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Piriformis Test (FAIR Test - Flexion, Adduction, and Internal Rotation)

Flex the hip to 90 degrees, then
Rotation) Flex the hip ... internally rotate the hip ... #lumbar #clinical ... #physicalexam #msk ... #sports #orthopedics
Pace Maneuver for Piriformis Syndrome

With the patient's hips and needs flexed to 90 degrees, the patient
and needs flexed ... patient abducts and ... Piriformis #Syndrome #clinical ... #lumbar #sciatica ... #msk #orthopedics
Positive Varus Stress Test in LCL Injury

Interesting knee injury in a young basketball player who landed
rupture of the lateral ... complete rupture and ... #Positive #Clinical ... PhysicalExam #Sports #Orthopedics ... 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 ... Discharge with orthpedic ... Finger #Radiology #XRay ... #Orthopedics #MSK
Passive Straight Leg Raise Test for Low Back Pain and Sciatica

A passive straight leg raise should
Low Back Pain and ... 70 degrees of hip ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... video #sports #msk ... #orthopedics
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 ... signs #symptoms #orthopedics
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 ... #Sports #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 ... IPJoint #Radiology #XRay ... Diagnosis #Management #Hand ... #Orthopedics #MSK
Sacroiliac Distraction Test

The examiner applies downward and lateral pressure to the bilateral ASIS , the effect
lateral pressure ... indicating SI Joint injury ... SIJoint #Joint #clinical ... #physicalexam #hip ... #msk #sports #orthopedics
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
HIV) - Vitamin ... anterior horn gray ... involved - Bilateral ... (more commonly bilateral ... herniation - Lumbar