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OPP Test 1

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What is the professional definition of Osteopathic Medicine?   Osteopathic medicine is a complete system of medical care with a philosophy that combines the needs of the patient with the current practice of medicine, surgery, and obstetrics, that emphasizes the interrelationship between structure and function, and th  
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What is the lay definition of Osteopathic Medicine?   A Doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) is a fully licensed physician who can perform surgery and prescribe medication.  D.O.s receive extra medical training so they can use their hands to help diagnose and treat their patients.  There is a focus on under  
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What is the first principle of Osteopathic Medicine?   The body is a unit; the person is a unit of body, mind, and spirit  
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What is the second principle of Osteopathic Medicine?   The body is capable of self-regulation, self-healing, and health maintenance  
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What is the third principle of Osteopathic Medicine?   Structure and function are reciprocally interdependent  
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What is the fourth principle of Osteopathic Medicine?   Rational treatment is based upon an understanding of the basic principles of body unity, self-regulation, and the interrelationship of structure and function  
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What is the Postural-Structural Model?   The patient is approached from a biomechanical orientation toward the musculoskeletal system  
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What are the components of the Postural-Structural model?   Postural examStructural examSomatic dysfunction diagnosisOsteopathic manipulative treatmentExercise prescription  
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What is a structural examination?   The examination of a patient by an osteopathic physician with emphasis on the neuromusculoskeletal system, including palpatory diagnosis for somatic dysfunction and viscerosomatic change, in the context of total patient care.  
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What is somatic dysfunction?   Impaired or altered function of related components of the somatic (body framework) system: skeletal, arthrodial, and myofascial structures, and related vascular, lymphatic, and neural elements.  
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What are the criteria for somatic dysfunction?   TARTTissue texture abnormalityAssymetryRestriction of motionTenderness  
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What is thoracic kneading?   A soft tissue technique to reduce tension  
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What defines thoracic somatic dysfunction and how would you treat it?   Paraspinal tension and tendernessT2-T10 restricted in rotationOMT to reduce tension and improve motion  
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How would you diagnose and treat scoliosis?   Scoliosis is a lateral curvature of the spine, so you would get x-rays and provide flexibility and strengthening exercises.  
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What is Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment?   The therapeutic application of manually guided forces by an osteopathic physician to improve physiologic function and/or support homeostasis that has been altered by somatic dysfunction.  
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What is soft-tissue technique?   A direct technique which usually involves lateral stretching, linear stretching, deep pressure, traction, and/or separation of muscle origin and insertion while monitoring tissue response and motion changes by palpation.  
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What is traction?   Longitudinal muscle stretch.  
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What is kneading?   Lateral muscle pressure.  
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What is inhibition?   Sustained muscle pressure.  
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What is Effleurage?   Stroking pressure to move fluid.  
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What is Petrissage?   Squeezing pressure to move fluid.  
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What is the neurological model?   The patient is approached by diagnosis or treatment of the autonomic nervous system and associated reflexes. (DiGiovanna 2005)Referred painViscerosomatic reflexesChapman points  
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What are viscerosomatic reflexes?   Localized visceral stimuli producing patterns of reflex response in segmentally related somatic structures.  
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What is the respiratory-circulatory model?   The patient is approached from the perspective of improving blood and lymph flowPalpation for edemaEvaluation and treatment of fascial diaphragmsOMT to improve drainage  
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What is the bioenergetic model?   The patient is approached from the perspective of maximizing energy flow within the bodyOMTMyofascial releasePercussion vibrator Facilitated oscillatory release  
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