Several impairments may occur in the abdominal region due its numerous functions and dense structural complexity. Pain may be located throughout the abdominal region or isolated to a specific portion or quadrant of the abdomen. For example pain in the right lower abdominal quadrant may be related to an acute appendicitis, as where pain the right upper quadrant may be due to cholecystitis. Abdominal pain may also occur as a result of an impairment in another area of the body that is causing pain in the abdomen. Pain that is felt at a far distance from the actual source is known as referred pain. Referred pain presentations are possible because the affected area and the painful area are supplied by the same neural segment or an adjacent neural segment.
References:
Fernández, J., López, P., Montes, J., & Cara, M. (2009). Validity of tests performed to diagnose acute abdominal pain in patients admitted at an emergency department. Revista Espanola De Enfermedades Digestivas, 101(9), 610-618. Retrieved June 25, 2013, from PubMed.
Goodman, MBA, PT, C. C., & Snyder, MN, RN, OCN, T. E. (2007). Differential Diagnosis PHYSICAL THERAPISTS Screening for Referral (4thth ed.). St. Louis, MO: Saunders Elsevier.
Harding, G., & Yelland, M. (2007, June). Back, chest and abdominal pain Is it spinal referred pain? Reprinted from Australian Family Physician, 36(6), 422-429. Retrieved June 25, 2013
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References:
Fernández, J., López, P., Montes, J., & Cara, M. (2009). Validity of tests performed to diagnose acute abdominal pain in patients admitted at an emergency department. Revista Espanola De Enfermedades Digestivas, 101(9), 610-618. Retrieved June 25, 2013, from PubMed.
Goodman, MBA, PT, C. C., & Snyder, MN, RN, OCN, T. E. (2007). Differential Diagnosis PHYSICAL THERAPISTS Screening for Referral (4thth ed.). St. Louis, MO: Saunders Elsevier.
Harding, G., & Yelland, M. (2007, June). Back, chest and abdominal pain Is it spinal referred pain? Reprinted from Australian Family Physician, 36(6), 422-429. Retrieved June 25, 2013
Images provided by: anmest.blogspot.com