral side of

the patella. Observe for a bulge of returning fluid to the hollow area medial to the

patella.


Anterior & Posterior Drawer Test - ✔✔Anterior and posterior cruciate ligament

integrity


Varus-valgus stress test - ✔✔Medial or lateral collateral ligament instability in knee


Lachman test - ✔✔Anterior cruciate ligament integrity


Thomas Test - ✔✔Flexion contracture of hip


Trendelenburg Sign - ✔✔Weak hip abductor muscles


Femoral Stretch Test - ✔✔L1, L2, L3, L4 nerve root irritation


Pronation - ✔✔Position of the forearm so that the palm faces down; position of the heel

so that the foot does not bear weight through the midline.




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