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Chronic Shoulder Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
4 tests for the AC joint:
1. Direct palpation
2. Cross-arm shoulder
Chronic Shoulder Pain ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm 4 tests ... for the AC joint ... #Algorithm #MSK
Thessaly Test for Knee Meniscal Tear

The test is positive if there is medial or lateral joint
Thessaly Test for ... medial or lateral joint ... line pain, locking ... Tear #clinical #video ... #physicalexam #msk
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Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Acute Joint Pain ... Vascular Infectious Trauma ... pain Autoimmune ... VitaminCD #Mnemonic #MSK ... #differential #diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... Noninflammatory • Bloody: Trauma ... neuropathy so trauma ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #differential #diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
present both at rest ... improves quickly with rest ... trauma (e.g., meniscal ... #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... #differential #diagnosis
Distinguishing between Inflammatory and Degenerative joint disease
Inflammatory Joint Disease
 • Swelling stimulates joint nociceptors -> Pain
nociceptors -> Pain ... painful swelling -> Pain ... -> Pain with motion ... Comparison #Versus #MSK ... JointDisease #JointPain #Diagnosis
Froment’s Test for Ulnar Nerve Palsy

This tests for pinch grip weakness caused by ulnar nerve palsy,
Froment’s Test for ... compensates via MP joint ... Palsy #clinical #video ... #neurology #physicalexam ... #msk #orthopedics
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Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Vascular Joint Pain ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Disruption • Trauma ... (Hemophilia or Trauma ... Vascular #JointPain #MSK
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
Chondrodysplasia Neurologic ... Poliomyelitis Activity/ Trauma ... Pain • Valgus ... symptoms #signs #diagnosis ... #msk
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: Pathogenesis, clinical, and radiographic findings

Trauma, Fall on, outstretched arm, Overhead throwing => Abduction
radiographic findings Trauma ... of the shoulder joint ... capsule or bone -> Pain ... #Dislocation #Diagnosis ... signs #symptoms #msk