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Thomas' Test for Hip Flexure Contracture

Thomas' Test assesses for hip flexure contracture.
One hip is maximally flexed
flattening the lumbar ... flexes at the knee ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... video #sports #msk ... #orthopedics
Thomas' Test for Hip Flexibility

Patient lays supine, one hip is maximally flexed to the patient's chest,
flattening the lumbar ... flexes at the knee ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... video #sports #msk ... #orthopedics
Positive Varus Stress Test in LCL Injury

Interesting knee injury in a young basketball player who landed
complete rupture and ... #Positive #Clinical ... PhysicalExam #Sports #Orthopedics ... #Knee #lateral ... collateral #ligament #msk
Mallet Finger
Absence of a fracture does NOT exclude Mallet finger, the extension function of the DIP
joint needs to be clinically ... : Hyperflexion injury ... Finger #Radiology #XRay ... #Hand #Orthopedics ... #MSK
Interphalangeal Joint Dislocation
Interphalangeal joint dislocations almost always occur dorsally, look for associated avulsion fractures! Here's a
degrees of flexion; lateral ... Hyperextension injury ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hand #Orthopedics ... #MSK
Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
clinical findings ... Avulsion or shearing injury ... from impact onto lateral ... FemoralHead #Fractures #msk ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
Dislocation On lateral ... onto outstretched hand ... , median nerve injury ... Carpal #Radiology #XRay ... #MSK
Posterior Knee Dislocation Injury
Specifically, POSTERIOR KNEE DISLOCATIONS can have significant associated injury that needs unique approach
Check hip and ankle ... CLINICAL: instability ... (small) of the lateral ... trauma/vascular/orthopedic ... #msk #clinical
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
HIV) - Vitamin ... anterior horn gray ... involved - Bilateral ... herniation - Lumbar ... #differential #diagnosis
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Presentation: Injury ... preferentially affects the flexors ... Hyperreflexia develops later ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic