Exam 14: The Spine: Structure, Function, and Posture

Your patient complains of cervical pain and headaches.You notice that she has a forward head and round back posture.The complaints could be derived from all of the following except:

A sustained faulty posture that stresses the ligamentous or joint structures usually results in:

The anterior pillar of the spine:

Your patient describes having cervical and upper thoracic pain progressing throughout the day at work where she works by reaching forward and overhead on an assembly line.On evaluation you determine she is experiencing "stretch weakness" from prolonged postural positioning.The treatment program you design should primarily include all of the following except:

To teach a patient how to manage painful symptoms related to poor posture, which of the following is most important?

Which of the following best describes scoliosis?

Which of the following is true of a flat low-back posture?

Postural stability of the spine is provided by:

Your patient describes increased pain in the back in the morning before getting out of bed.The patient should be:

Your patient has a forward head posture.On testing (supine-lying), she cannot isolate capital flexion to lift her head when you ask her to flex her neck.Passively you can move the head about 5° into capital flexion and then feel tissue resistance.Based on these supine tests, what muscles are tight and what muscles are weak?

Motion at a functional unit of the spine is defined by what is occurring with the:

The spinal muscles that are activated first with rapid arm movements are the:

Your patient describes posterior cervical pain and headaches that get progressively worse throughout each workday.She is a computer programmer, plays tennis on the weekends, and is an aerobic walker in the evenings.Your evaluation reveals a person who is physically fit with well-balanced flexibility and strength.Your treatment emphasis will be:

All of the following are generally true of the nucleus pulposus except:

The difference between a lordotic posture and a slouched posture is:

Characteristics of the global muscles in the spine include all of the following except: