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Thomas' Test for Hip Flexure Contracture

Thomas' Test assesses for hip flexure contracture.
One hip is maximally flexed
One hip is maximally ... flexes at the knee ... Video via @open_michigan ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Mallet Finger
Absence of a fracture does NOT exclude Mallet finger, the extension function of the DIP
disruption (may be bony ... terminal extensor tendon ... Mallet #Finger #Radiology ... #XRay #Diagnosis ... #MSK
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: Pathogenesis, clinical, and radiographic findings

Trauma, Fall on, outstretched arm, Overhead throwing => Abduction
strength of muscle, tendon ... and underlying bone ... #Dislocation #Diagnosis ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #pathophysiology
Mytomes - Segmental Innervation of Muscles
Shoulder	Abduction	C5	Axillary Nerve
Shoulder	Adduction	C6-C8	Thoracodorsal Nerve
Elbow	Flexion	C5	Musculocutaneous Nerve
Elbow	Extension	C7	Radial Nerve
Wrist	Extension	C6	Radial Nerve
Fingers	Flexion	C8	Median Nerve
Fingers	Abduction	T1	Ulnar Nerve
Hip	Flexion	L2	Nerve to Psoas
Hip	Extension	S1	Inferior Gluteal
Axillary Nerve Shoulder ... Gluteal Nerve Knee ... #MuscleGroups #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Neurology ... #Diagnosis
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK ... fragmentation and mild bone ... marrow edema and bony ... Schlatter #Disease #Knee ... #diagnosis #msk
Interphalangeal Joint Dislocation
Interphalangeal joint dislocations almost always occur dorsally, look for associated avulsion fractures! Here's a
Discharge with orthopedic ... Dislocation #IPJoint #Radiology ... #XRay #Diagnosis ... Management #Hand #Orthopedics ... #MSK
Bone Deformity / Limp - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infection
 • Septic Arthritis
 • Cortical Hypertrophy
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Bone Deformity / ... Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease Knee ... Patella (e.g., Tendon ... Deformity #Limp #MSK ... #Algorithm #Orthopedics
TISSUE APPEARANCES ON 
MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND 

Bone:
 
Bone is represented as a very bright structure and appears
ULTRASOUND Bone ... interrogation as it should ... infrapatellar bursa of the knee ... MUSCULOSKELETAL #MSK ... Atlas #Clinical #Radiology
Orthopedic Dislocations (Shoulder, Elbow and Hip) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Shoulder Dislocation
 • Fall on the
Orthopedic Dislocations ... and Hip) - Diagnosis ... knee are flexed ... axis of femur #Orthopedics ... #Elbow #Hip #Diagnosis
Thomas' Test for Hip Flexibility

Patient lays supine, one hip is maximally flexed to the patient's chest,
Thomas' Test for Hip ... Patient lays supine, one ... flexes at the knee ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video ... #sports #msk #orthopedics