OUTPATIENT EXAM STUDY.docx

**Content in the practice quiz** - Signs and features of each lower back pain subgroups: non-specific, specific pathology, serious pathology - What are red flags for LBP - Features of spinal stenosis - Nerve roots for the following neuro exams - Hip flexion - Knee ext...

**Content in the practice quiz** - Signs and features of each lower back pain subgroups: non-specific, specific pathology, serious pathology - What are red flags for LBP - Features of spinal stenosis - Nerve roots for the following neuro exams - Hip flexion - Knee ext - DF - PF - Toe extension - Knee flexion - Role of passive treatments e.g. ultrasound in managing low back pain according to guidelines - Exercise guideline for treating low back pain - Goals of pain education - Treatment plans that address yellow flags - First line treatment for LBP - What is the purpose of the StartBack questionnaire - McKenzie classification - How McKenzie explains the concept of pain centralisation - 4 grades of neck pain severity and their characteristics - ROM of different vertebral joints and what movements - Main muscles responsible for spinal movements - VBI and tests to assess - How to distinguish between mechanical or contractile causes of thoracic pain - Manual therapy techniques - Mulligans manual therapy - List of conditions we have learnt about **Topics that may be assessed:\ 1. Migraine\ 2. Cervicogenic headache\ 3. VBI\ 4. Neck pain assessment and management\ 5. Thoracic pain assessment and management\ 6. Acute/Chronic/Non-specific LBP assessment and management\ 7. Radiculopathy assessment and management\ 8. Neurodynamic assessments of upper limb and lower limb nerves\ 9. Red flags\ 10. Spinal stenosis\ ** Week 1 ====== +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **Screen for red flags in | +---------+---------+---------+ | | patients presenting with spinal | | **Patho | **Incid | **Sympt | | | pain** | | logy** | ence** | oms | | | | | | | and | | | | | | | Diagnos | | | | | | | tic | | | | | | | accurac | | | | | | | y** | | | | +=========+=========+=========+ | | | | **Cance | 0-5% | Unexpla | | | | | r** | | ined | | | | | | | weight | | | | | | | loss | | | | | | | (\