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Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Pain: • Fracture ... #pain #differential ... #diagnosis #lower ... #extremity #msk
Tone - Leg Recoil on Physical Exam
To test leg recoil, the legs are fully flexed on
Tone - Leg Recoil ... Exam To test leg ... #Leg #Recoil #Lower ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #peds #pediatrics
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Pathogenesis and Clinical ... must be absent: lower ... Negative Straight Leg ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK ... pathophysiology #differential
Tone - Leg Traction on Physical Exam
Leg traction is done by holding the leg by the
Tone - Leg Traction ... Physical Exam Leg ... Lower #Extremity ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #peds #pediatrics
Lightning Strike Electrical Injury
Types of Lightning Strikes: Direct, Side Splash, Contact injury, Ground current
ELECTRICAL INJURIES: Primary
industrial settings or power ... ORTHO- fracture ... Electrical #Injury #clinical ... #video #NSFW #Electrocution
Hoover's Sign for Functional Lower Extremity Paralysis

Used to distinguish organic from functional leg hemiparesis.

Ask the patient
for Functional Lower ... from functional leg ... Ask the patient ... #hemiparesis #clinical ... #video #physicalexam
Toaster Electrocution Electrical Injury
Primary determination of injury extent = amount of CURRENT flowing through body.
VARIABLES: voltage,
Toaster Electrocution ... industrial settings or power ... ORTHO- fracture/ ... Electrical #Injury #clinical ... #video #nsfw
FABER (Patrick's) Test for Hip and Sacroiliac Pathology

Patrick's or Faber Test can be performed to evaluate
One leg is flexed ... If the leg does ... not lower into a ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #msk #orthopedics
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
sclerosis • Clinical ... Weakness - Lower ... Vertebral burst fracture ... multiradicular pain - Leg ... syndromes #lesions #differential
FABER (Patrick's) Test for Hip and Sacroiliac Pathology

Patrick's or Faber Test can be performed to evaluate
One leg is flexed ... not lower into a ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #sports ... #msk #orthopedics