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Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Repetitive strain injury ... Trauma • Crush injury ... #pain #differential ... extremity #msk #physicalexam
Apley Compression Test on Knee Examination

With the patient prone, the knee being tested is flexed to
while the other leg ... Pain is indicative ... of meniscal injury ... #PhysicalExam # ... orthopedics #msk #sports
Apley Compression Test on Knee Exam

Patient is prone with leg flexed 90 degrees.
Tibia is rotated medially
Compression Test on Knee ... is prone with leg ... Pain with compression ... #PhysicalExam # ... #orthopedics #sports
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
Reflexes: • Knee ... Syndrome - Low back pain ... damage to peroneal nerve ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology ... #physicalexam
Kleiger's Test for Syndesmotic Injury

Kleiger's evaluates for a syndesmotic injury. 
With the knee fixed, the foot
for Syndesmotic Injury ... With the knee fixed ... Pain is a positive ... #leg #ankle #PhysicalExam ... clinical #video #sports
Apley Distraction Test on Knee Examination

With the patient prone, the knee being tested is flexed to
while the other leg ... Pain is indicative ... than meniscal injury ... #PhysicalExam # ... orthopedics #msk #sports
McMurray's Test for Meniscal Tear on Knee Examination

With the patient lying supine, the examiner palpates the
Meniscal Tear on Knee ... Pain, clicking, ... indicate a meniscal injury ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #orthopedics #sports
Gaenslen's Test (Gaenslen's maneuver) for Sacroiliac Joint Injury

The patient dangles the symptomatic leg over the side
Sacroiliac Joint Injury ... of the table, knee ... SIJ lesion if pain ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #orthopedics #sports
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
consciousness Differential ... threat Cranial Nerves ... Possible responses to pain ... caseyalbin #PhysicalExam ... #neurology #comatose
 The following #reflexes are routinely tested, and the response elicited is graded from zero to
particular attention paid ... the side of a nerve ... or spinal root injury ... or bed with the legs ... bedridden, the knees