SAH EXAM ALL QUESTIONS

In the Preface, I state that: “The neuro-reflexogenic relationship of muscles, _________, and joints is at the heart of Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques.”

The hand can grasp with forces exceeding _________ pounds.

Tension, trauma and _________ movements can alter he position and function off associated joints.

Active movement psychologically reinforces clients to move the arm through a greater range of motion. This is called _____ ______

Myoskeletal Techniques utilize _______ and _________.

Fiber tearing with inflammation is termed tendinitis, while fiber tearing without inflammation is called_________.

A technique is a formal expression of _____ to affect the body.

One question therapists should ask themselves during the evaluation process is “What type of tissue am I working…. hypermobile, fibrotic, fibrosed or _________?”

Is it appropriate to perform the same techniques with ______ muscles as with _____ muscles?

Pain is a ____ of the brain.

The force applied should not create ________pain.

Effective deep tissue work requires low shoulders, locked-in lumbar lordosis and force coming from the _________.

Thoracic outlet syndrome is usually compression of the lower trunk of the ________plexus.

During the day as the clavicle and scapula drop they begin to compress the _____ branch of the brachial plexus.

Nerve root compression can cause pain while it’s being pinched, but nerve trunk compression causes more problems ________.

How do you determine if it is a shoulder or neck problem?

At the shoulder (not scapular rotation), there should be _______ degrees of abduction.

There also should be approximately  _______ degrees of medial and lateral horizontal humeral rotation

In the intertransversarii routine, the therapist’s goal is to relieve ________ compression.

Which tiny neck muscles are often the first to occlude nerve roots forming the brachial plexus?

When rotating the head to the right, the therapist is stretching the intertransversarii on the _______side.

Soft finger pads slide down under the clavicle making sure you’re not on the transverse process of______

Soft finger pads evaluate to see if the 1^st rib on one side is more ______ than the other.

Tight/short anterior scalenes can bind down the first rib leading to a_____ _____ posture.

When subclavius muscle is fibrotic, it can rub on a very sensitive________.

What will break down before the nerve root itself?

Double and triple crush syndromes start proximally but we often feel them_______?

In the pec minor release, the therapist’s flat forearm pins the pec minor attachment just below the ________process

Ida Rolf used to say_____the front and _____the back.

When accessing the pec minor with the axillary finger release, the therapist’s soft finger pads scoop under ________ to contact the rib attachments of pec minor.

The _____________ is one of the most overlooked joints in therapy.

Sternoclavicular (SC) is the only shoulder joint containing a ____________.

How many movements are available at the SC joint?

In arm abduction and shoulder shrugging, the medial head of the clavicle should __________.

How high does the arm abduct before the SC joint comes into play?

If there is restriction in the SC joint, it is found in the last ____ degrees of shoulder abduction.

When shrugging the shoulders, the medial head of the _______ should

If the medial head of the clavicle does not drop down while shrugging, the _____ joint is dysfunctional

One of the Myoskeletal goals is to assess SC restriction in _________________

When testing for SC forward flexion restriction therapist places _______ and _______ on medial clavicular heads.

In horizontal adduction the medial heads should move _______________

In treating SC joint elevation restriction, therapist places fingers on the ________ border of the clavicle

To correct an (SC) joint elevation restriction, the therapist fingers firmly hold the sternal head of the clavicle while he brings client’s arm into _______________.

During SC forward flexion treatment, the therapist places his finger and thumb on the anterior clavicular heads and directs his finger pressure ____________.

Who said: “Roll the joints and they’ll come home”?

To locate the AC joint, slide you fingers laterally along the clavicle until you palpate a ____ or  ______.

When the AC joint is dysfunctional, it can inhibit arm _______________

When fingers are on the AC joint and you elevate your shoulder you should feel the acromion moving _____ in relation to the clavicle.

Which shoulder joint provides the only true bone-on-bone connection to the axial skeleton?

When the AC joint is dysfunctional, what arm motion is usually most affected?

When treating internal rotation restriction at the AC joint, abduct the client’s arm to __ degrees then adduct an extra ___ degrees to isolate movement at the AC joint.

How many degrees of motion do we want to achieve in external rotation?

When treating an AC external rotation restriction, the client pushes against therapist’s hand with a  ____ percent effort.

What does the T stand for in the acronym ART?

The glenohumeral (GH) joint is a ___________ joint.

Which of these is a movement of the GH joint?

The GH joint has __ or ___ movements, depending on how you count them.

The integrity of the GH joint comes from which structure?

If there is a restriction in any range of GH motion, the Myoskeletal therapist applies ______ energy techniques to restore mobility?

What are the two most common problems at the GH joint?

During treatment of neutral GH external rotation, the therapist’s hand first braces the client’s _________ firmly against his body.

In GH horizontal abduction treatment, the client’s arm is held at __________  height with elbow extended.

How many degrees of GH abduction do we want?

The scapulocostal joint should not move during the first _____ degrees of arm abduction.

The therapist palpates the ______ border of the scapula as the client abducts the arm to test SC

The scapulocostal joint should move from 90 degrees to approximately____ degrees.

In the presence of scapulocostal fixation, the therapist must work all the surrounding ___________ to restore length/strength balance.

The whole purpose of the shoulder girdle is to make the ______ functional.

Tendinosis is tearing without inflammation, and tendinitis is _________

The first 10-20 degrees of arm abduction are mainly caused by the ________ muscle contraction

The supraspinatus muscle grows out of the supraspinous _______.

When working to lengthen the supraspinatus muscle, what activator can the client use to enhance the action?

In _________tears, the therapist places their thumb in the “V” between the coracoid and acromion while rotating the client’s arm.

The glenoid fossa is a ____shaped structure.

Therapist braces right elbow against his body and gently pushes with his ______ webbed hand while pulling with the ____ to create a counterforce.

As client inhales, she gently pulls her elbow toward her ____ to a count of 5 and relaxes.

The goal of this technique is to strip up to the ________junction of the supraspinatus muscle.

Standing to clients back, therapist grasps client’s wrist and _____her arm.

Therapist uses his _____ to scrub the supraspinatus tendon at the greater tubercle.

When working with subscapularis tendinosis, which is not one of our goals?

Subscapularis is primarily an ___________ of the arm

When working subscap in the armpit, reposition fingers if you feel a _____ or the client reports ____pain (zingers).

During the day as the clavicle and scapula drop they begin to compress the _____ branch of the brachial plexus.

When working on infraspinatus and teres minor, place the client’s arm ________ if possible.

To access many of the infraspinatus muscle fibers, the therapist’s fingers will have to come underneath the ________ muscle.

In cases of bicipital tenosynovitis, it is often best to do_______frictioning.

In cases of bicipital tenosynovitis it often hurts to extend the elbow and also to _________ the shoulder:

If the tendon has slipped over the lesser tubercle and out of the groove medially, place the client’s elbow on the hip at ____ degrees, hook the tendon medially with curled fingers and pull up while you internally rotate the arm

The technical term for frozen shoulder is adhesive___________.

When assessing frozen shoulder, the therapist’s fingers monitor the _______________scapular border.

The lateral border of the scapula should not begin to move until ______ degrees of arm abduction.

In those with true frozen shoulders, the hard end-feel at end range of motion feels much like _____ on ______.

When you compress the joint and there is pain, the condition may be joint  ______.

The therapist _______ and ______ humeral head during the muscle-guarding test.

Client places her left arm on therapist’s___________.

In order to break up adhesions, the therapist’s hands compress, roll and ______ humeral head.

Therapist plungers the joint while slowly moving _____________.

During the lat release, therapist’s hands contact the client’s lateral _____________

The therapist abducts client’s arm to pain-free barrier and rests her _________ on the therapy table.

The latissimus dorsi release helps increase humeral._________ rotation.

Therapist’s left hand contacts subscapularis and his right hand folds client’s _____ over his soft-cupped fingers.

Subscapularis, like the latissimus dorsi, is an __________ rotator of the humerus.

In the video, I’m attempting to get my thumb in the folds under the joint capsule which are preventing arm _____________.

The primary goal of this technique is to move the humerus back down into the bottom of the ____________fossa.

Therapist’s left arm snakes under client’s elbow and grasps client’s _______.

As the therapist steps onto his right foot, his soft __________hand loosens glenohumeral joint.

How many joints comprise the elbow?

Which of these is not one of joints of the elbow?

What motion(s) is the elbow joint capable of?

What is the best way to test elbow motion?

When trying to create better supination, the therapist rotates the client’s arm up to the first restrictive barrier and asks them to gently turn the palm down or _________ .

When trying to improve elbow pronation, therapist rotates the client’s arm down to the first restrictive barrier and asks the client to turn the palm up or _________ .

Which motion is usually most restricted?

To test elbow extension restrictions, therapist extends client’s elbow to the 1st restrictive barrier and asks the client to contract the __________muscle to the count of 5, and relax.

In the elbow extension test, the client flexes her biceps using a _____percent effort and relaxes.

Tennis elbow is also known as _________?

Extensor carpi radialis brevis and longus attach to the ______epicondyle.

Which of the wrist extensors is the most vulnerable to fiber tearing

The extensors and their fascial bags like to stick to which bone?

When we strip up the extensor muscles, the _________ is our finishing landmark.

Extension of the wrist is known as ___________

While holding static pressure on extensor carpi radialis brevis tendon, we instruct the client to:

Golfer’s elbow is more common than ______  elbow

Which muscles get strained in golfer’s elbow?

When working the flexors therapist’s forearm strips up to the ________.

The ______ you go, the ______ you go

Ulnar nerve entrapment is often disguised as ____________

To assess for ulnar nerve entrapment, therapist’s fingers palpate between the ______ and _______

There are multiple _____ and ______ in the wrists and hands.

There is a small meniscus or ______ where the triquetrum and ulna bones meet.

Hook of hamate is one of the attachments of the transverse_______ ligament attaches.

Therapists work on the bony margins to keep from compressing the median nerve and inflamed _______ _________.

The _________ membrane can restrict pronation and supination.

During wrist dorsiflexion, the goal is to increase palmar flexion, radial and _____ deviation.

To treat palmar flexion restriction, the therapist grasps client’s wrists with elbow flexed at _____ degrees.

To treat radial deviation restriction, client is asked to ulnar deviate  _____ therapist’s resistance to a count of 5 and relax.

To treat ulnar deviation restriction, therapist shakes client’s hand and moves wrist _____ to 1st restrictive barrier.

When spreading the _______ aponeurosis, therapist must stay off the median nerve in the carpal tunnel area.

The hand and wrist _______ traverse through the carpal tunnel.

What is a tendon that is sticking to the sheath?

Which nerve usually gets compressed in the carpal tunnel?

Therapist places client’s hand in _________ when stripping the flexors.

What bone does the flexor carpi ulnaris attach to?

Where is the hook of the hamate in relation to the pisiform?

When working in the body we should always start in the spinal groove and work out way__________ to ____________.

When treating trigger fingers, the goal is to release swollen digital_____ tendons.

Trigger fingers typically involve the ____ and ____ digits.

To work on most tenosynovitis cases, the client’s fingers should be _________

When treating DeQuervain’s Syndrome, the goal is to release swollen (fragmented) tendons of _____ longus and _____ pollicis from sheath.

To test for DeQuervain’s Syndrome, bring the thumb into flexion and resist

What type of condition is DeQuervain’s syndrome?