The movements at the spinal joints are a part fo a routine clinical examination, however, what are the things to be noticed during checking them?
I have enumerated the following points which I feel are important, comments and additions are welcome.
SUBJECTIVE:
* Pain during movements
flexion -- think of prolapsed disc
extension -- think of facetal arthropathy
*Feeling of giving way
Think of instability in lumbar spine
OBJECTIVE:
*Range of motion
Important to record and document to asseess severity and then to assess progress
*Rhythm
Any deviation from normal rythm during flexion and extension such as jerky movements and
extension catch are indicative of instability.
*Schober's or modified Schober's test
To diffentiate between organic and functional disease of lumbar spine
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
What we should look when examining movements of spine?
Posted by Avidbrowser at 10:31 PM
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