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Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Fever/Chills/Joint ... bearing after injury ... - Giant cell tumor ... differential #diagnosis #msk ... #physicalexam
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
Arthritis ... joints • Decr ... • Sacroiliac Joint ... Valgus position of knee ... signs #diagnosis #msk
Pivot-Shift Test in ACL-deficient Knee

This patient has pathologic varus alignment across the knee and a chronic
This patient has ... HTO) to correct his ... #Injury #ACLTear ... clinical #video #PhysicalExam ... Sports #Ortho #msk
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

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

1) Chronicity:
Lyme), reactive arthritis ... coagulopathy, tumor ... that patient had ... - parvovirus, HIV ... #Joint #Pain #MSK
Lachman test in ACL-deficient Knee

This patient has pathologic varus alignment across the knee and a chronic
This patient has ... HTO) to correct his ... #Injury #ACLTear ... clinical #video #PhysicalExam ... cruciate #ligament #msk
Bone Deformity / Limp - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infection
 • Septic Arthritis
 • Cortical Hypertrophy
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Osteomalacia • Rickets Hip ... JointHip Dysplasia ... Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease Knee ... Syndrome (Chondromalacia ... Deformity #Limp #MSK
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Herpes zoster - HIV ... Repetitive strain injury ... Trauma • Crush injury ... lower #extremity #msk ... #physicalexam
Distinguishing between Inflammatory and Degenerative joint disease
Inflammatory Joint Disease
 • Swelling stimulates joint nociceptors -> Pain
between Inflammatory and ... in Rheumatoid arthritis ... commonly affects the knee ... hip and L/C-spine ... Comparison #Versus #MSK
Ober's Test for Iliotibial Band Syndrome

Ober's Test assesses for iliotibial band syndrome.  With the patient
syndrome. ... abduct the hip, ... #knee #hip #clinical ... #video #physicalexam ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Gaenslen's Test (Gaenslen's maneuver) for Sacroiliac Joint Injury

The patient dangles the symptomatic leg over the side
of the table, knee ... applies passive hip ... #hip #sacroiliitis ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #msk #orthopedics