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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
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 ... lower #extremity #msk ... #physicalexam
Radiculopathy: Signs and Symptoms
 • Back/Neck Pain
 • Decr Range of motion
 • Abnormal posturing
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Radiculopathy: Signs ... : • Straight leg ... Radiculopathy #MSK ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #pathophysiology
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
lumbar spine Signs ... loss of normal leg ... CaudaEquina #Syndrome #MSK ... #pathophysiology ... diagnosis #symptoms #signs
Abnormal (Positive) Babinski Sign on Physical Exam

Dorsiflexion of the great toe with or without fanning of
Positive) Babinski Sign ... withdrawal of the leg ... Positive #Babinski #Sign ... #PhysicalExam # ... reflex #pyramidal #neurology
Hoover's Sign for Functional Lower Extremity Paralysis

Used to distinguish organic from functional leg hemiparesis.

Ask the patient
from functional leg ... flex their weak leg ... transmitted to either leg ... Leg #Paralysis # ... #neurology #psychiatry
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
saddle anesthesia. leg ... Syndromes #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms ... #msk #orthopedics ... #neurology
Aphasia - Pathophysiology and Clinical Findings
Broca's Aphasia - Expressive language impairment: non-Fluent
 - Sensory speech areas
Aphasia - Pathophysiology ... hemiparesis (face, arm > leg ... deficits #Aphasia #Pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #signs ... Brocas #Wernickes #neurology
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Negative Straight Leg ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK ... #pathophysiology ... differential #diagnosis #signs
J Sign - Knee Examination

Sign of Patellar Maltracking where the patella exhibits lateral translation over the
J Sign - Knee Examination ... Sign of Patellar ... during active leg ... #Knee #PhysicalExam ... clinical #video #msk