Through Shadow Health, you will easily take the test and attend virtual simulations of patient exams and practice documentation. After completion of each virtual patient examination, you will be prompted to reflect on your experiences and compare them against an expert’s notes.
One of the tests you can take on Shadow Health is Musculoskeletal Health where you will need to collect objective data through formal assessments, observation or diagnostic procedures. If you are looking for the Musculoskeletal Objective Data on Shadow Health, you can find it in our post. Here you go!
Objective Data Collection
Since the Objective Data is too long to post here, we can only show you some of the objective data for Musculoskeletal health available on Shadow Health. Here are some of them:
Inspected Neck
Symmetry
| Symmetric | |
| Asymmetric |
Appearance
| No visible abnormal findings | |
| Swelling | |
| Visible pulsation | |
| Visible mass | |
| Irregular Alignment | |
| Discoloration |
Inspected Shoulders
Symmetry
| Symmetric bilaterally | |
| Asymmetric |
Right: Appearance
| No visible abnormal findings | |
| Swelling | |
| Visible mass | |
| Irregular Alignment | |
| Discoloration |
Left: Appearance
| No visible abnormal findings | |
| Swelling | |
| Visible mass | |
| Irregular Alignment | |
| Discoloration |
Inspected Arms
Symmetry
| Symmetric bilaterally | |
| Asymmetric |
Right: Appearance
| No visible abnormal findings | |
| Swelling | |
| Visible mass | |
| Irregular Alignment | |
| Discoloration | |
| Atrophy | |
| Hypertrophy |
Left: Appearance
| No visible abnormal findings | |
| Swelling | |
| Visible mass | |
| Irregular Alignment | |
| Discoloration | |
| Atrophy | |
| Hypertrophy |
Inspected Elbows
Symmetry
| Symmetric bilaterally | |
| Asymmetric |
Right: Appearance
| No visible abnormal findings | |
| Swelling | |
| Visible mass | |
| Irregular Alignment | |
| Discoloration | |
| Joint deformity |
Left: Appearance
| No visible abnormal findings | |
| Swelling | |
| Visible mass | |
| Irregular Alignment | |
| Discoloration | |
| Joint deformity |
Inspected Wrists
Symmetry
| Symmetric bilaterally | |
| Asymmetric |
Right: Appearance
| No visible abnormal findings | |
| Swelling | |
| Visible mass | |
| Irregular Alignment | |
| Discoloration | |
| Atrophy | |
| Hypertrophy | |
| Joint deformity |
Left: Appearance
| No visible abnormal findings | |
| Swelling | |
| Visible mass | |
| Irregular Alignment | |
| Discoloration | |
| Atrophy | |
| Hypertrophy | |
| Joint deformity |
Inspected Hands and Fingers
Symmetry
| Symmetric bilaterally | |
| Asymmetric |
Right: Appearance
| No visible abnormal findings | |
| Swelling | |
| Visible mass | |
| Irregular Alignment | |
| Discoloration | |
| Joint deformity |
Left: Appearance
| No visible abnormal findings | ||
| Swelling | ||
| Visible mass | ||
| Irregular Alignment | ||
| Discoloration | ||
| Joint deformity | ||
Inspected Hips
Appearance
| No visible abnormal findings | |
| Swelling | |
| Visible mass | |
| Irregular Alignment | |
| Discoloration | |
| Pelvic tilt |
Inspected Thighs
Symmetry
| Symmetric bilaterally | |
| Asymmetric |
Right: Appearance
| No visible abnormal findings | |
| Swelling | |
| Visible mass | |
| Irregular Alignment | |
| Discoloration | |
| Atrophy | |
| Hypertrophy |
Left: Appearance
| No visible abnormal findings | |
| Swelling | |
| Visible mass | |
| Irregular Alignment | |
| Discoloration | |
| Atrophy | |
| Hypertrophy |
Tested neck range of motion
Extension
| Expected range of motion (approx. 45 degrees) | |
| Reduced range of motion |
Flexion
| Expected range of motion (approx. 45 degrees) | |
| Reduced range of motion |
Lateral Bending
| Expected range of motion (approx. 40 degrees) on both sides | |
| Reduced range of motion on right | |
| Reduced range of motion on left |
Rotation
| Expected range of motion (approx. 70 degrees) on both sides | |
| Reduced range of motion on right | |
| Reduced range of motion on left |
Tested Shoulder range of motion
Adduction
| Expected range of motion (approx. 50 degrees) | |
| Reduced range of motion |
Extension
| Expected range of motion (approx. 50 degrees) | |
| Reduced range of motion |
Forward Flexion
| Expected range of motion (approx. 180 degrees) | |
| Reduced range of motion |
Tested Elbow Range of Motion
Right: Flexion and Extension
| Expected range of motion (approx. flexion of 160 degrees and 180 of full extension) | |
| Reduced flexion | |
| Reduced extension |
Left: Flexion and Extension
| Expected range of motion (approx. flexion of 160 degrees and 180 of full extension) | |
| Reduced flexion | |
| Reduced extension |
Right: Supination and Pronation
| Expected range of motion (approx. flexion of 90 degrees and 90 of full extension) | |
| Reduced Pronation | |
| Reduced supination |
Left: Supination and Pronation
| Expected range of motion (approx. flexion of 90 degrees and 90 of full extension) | |
| Reduced Pronation | |
| Reduced supination |
Tested Neck Strength
Strength
| 0 | No Muscle Contraction | |
| 1 | Barely Detectable Contraction | |
| 2 | Active Movement with gravity eliminated | |
| 3 | Active Movement against gravity | |
| 4 | Active Movement against gravity and resistance | |
| 5 | Active Movement against full resistance without fatigue (normal) |
Tested Shoulder Strength
| 0 | No Muscle Contraction | |
| 1 | Barely Detectable Contraction | |
| 2 | Active Movement with gravity eliminated | |
| 3 | Active Movement against gravity | |
| 4 | Active Movement against gravity and resistance | |
| 5 | Active Movement against full resistance without fatigue (normal) |
To see the full of Musculoskeletal Objective Data on Shadow Health, you can see it on StuDocu.com.
What Is Musculoskeletal?
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) are injuries or disorders of the muscles, tendons, nerves, joints, spinal discs and cartilage. Well, work related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD) are conditions where:
- The performance of work and the work environment contribute to the condition significantly; and/or
- The condition is created worse or persists longer due to work conditions.
MSDs don’t include disorders that are caused by trips, falls, slips, or similar incidents. Here are the examples of MSDs:
- Sprains, strains, and tears
- Back pain
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Hernia
What Is Shadow Health?
Founded in 2011 in Gainesville, Florida, Shadow Health is an educational software developer of learning environments called ‘Digital Clinical Experiences’ (DCEs). This software actually claims to offer web-based clinical learning environments for students and faculty in the fields of healthcare and nursing.
Each DCE provides educators with administration, documentation and tracking functions as a learning management system to calculate student clinical competence and clinical reasoning. The students can also go through the ‘digital clinical experience’.
With the use of Shadow Health DCE, the students can engage with ‘Digital Standardized Patients’ to attend virtual simulations of patient exams and practice documentation. Shadow Health claims to input ‘cross-functional teams using agile management’ in its work environment.
After completion of each virtual patient examination, you may be prompted to reflect on their experiences and compare them against an expert’s notes. For more information, Shadow Health is a graduate of The Innovation Hub that is known as a local incubator hub opened in 2011.
