Clinical Manifestation Triggers for Referrals to Physical Therapy

1. Trauma & Swelling

1.1. Orthopedic Lectures

2. Wounds

2.1. Integumentary Lectures

3. Functional Decline

3.1. DISEASE ENTITIES (See Weakness)

4. THIS IS A WORK IN Progress! :)

5. FALLS

5.1. DISEASES THAT CAUSE WEAKNESS

5.2. DISEASES THAT CAUSE ORTHOSTASIS (Often cause falls) - These falls are concurrent with LOC & LOM

5.3. VESTIBULAR DISORDERS (RARELY CAUSE FALLS) - NO LOC and NO LOM

5.4. Loss of peripheral proprioception (Diseases that cause peripheral neuropathy, e.g. Diabetes)

5.5. Loss of Central Proprioception (Dorsal Column Disorders, e.g. Tabes Dorsalis)

5.6. Age-related Decline in Balance & Function

6. Pain

6.1. DISORDERS THAT AFFECT ASCENDING PAIN TRACTS

6.2. PSYCHOAFFECTIVE DISORDERS

7. Weakness

7.1. Paralysis

7.1.1. DISORDERS OF THAT AFFECT THE BRAIN

7.1.2. DISORDERS THAT AFFECT DESCENDING MOTOR TRACTS

7.1.3. DISORDERS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HEALTH OF THE SPINAL CORD & NERVES

7.1.4. BIOCHEMICAL IMBALANCES

7.1.5. PSYCHOAFFECTIVE DISORDERS

7.2. DECONDITIONING

7.2.1. Multifactorial

7.2.1.1. Chronic Illnesses

7.2.1.2. Prolonged Bed Rest

7.2.1.3. Age

7.3. DISORDERS OF MUSCLE

7.3.1. The myopathies

7.3.2. DRUG-INDUCED WEAKNESS - SEE PHARMACOLOGY AS WELL

7.3.2.1. Corticosteroids - biggest culprit

7.3.3. Rhabdomyolysis

7.4. DISORDERS OF OXYGEN CARRYING CAPACITY

7.4.1. The Anemias

7.4.2. Disorders of Hemostasis & Coagulation

7.4.3. Neoplastic Diseases of Blood

7.4.3.1. Myelodysplastic Syndromes

7.4.3.2. Blood Cancers - Leukemias, Lymphomas, Multiple Myeloma

7.5. DISORDERS OF HEART

7.5.1. See the Symptoms of Heart-related Disorders that lead to PT referrals

7.6. IMMUNE DISORDERS

7.7. DISORDERS OF LUNGS

7.8. DISORDERS OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

7.9. BIOCHEMICAL IMBALANCES

7.9.1. Hypercalcemic weakness

7.9.2. Hypokalemic periodic paralysis

7.10. Psychoaffective Disorders

8. Dizziness

8.1. NEUROLOGIC CAUSES

8.1.1. STROKES

8.2. VESTIBULAR CAUSES

8.2.1. BPPV

8.3. VASCULAR CAUSES

8.3.1. Anemia

8.3.2. Orthostatic Hypotension

8.3.3. Malignant Hypertension

8.4. CARDIOGENIC CAUSES

8.4.1. Arrhythmias