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Radiculopathy: Signs and Symptoms
 • Back/Neck Pain
 • Decr Range of motion
 • Abnormal posturing
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cervical nerve root ... : • Straight leg ... raise + foot dorsiflexion ... on lumbar nerve root ... Radiculopathy #MSK
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Joint Causes of Leg ... Repetitive strain injury ... Trauma • Crush injury ... lower #extremity #msk
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
spinal artery injury ... function below injury ... below level of injury ... saddle anesthesia. leg ... signs #symptoms #msk
Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
Avulsion or shearing injury ... Externally Rotated Leg ... • Shortened leg ... down affected leg ... FemoralHead #Fractures #msk
Myocysticercosis on Leg X-Ray

Cysticercus larva in the muscles appear like rice grain calcifications.

Consumption of contaminated food
Myocysticercosis on Leg ... of contaminated food ... Myocysticercosis #Leg ... clinical #radiology #msk
Apley Compression Test on Knee Examination

With the patient prone, the knee being tested is flexed to
while the other leg ... compression force on the leg ... indicative of meniscal injury ... for ligamentous injury ... #orthopedics #msk
Posteromedial Instability on Knee Exam
This is what a knee with posteromedial instability looks like. Notice the
drawer test w/the foot ... posteromedial injury ... #PhysicalExam #Injury ... #MSK #clinical
Kleiger's Test for Syndesmotic Injury

Kleiger's evaluates for a syndesmotic injury. 
With the knee fixed, the foot
for Syndesmotic Injury ... a syndesmotic injury ... knee fixed, the foot ... #leg #ankle #PhysicalExam ... video #sports #msk
Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Trauma - Multiple injury ... adductus, Bow leg ... VitaminCD #Mnemonic #MSK
Squeeze Test for Syndesmotic Injury

The squeeze test evaluates for a syndesmotic ankle injury. With the foot
for Syndesmotic Injury ... syndesmotic ankle injury ... With the foot dorsiflexed ... #leg #ankle #PhysicalExam ... video #sports #msk