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Radiculopathy: Signs and Symptoms
 • Back/Neck Pain
 • Decr Range of motion
 • Abnormal posturing
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Radiculopathy: Signs ... • Back/Neck Pain ... • Neuropathic Pain ... Lasegue's sign: ... Radiculopathy #MSK
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Paresthesia of 5th and medial half of 4th
hand and elbow pain ... test • + Tinel sign ... • + Froment's sign ... + Wartenbergs sign ... #symptoms #msk
Flexor Tenosynovitis (FTS)

The clinical diagnosis of FTS is made using Kanavel’s Signs:
 - Fusiform swelling.
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using Kanavel’s Signs ... - Pain with passive ... Kanavels #Criteria #Sign ... #Hand #MSK #Diagnosis
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint Pain ... ) • Gout • Psoriatic ... • Asymmetric (Psoriatic ... Bowel Disease) • Psoriatic ... Inflammatory #JointPain #MSK
Clarke's Test (Patellar Grind Test)

Indicates Patellofemoral dysfunction.
 - Patient with knee in extension. Push posterior on
of patella then ask ... - Positive sign ... : Pain is produced ... Patellofemoral #msk
Patellofemoral Syndrome - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Knee Pain with possible symptoms of 'catching'
Anterior Knee Pain ... kneeling worsens pain ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #msk
Talus Fracture on POCUS
Athlete with hard landing on one foot, pain and tenderness over dorsum of
Talus Fracture on POCUS ... landing on one foot, pain ... POCUS showed talus ... Talus #Fracture #POCUS ... clinical #ultrasound #MSK
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
lumbar spine Signs ... • Neuropathic pain ... lancinating, burning pain ... CaudaEquina #Syndrome #MSK ... diagnosis #symptoms #signs
Symptoms of Hypophosphatemia
 • CNS: Seizures, Delirium, Paresthesias, Central & extrapontine myelinolysis, Hallucinations, Fatigue
 • Hematologic:
retardation, Bone pain ... • MSK: Proximal ... Phosphate #Symptoms #Signs
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Approach to Joint Pain ... noninflammatory Signs ... arthritis • SLE • Psoriatic ... Asymmetrical: • Psoriatic ... Differential #Diagnosis #MSK