Musculoskeletal Examination

MUSCULOSKELETAL HISTORY

1. Chief Complaint
   
   
2. History of Present Illness WWQQAA-B
   

   Symptoms-
   

   • Pain
   • Heat
   • Redness
   • Stiffness
   • Swelling
   • Functional disability - How has the condition affected the patient's life?
   • Weakness
     

SOCRATES-


• Site
  
• Onset
  
• Character
  
• Radiation
  
• Alleviating & Aggravating Factors/Associated Symptoms
  
• Timing (Duration & Frequency)
  
• Exacerbating Factors
• Severity
  

3. Past Medical & Surgical History
   
   
4. Past Musculoskeletal History (Injuries etc.)
   
   
5. Current Medications
   
   
6. Allergies
   
   
7. Family History
   
   
8. Social History
   
   
9. Alcohol
   
   
10. Smoking
    
    
11. Systems Review

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SPINE INSPECTION
Posteriorly

• Skin
• Wasting
• Edema
• Assymtery
• Trauma
• Scars
• Muscle spams
• Scoliosis
• Deformity

Lateral

• Kyphosis
• Lordosis

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SPINE MOVEMENT
Cervical

• Flexion
• Extension
• Lateral Bending
• Rotation

Thoracolumbar

• Flexion
• Extension
• Lateral Bending
• Rotation

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LEG-RAISING TEST

1. Lasegue's Test
   
   
2. Bragard's Test