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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
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
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
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
Hoover's Sign for Functional Lower Extremity Paralysis

Used to distinguish organic from functional leg hemiparesis.

Ask the patient
from functional leg ... Ask the patient ... flex their weak 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
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
Scoliosis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings (Cobb Angle > 10 Degrees)

 • Incr Axial rotation of thoracic
Breasts, Apparent Leg ... #Scoliosis #pathophysiology ... #msk #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
over a five to ten-year ... monophasic Pathophysiology ... flexors of the legs ... • Bilateral signs ... diagnosis #management #neurology