Exam 3: Assessment

During a visual assessment you notice that the client has a pigeon-toed stance. What is this medical term for this postural imbalance?

During a visual assessment you notice that the client has forward rolled shoulders. Which muscle should you test for tightness?

In which endangerment area would you find the brachial artery?

When the client is lying on the table in a supine position you notice that both legs and feet are turned out in a lateral direction. Which group of muscles would you check for hypertonicity?

What is the name of the endangerment area posterior to the knee?

In order to assess the functional movement of the rotator cuff muscles, the therapist would instruct the client to perform which action?

During a visual assessment you've noticed that the client has knocked knees. What is the clinical term for the knock-knee posture?

What is crepitus?

During a massage session you palpate thick, ropy, fibrous tissue. What type of tissue are you palpating?

A client is experiencing shooting pain in the gluteal region that sometimes runs down the back of their leg. Which nerve may be impinged?

If a client complains of hyperesthesia during the massage, what is the client experiencing?

What is one of the signs of a client experiencing the effects "Bell's palsy"?

During postural analysis you find that the client is having difficulties touching their toes. Which action have you asked the client to perform at the waist?

If a client is experiencing hypertonicity and chronic pain in the low back, what would be the best course of action to reduce pain and tightness in the area?

If a client arrives to the massage session with a sprained ankle in the acute stage of inflammation, what would be the best form of hydrotherapy to apply to the ankle?

What would be the best course of action to test for tight quadriceps with the client in a prone position?

When we refer to "signs and symptoms that are related and lead to a functional disorder," the word signs means:

When assessing leg length in a prone position, which bony landmarks would you evaluate for symmetry?

When performing a postural assessment on hip symmetry, which area should you bilaterally check?

When the suffix "itis" is found at the end of a root word, it means there is ____________ present: