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Thomas' Test for Hip Flexure Contracture

Thomas' Test assesses for hip flexure contracture.
One hip is maximally flexed
Thomas' Test for Hip ... flattening the lumbar spine ... contralateral leg ... clinical #video #sports ... #msk #orthopedics
Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
Externally Rotated Leg ... • Shortened leg ... Internally Rotated Leg ... down affected leg ... FemoralHead #Fractures #msk
Thomas' Test for Hip Flexibility

Patient lays supine, one hip is maximally flexed to the patient's chest,
Patient lays supine ... flattening the lumbar spine ... contralateral leg ... clinical #video #sports ... #msk #orthopedics
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Neoplasm in lumbar spine ... etc) in lumbar spine ... Signs / Symptoms ... loss of normal leg ... CaudaEquina #Syndrome #MSK
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Joint Causes of Leg ... Ewing sarcoma • Legg-Calve-Perthes ... Herpes zoster - HIV ... lower #extremity #msk
Passive Straight Leg Raise Test for Low Back Pain and Sciatica

A passive straight leg raise should
Passive Straight Leg ... passive straight leg ... 70 degrees of hip ... Passive #Straight #Leg ... #msk #orthopedics
Stork Test 

The stork test evaluates for a stress fracture of the pars interarticularis in the
in the lumbar spine ... places hands on hips ... stands on one leg ... clinical #video #sports ... #msk #orthopedics
Greater Trochanteric Bursa Injection 

Usually roll patient on side, find the most tender spot, approximately an
the most tender spot ... of transected leg ... well below hip ... #msk #orthopedics ... #hip
Trendelenburg Test for Hip Stability

The Trendelenburg test assesses for hip stability
The examiner sits behind the patient
superior iliac spines ... stands on one leg ... raised unsupported leg ... clinical #video #sports ... #msk #orthopedics
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Negative Straight Leg ... superior iliac spine ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK ... differential #diagnosis #signs