Shoulder Quiz

A glenoid labral tear and a torn rotator cuff are just 2 common injuries that can go happen with your shoulders. Can you think of others? Find out how much you know about shoulders by taking this quiz.

1. The collarbone is part of the shoulder. You didn't answer this question. You answered The correct answer is The shoulder joint is a ball and socket joint made up of 3 bones: the collarbone (clavicle), the shoulder blade (scapula), and the upper arm bone (humerus). A. True B. False 2. The shoulder is one of the most movable joints in your body. You didn't answer this question. You answered The correct answer is The shoulder joint can also be unstable because it has such a wide range of motion. It is easily injured because the ball of the upper arm is larger than the shoulder socket that holds it. A. True B. False 3. A pain in and around the shoulder may mean your have a disease elsewhere in the body. You didn't answer this question. You answered The correct answer is Disease elsewhere in the body may cause pain to travel along nerves to the shoulder. Examples include gallbladder, liver, or heart disease, and disease of the cervical spine of the neck. A. True B. False 4. A shoulder is more likely to dislocate than other joints. You didn't answer this question. You answered The correct answer is Shoulder dislocations occur more often than dislocations in any other major joint. The shoulder can dislocate forward, backward, or downward. In a typical case of a dislocated shoulder, a strong force that pulls the shoulder outward (abduction) or extreme rotation of the joint pops the ball of the humerus out of the shoulder socket. Dislocation commonly occurs when there is a backward pull on the arm. A. True B. False 5. Swelling and numbness are 2 symptoms of a dislocated shoulder. You didn't answer this question. You answered The correct answer is Other symptoms include intense pain, weakness, and bruising. Muscle spasms can make the pain worse. Sometimes nerve damage occurs. A. True B. False 6. A dislocated shoulder must be kept immobile for 3 months. You didn't answer this question. You answered The correct answer is Experts advise that you not move the arm or shoulder for several weeks. Your healthcare provider may give you different instructions. Usually the healthcare provider tells you to rest the shoulder. They may tell you to put ice on it 3 or 4 times a day. A. True B. False 7. Jobs that require heavy lifting can lead to rotator cuff tears. You didn't answer this question. You answered The correct answer is Another cause is a sport that requires you to move your arm overhead over and over again. One or more rotator cuff tendons may also become inflamed from overuse, aging, a fall on an outstretched hand, or a collision. A. True B. False Your score was: 0) { ShoulderQuiz_ParseQueryString(urlQuery); }

function ShoulderQuiz_ParseQueryString(urlQuery) { var bolProcessAnswers = false; //assume we dont need to do anything var UserAnswers; var QuizName = "";

//the key is 'CustomAnswers=' if(urlQuery.indexOf("CustomAnswers") >= 0) { var pairs = urlQuery.split("&"); //pairs are going to be bla=foo for(a = 0;a = 0) { tempArray = pairs[a].split("=") //split the tempArray and extrac the QuizName tmpQnameKey = tempArray[0].split("_"); QuizName = tmpQnameKey[1]; //split the tempArray and extract the Answers UserAnswers = tempArray[1].split(",") if(QuizName.length > 0 && UserAnswers.length > 0) bolProcessAnswers = true; } } }

if(bolProcessAnswers) { ShoulderQuiz_calculate(QuizName, UserAnswers); } }

function ShoulderQuiz_MakeQueryString(QuizName) { //when the submit button is clicked, we want to take their answers and put them in the query string var NODE_TYPE_ELEMENT = 1; var NODE_TYPE_TEXT = 3; var QuizDiv = document.getElementById(QuizName); var QuizNodes = QuizDiv.childNodes; var MyQuery = ""; var existingURL = "";

//decide if we should prepend it with a '?" or a "&" if(location.search.substring(1).length > 0) existingURL = "?" + location.search.substring(1);

for(x=0;x<QuizNodes.length;x++) { var currentNode = QuizNodes[x]; if(currentNode.nodeType == NODE_TYPE_ELEMENT && currentNode.id.indexOf(QuizDiv.id + "_q") == 0) { var QuestionDiv = currentNode;

var ChoicesDiv = document.getElementById(QuestionDiv.id + "a"); // now look at each radio button. var ChoicesNodes = ChoicesDiv.getElementsByTagName("input"); var YourAnswer; var YourAnswerTextId; for(y=0;y<ChoicesNodes.length;y++) { ChoicesElement = ChoicesNodes[y]; if(ChoicesElement.checked) { YourAnswer = ChoicesElement; var answerId = YourAnswer.id.substring(YourAnswer.id.indexOf("_")+1, YourAnswer.id.length); MyQuery += answerId + ","; //keep this id } } } } //check to see if they didnt answer any of the questions if(MyQuery.length == 0) MyQuery = "CustomAnswers_" + QuizName + "=none"; else MyQuery = "CustomAnswers_" +QuizName + "=" + MyQuery.substring(0, MyQuery.length-1); //take of the last ','

//redirect the browser to add in the querystring, for printer friendly version if(existingURL.length > 0) window.location.href = location.pathname + existingURL + "&" + MyQuery; else window.location.href = location.pathname + "?" + MyQuery; }

function ShoulderQuiz_ResetQuiz() { var currQueryString = ""; var newQueryString = "";

currQueryString = location.search.substring(1); var tmpArray = currQueryString.split("&"); //get the paird querysting parameters. for(x = 0; x < tmpArray.length; x++) { if(tmpArray[x].indexOf("CustomAnswers") < 0) { //if you dont find it, append to the newQuerystring newQueryString += tmpArray[x] + "&"; } }

if (newQueryString.length > 0) { newQueryString = "?" + newQueryString.substring(0, newQueryString.length-1); window.location.href = location.pathname + newQueryString; } else window.location.href = location.pathname;

}

function ShoulderQuiz_calculate(QuizName, UserAnswers) { var questionCount = 0.0; var correctCount = 0.0; var NODE_TYPE_ELEMENT = 1; var NODE_TYPE_TEXT = 3;

var QuizDiv = document.getElementById(QuizName);

document.getElementById(QuizDiv.id + "_submit").style.display = "none"; document.getElementById(QuizDiv.id + "_reset").style.display = "";

var QuizNodes = QuizDiv.childNodes; for(x=0;x<QuizNodes.length;x++) { var currentNode = QuizNodes[x]; if(currentNode.nodeType == NODE_TYPE_ELEMENT && currentNode.id.indexOf(QuizDiv.id + "_q") == 0) { var QuestionDiv = currentNode;

var ChoicesDiv = document.getElementById(QuestionDiv.id + "a"); var NoAnswerSpan = document.getElementById(QuestionDiv.id + "aNoAnswer"); var YourAnswerSpan = document.getElementById(QuestionDiv.id + "aText"); var CorrectAnswerSpan = document.getElementById(QuestionDiv.id + "aRightAnswer"); var ExplainSpan = document.getElementById(QuestionDiv.id + "Exp"); questionCount++;

NoAnswerSpan.style.display = ""; // Assume they didn't answer the question. ExplainSpan.style.display = ""; CorrectAnswerSpan.style.display = ""; // now look at each radio button. var ChoicesNodes = ChoicesDiv.getElementsByTagName("input"); var YourAnswer; var YourAnswerTextId; var CorrectAnserTextId; var ChoicesElement; for(y=0;y<ChoicesNodes.length;y++) { ChoicesElement = ChoicesNodes[y]; for(var i = 0; i < UserAnswers.length; i++) { //loop through the querystring and see if it matches the current ChoicesElement var currAnswer = QuizName + "_" + UserAnswers[i]; if(ChoicesElement.id == currAnswer) { var RightWrongClass = "Wrong"; YourAnswer = ChoicesElement; NoAnswerSpan.style.display = "none"; // they did answer this question. YourAnswerSpan.style.display = ""; YourAnswerTextId = YourAnswer.id; if(YourAnswerTextId.indexOf("_c") > 0) { correctCount ++; RightWrongClass = "Right"; YourAnswerTextId = YourAnswerTextId.replace("_c","") + "Text"; } else { YourAnswerTextId = YourAnswerTextId + "Text"; } var YourAnswerText = document.getElementById(YourAnswerTextId); var s = document.createElement("span"); s.className = YourAnswerText.className + " " + RightWrongClass; s.innerHTML = YourAnswerText.innerHTML; YourAnswerSpan.appendChild(s); YourAnswerSpan.innerHTML += ". "; YourAnswerSpan.className += " " + RightWrongClass; } } if(ChoicesElement.id.indexOf("_c") > 0) { CorrectAnswerTextId = ChoicesElement.id.replace("_c","") + "Text"; var CorrectAnswerText = document.getElementById(CorrectAnswerTextId); CorrectAnswerSpan.appendChild(CorrectAnswerText); CorrectAnswerSpan.innerHTML += ". "; } } // Now go find the text of the option they chose plus the correct answer and display them. ChoicesDiv.style.display = "none"; } //Clear all "local" variables before iterating the loop. currentNode = null; QuestionDiv = null; ChoicesDiv = null; NoAnswerSpan = null; YourAnswerSpan = null; CorrectAnswerSpan = null; ExplainSpan = null; ChoicesNodes = null; YourAnswer = null; YourAnswerTextId = null; CorrectAnserTextId = null; ChoicesElement = null; YourAnswerText = null; CorrectAnswerText = null; } var Score = document.getElementById(QuizDiv.id + "_score"); Score.style.display = ""; Score.innerHTML += Math.round((correctCount / (questionCount/100))) + "%"; } -->

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