Equipment Needed
General Considerations
Regional Considerations
Inspection
Palpation
Range of Motion
o Active
o Passive
o Specific Joints
Vascular
o Pulses 16
o Capillary Refill
o Edema, Cyanosis, and Clubbing
o Lymphatics
Special Tests
o Upper Extremities
Snuffbox Tenderness (Scaphoid)
Drop Arm Test (Rotator Cuff)
Impingement Sign (Rotator Cuff)
Flexor Digitorum Superficialis Test
Flexor Digitorum Profundus Test
Vascular and Neurologic Tests
Allen Test (Radial/Ulnar Arteries)
Phalen's Test (Median Nerve)
Tinel's Sign (Median Nerve)
o Lower Extremities
Collateral Ligament Testing
Lachman Test (Cruciate Ligaments)
Anterior/Posterior Drawer Test (Cruciate Ligaments)
Ballotable Patella (Major Knee Effusion)
Milking the Knee (Minor Knee Effusion)
o Back
Straight Leg Raising (L5/S1 Nerve Roots)
FABER Test (Hips/Sacroiliac Joints)
Pitting edema levels.
1 + press to 2 mm press sink to see not clear. Roy missing sink faster.
2 + sink into 4 mm observation rare lost in 15 seconds.
3 + sink down to 6 mm press note remain clear for several minutes.
4 + press 8 mm body sink into a deep dent clear. Prescribed approximately 2-5 minutes