OMSB Physiotherapy case studies
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The Omani Occupational Classification Examination for physiotherapy is administered by the Oman Medical Specialty Board (OMSB) through its Occupational Classification Testing Section. OMSB describes occupational classification examinations as a service offered to healthcare professionals to ensure their competency and professional development. The OMSB Physiotherapy case studies are 5 cases and about 4,089 words.
1Lateral shoulder pain in a hospital cleaner: cuff-related pain or frozen shoulder?
Mr A is a 57-year-old right-handed hospital cleaner referred with a 5-month history of right lateral shoulder pain. Pain is 7/10 at end range, wakes him twice nightly and prevents him lying on the right side; he has stopped reaching the top shelf at work and has cut his shifts from 8 to 6 hours.
795 words, about 4 min2Fatigue and falls in relapsing-remitting MS: prescribing exercise safely
Ms S is a 38-year-old secondary school teacher with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis diagnosed 6 years ago, EDSS 4.0. She walks outdoors with a single stick and reports three falls in the last 2 months, all while turning or carrying books.
846 words, about 4 min3Day 8 after CABG: progressing mobility within sternal precautions
Mr K is 66 years old, day 8 after elective three-vessel coronary artery bypass grafting through a median sternotomy (LIMA to LAD, vein grafts to RCA and circumflex). Pre-operative LVEF was 40%; he has hypertension, type 2 diabetes and a 40 pack-year smoking history, having stopped 3 weeks before surgery.
807 words, about 4 min4Crouch gait in an 8-year-old with spastic diplegia: strength, length or both?
Layla is an 8-year-old girl with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy (diplegia) born at 28 weeks, GMFCS level II, who walks independently at home and school. She has a crouch gait with about 20 degrees of knee flexion at initial contact, a popliteal angle of 50 degrees bilaterally, a Thomas test showing a 15-degree fixed flexion deformity, and ankle dorsiflexion of 5 degrees with the knee extended but 15 degrees with the knee flexed.
802 words, about 4 min5Pressure to clear a footballer and to certify him unfit for work
Mr H is a 24-year-old semi-professional footballer with a grade II biceps femoris strain sustained 12 days ago; ultrasound confirms a 2 cm intramuscular tear with no retraction. He still reports pain of 4/10 at the end of a 10 m jog, has an antalgic gait when accelerating, and hamstring strength is 4/5 with pain on resisted knee flexion at 30 degrees.
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