Objective notesbjective assessment


Objective notes
  • cough
    HIV
  • dizzinessnocturnal pain/ drop attacks/
  • coughspeaking/ swallowing problem

  • dizziness
    dizziness
  • coughcancer/ inflammatory arthritis
  • dizziness
    TB
  • cough
    weight loss/ fevers
  • dizziness
    less than 20/ more than 55
  • cough
    double vision
  • cough
    severe pain
  • cough
    spinal cord compression
  • cough
    significant vertebral tenderness
  • cough
    knee trauma/ surgery
  • cough
    preceding trauma or knee surgery
  • bowel
    bladder/bowel incontinence
  • wobbly
    loss of feeling in both legs

Please seek medical help if any of the above apply or else confirm that you have checked that none do.

 

Was there a recent accident, trauma or direct impact to the knee?
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Is the patient able to bear weight on the leg and is one of the Ottawa knee rules positive?
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Is there deformity to the femur or tibia?
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Is the patella out of normal alignment or sub-luxed?
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Is there laxity to the ligaments ( ACL/ PCL / LCL / MCL ) without an end feel?
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Is there laxity to the ligaments (ACL/ PCL / LCL / MCL ) with an end feel and pain?
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Is there pain on McMurray’s testing?
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Is there bruising / tenderness to the quadriceps / hamstring region?
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Is there pain on resisting the painful muscle?
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Is pain worse on rest then relieved on movement and patient over 50 years?
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Is the pain provoked with Clarke’s test and taking steps in the full squat position?
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Is there pain to the lateral (outside) aspect of the knee and a positive Ober’s test?
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