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OK Sign - Interosseous Nerve Injury

Patients with compromise of anterior interosseous nerve will not be able
OK Sign - Interosseous ... perform the OK sign ... and abnormal OK signs ... #OK #Sign #Abnormal ... #Injury #Finger
Froment's Sign - Ulnar Nerve Injury

Patients with compromise of the ulnar nerve will not be able
Froment's Sign - ... known as Frommet's Sign ... #Froments #Sign ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #msk #orthopedics
Median Nerve Tension Test (Upper-Limb Neurodynamic Tests, ULNT2)

To assess for Median Nerve Peripheral Neuropathy

Elbow extension →
forearm supination → wrist ... dorsiflexion/finger ... shoulder abduction → neck ... #ULNT2 #ULTT2 #clinical ... #video #physicalexam
Median Nerve Tension Test (Upper-Limb Neurodynamic Tests, ULNT1)

To assess for Median Nerve Peripheral Neuropathy

Shoulder abduction →
forearm supination → wrist ... dorsiflexion/finger ... elbow extension → neck ... #ULNT1 #ULTT1 #clinical ... #video #physicalexam
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Pathogenesis and Joint diseases features
 • RA affects 1% of population, women >
Stimulation of nerve ... ulnar drift of fingers ... Extra-articular signs ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Neck: “dropping ... Brain stem/Cranial nerve ... test - Cogan sign ... - Peek sign ... - Repetitive nerve
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
ankles, knees, fingers ... , wrist, elbow ... double contour sign ... +Radiographic signs ... management #treatment #rheumatology
Mastoiditis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Acute or Chronic Otitis Media -> 
Stage 1: Hyperemeia of the mastoid
Pathogenesis and clinical ... Bezold abscess (Neck ... bone): facial nerve ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Anti-NXP-2 Dermatomyositis

What?
DM with generalized subcutaneous edema
Pts have more myalgias, more severe weakness, and an increased prevalence
weakness in the neck ... chest (in a V-sign ... shoulders (in a shawl sign ... Prednisone at 1 mg ... #management #rheumatology