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Chronic Shoulder Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
4 tests for the AC joint:
1. Direct palpation
2. Cross-arm shoulder
Shoulder Pain - Differential ... Direct palpation ... Shoulder #Pain #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #MSK
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Test - Pain on palpation ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK ... pathophysiology #differential
Thyroid Goiter on Physical Exam - Likelihood Ratios by Finding
 • No goiter by palpation or
• No goiter by palpation ... 0.4 • Goiter by palpation ... Significant • Goiter by palpation
Figure 2. The “laryngeal handshake,” from left to right: 1) hyoid, 2) thyroid, 3) cricoid, and
cricoid, and 4) palpation ... Cricothyrotomy #Palpation
Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Articular: Infectious, Degenerative, Inflammatory
Non-articular: Localized, General

#Joint #Pain #Differential #Diagnosis #MSK #algorithm
Joint Pain - Differential ... #Joint #Pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Jugular Venous vs Carotid Arterial Pulsations on Physical Exam

Jugular Venous Pulsations
• Well appreciated by inspection than
inspection than palpation ... appreciated by palpation
Hand Arthritides - Differential Diagnosis by Location and Features

The Painful Hand!  Wish I would’ve thought
Arthritides - Differential ... prior to my first MSK ... Arthritides #Arthritis #Differential ... Diagnosis #Location #MSK
Shoulder Examination

Step 1 Inspection
Step 2 Palpation (ABCs)
Step 3 Range of Motion and Strength (SITS)
Step 4 Provocative
Inspection Step 2 Palpation
Differential Diagnosis of Pleuritic Chest Pain:

Categorized by causes: Cardiac, Pulmonary, MSK, Drug/Toxins, Heme/Onc, Renal, Autoimmune

#Diagnosis #Pleuritic
Differential Diagnosis ... Cardiac, Pulmonary, MSK ... ChestPain #Causes #Differential
Approach to Low Back Pain - Differential Algorithm
- Non-MSK
- Axial / Musculoskeletal
- Radicular
- Systemic Disease (Do
Low Back Pain - Differential ... Algorithm - Non-MSK ... #LowBackPain #Differential