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Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Lyme disease Muscle ... #diagnosis #lower ... extremity #msk #physicalexam
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Dysphagia:Oropharyngeal:
- Characterized by difficulty initiating swallowing and accompanied by choking/coughing, nasopharyngeal
anatomy: Tongue, muscles ... cricopharyngeus muscle ... coordinated by medulla #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... Extraluminal #Algorithm #Differential
Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Weakness CRITICAL DIAGNOSES ... junction - Muscle ... EMERGENT DIAGNOSES ... Peripheral nerve - Muscle ... Neuromuscular #Weakness #Differential
Shoulder Exam - Provocative Testing

Supraspinatus muscle injury:
 - Jobe’s Test
 - Hawkin’s Test
 - Drop Arm
Supraspinatus muscle ... Infraspinatus muscle ... Subscapularis muscle ... Yergason Test #Diagnosis ... #PhysicalExam #
Causes of Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Drugs & Toxins (Statins, alcohol, cocaine)
 • Direct Muscle
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Diagnosis • Drugs ... exercise) • Muscle ... Rhabdomyolysis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Myositis and Myopathies
#ESR #CK #Differential diagnosis of myopathy 
#Inflammatory #myopathies	#Dermatomyositis	
#muscle weakness
#Polymyositis	
#Inclusion body myositis
#Polymyalgia rheumatica	
#Fibromyalgia	
#Hypothyroid myopathy	
#Muscle stiffness
#Drug-induced
Myopathies #ESR #CK #Differential ... diagnosis of myopathy ... Dermatomyositis #muscle ... Hypothyroid myopathy #Muscle ... Cocaine-induced myopathy #Muscle
Myotomes of the Spinal Cord
Each segmental nerve root innervates more than one muscle. For simplicity, certain
more than one muscle ... simplicity, certain muscles ... or muscle groups ... Myotomes #SpinalCord #Diagnosis
Gowers' Sign and Calf Muscle Pseudohypertrophy on Physical Exam

Fibrofatty tissue deposition in muscle dystrophy

#Gowers #Calf #Muscle
Sign and Calf Muscle ... deposition in muscle ... #Gowers #Calf #Muscle ... clinical #video #PhysicalExam
Gowers' Sign and Calf Muscle Pseudohypertrophy on Physical Exam

Fibrofatty tissue deposition in muscle dystrophy 

#Gowers #Calf
Sign and Calf Muscle ... deposition in muscle ... #Gowers #Calf #Muscle ... clinical #video #PhysicalExam
Extraocular Muscle Actions & Clinical Testing
What about clinical testing of extraocular muscle function & associated nerve
Extraocular Muscle ... of extraocular muscle ... inferior obliques muscles ... inferior rectus muscles ... #Actions #diagnosis