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Posteromedial Instability on Knee Exam
This is what a knee with posteromedial instability looks like. Notice the
Instability on Knee ... This is what a knee ... Doubled over single ... #PhysicalExam # ... Injury #MSK #clinical
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
flexion of the knees ... following passive neck ... Passive neck flexion ... causes spinal cord ... Clinical #Video #PhysicalExam
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
Reflexes: • Knee ... • Cauda Equina Syndrome ... nerve at fibular neck ... - Narrowing of spinal ... sensory #motor #leg #physicalexam
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Causes of Knee Effusions ... Osteoarthritis - Overuse syndrome ... Seronegative Reactive Syndrome ... differential #diagnosis #msk ... #physicalexam
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
month following neck ... lesions within the neck ... decompress the spinal ... clinical #video #ophthalmology ... #physicalexam #
Thomas' Test for Hip Flexure Contracture

Thomas' Test assesses for hip flexure contracture.
One hip is maximally flexed
flattening the lumbar spine ... flexes at the knee ... #Contracture #PhysicalExam ... video #sports #msk
Bilateral Knee Hyperextension and Joint Laxity and in Ehlers Danlos Syndrome

#EDS #Knee #Laxity #Ehlers #Danlos #Syndrome
Bilateral Knee Hyperextension ... Ehlers Danlos Syndrome ... #EDS #Knee # ... hyperextension #physicalexam ... #msk
Characteristic clinical manifestations of Down syndrome 
 
Typical craniofacial appearance 
 • Round face and flat
manifestations of Down syndrome ... anomalies • Short neck ... • Single palmar ... #Downs #Syndrome ... #PhysicalExam #
Krukenberg's Spindle on Slit Lamp Ocular Examination

Krukenberg's Spindle = spindle-shaped deposit of pigment on the posterior
Krukenberg's Spindle ... pigment dispersion syndrome ... pigment dispersion syndrome ... #Ocular #PhysicalExam ... clinical #video #ophthalmology
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Patellofemoral pain syndrome ... deficiency etc) • Spinal ... Tarsal tunnel syndrome ... lower #extremity #msk ... #physicalexam