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1
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What is gout?

A
  • genetic disorder of purine metabolism
  • Increase serum uric acid (hyperuricemia)
  • Acid ▲ to crystals and deposits into joints
2
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Joints most commonly affected by gout

A

knee

great toe

3
Q

Gout Rx Meds + PT

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Meds: NSAIDS, cox2-inhibitors, corticosteroids, ACTH

PT goals: injury prevention, education, fast intervention

4
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OA risk factors

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  • Age
  • F>M
  • Obesity
  • Physical inactivity
  • Injury
  • Joint stress (occupation)
5
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Joints primarily affected by OA

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  • Spine: osteophytes in facet joints of L-spine = STENOSIS
  • Hand - PIP = Bouchard node. DIP = Heberden’s node. CMC joints (esp thumb)
  • Knee: most common joint affected by OA: varus, flexion contracture, crepitus
  • Hip: walk with Trendelenburg, groin pain, osteophytes, flexion deformities
  • Foot: 1st MT joint - osteophytes cause hallux valgus + rigidus, bunions
6
Q

Uncommon sites for OA

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Shoulder
Elbow
Wrist
Ankle

7
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OA X-ray findings + grading system

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1) joint space narrowing
2) osteophytosis
3) subchondral cysts
4) subchondral sclerosis

Grading: Kellgren – Lawrence System (0-4)

8
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OA Dx history

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  • Pain most days of the last month?
  • Pain over the last year?
  • Worse with activity- stairs (doing down worse), overdoing it
  • Relieved with rest - may have ‘gelling’ after inactivity period
9
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3 tests indicative of knee OA

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  • Flexion contracture
  • Abnormal gait
  • Swipe test/patellar tap test +ve
10
Q

OA pain sources

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  • Bone
  • Soft tissue
  • Inflammation
  • muscle spasm
11
Q

OA Rx

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  • Weight loss
  • Exercise
  • Protective aids
  • medications
  • Electromodalities
12
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What is the goal for weight loss in OA

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Decrease 10% body weight

13
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What is the general exercise prescription for OA

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  • 30 min mod aerobic training (most days): 10 min bouts

- L/E resistance training

14
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What types of protective aids might be useful in OA

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Braces
Orthotics
Adaptive aids

15
Q

What type of medication is used to treat OA

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Acetaminophen - because it is not inflammatory

16
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What EPA might be useful in OA

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Tens

17
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What are the two types of femoral acetabular impingement

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  • Cam

- Pincer

18
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What is CAM impingement and who does it occur in

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femoral head is not perfectly round leading to it driving into acetabulum with hip flexion

Young men

19
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What is Pincer impingement and who does it occur in

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abnormal acetabulum provides excessive cover of femoral head
• retroverted or deep acetabulum

women 30-40 years

20
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Is rheumatoid factor present in spondyloarthritis

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no

21
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What is spondyloarthritis

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Arthritis that attacks the spine

22
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Characteristics of spondyloarthritis

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  • Spine inflammation: spondylitis and sacroiliitis
  • Synovitis: unilateral peripheral joints
  • Eye inflammation: iritis/uveitis & conjunctivitis
  • NO rheumatoid factor (seronegative)
  • Can be hereditary HLA-B27
23
Q

What is psoriatic arthritis

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a form of arthritis that affects some people who have psoriasis — a condition that features red patches of skin topped with silvery scales.

24
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Characteristics of psoriatic arthritis

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  • Chronic, erosive, inflammation

- Affects digit joints + axial skeleton

25
Q

Features of psoriatic arthritis

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Dactylitis: sausage like fingers d/t swelling

Enthesitis: usually in heels and back

26
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psoriatic arthritis Rx - Meds + PT Goals

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Meds: acetaminophen, NSAIDs, DMARDs, corticosteroids, biological response modifiers

PT Goals

  • joint protections strategies
  • maintain joint mechanics
  • endurance
27
Q

What is Enteropathic spondylitis? What conditions is it seen in?

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A spondyloarthritis (SpA) which occurs in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) and other gastrointestinal diseases,

Seen with:

  • ulcerative colitis (affects lower half of bowels)
  • Crohn’s disease (affects whole digestive system)
28
Q

What triggers reactive arthritis

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Infection in bowel or GI tract

29
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What are the features of reactive arthritis

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  • hot swollen joints
  • may go away and return
  • LE
  • Symmetrical
30
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What is ankylosing spondylitis

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stiffness/fusing of spine d/t inflammation

31
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Is ankylosing spondylitis unilateral or bilateral

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usually bilateral disease, but may start initially as unilateral then migrate

32
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When is the onset of ankylosing spondylitis

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Usually before 40 - delay is diagnosis of 8-9years

33
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Ankylosing spondylitis cause

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Unknown

Associated with HLA B27 marker

34
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Clinical features of ankylosing spondylitis

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  • Pain: Worst after rest
  • Stiffness: AM stiffness in the spine, after periods of inactivity
  • Decreased ROM
  • Deformity/instability
  • Decreased strength - Altered posture/muscle imbalances
  • Altered breathing mechanics
  • Fatigue
  • Deconditioning
35
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What causes altered breathing mechanics in ankylosing spondylitis?

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  • Flexion posture

- Costovertebral and costochondral involvement of the chest wall limiting lateral costal breathing

36
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What is the typical posture in ankylosing spondylitis

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  • FHP
  • Flattening of the anterior chest wall
  • Thoracic kyphosis
  • Protrusion of abdomen
  • Flattening of the lumbar lordosis
  • Slight flexion of the hips
37
Q

What causes fatigue in ankylosing spondylitis

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Disease process
Cardiac involvement
Decreased vital capacity

38
Q

What are the features of AS (MSK and other systems/organs involved)

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  • Scroiliitis
  • Enthesitis
  • Synovitis
  • Eyes
  • Bowels
  • lungs: apical fibrosis, restrictive lung disease, avoid smoking
  • Heart: inflammation/scarring of conduction system, aorta inflammation
39
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What is the progression of enthesitis

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  • Early stage: bony loss - osteopenia
  • Later stage: osteoporosis and fusion/rigidity = risk of fractures
  • Fractures can impinge on spinal nerves
  • Stiffness
40
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What is the proposed sequence of structural damage in ankylosing spondylitis

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Inflammation at corners and edges of vertebral bodies
Erosive damage and repairs
New bone formation - syndesmophytes
Fusion/bridging of syndesmophytes

41
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Clinical criteria for ankylosing spondylitis

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  • LBP + stiffness for more than 3 months - Improves with ex, worse with rest
  • AM stiffness
  • Altered posture/muscle imbalances
  • Decreased strength - deconditioning
  • Decreased L-spine ROM in sagittal + front planes - flexion posture
  • Altered breathing mechanics- decreased chest expansion compared to normal values, diaphragmatic breathing pattern, decreased vital capacity
  • Fatigue d/t disease process
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42
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ankylosing spondylitis Physical Ax

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  • Posture (tragus to wall)
  • lateral trunk flexion
  • trunk flexion (modified Schober’s)
  • trunk extension (Smythe test)
  • trunk rotation
  • chest expansion
  • cervical mobility
  • muscle length and strength
  • enthesitis sites
  • peripheral joint scan
43
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Ankylosing spondylitis Rx - Meds and physical management

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MEDS: DMARDs, NSAIDs, corticosteroids, biologics

PHYSICAL MANAGEMENT

  • control/decrease inflammation
  • Pain management
  • Decrease stiffness/Increase ROM (pool therapy is great)
  • posture correction (ergonomics, frequent position changes)
  • Increase mm strength and endurance, increase cardio
44
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Ankylosing spondylitis outcome measures

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  • BASFI (impact of disease on function in last week)

- BASDAI (how disease is managed)

45
Q

Inflammatory back pain vs. Mechanical back pain: Duration

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> 60 min

<40 min

46
Q

Inflammatory back pain vs. Mechanical back pain: Age of onset

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12-40yrs

20-65years

47
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Inflammatory back pain vs. Mechanical back pain: Max pain/stiffness

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Early am

Late in day, increase with activity

48
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Inflammatory back pain vs. Mechanical back pain: Type of condition

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Chronic

Acute/chronic

49
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Inflammatory back pain vs. Mechanical back pain: X-ray

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Sacroiliitis, syndesmophytes, spinal ankylosis

Osteophytes, decreased disc space, misalignment