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Illustrations showing elements of a shoulder assessment. Also included on a shoulder assessment would be determination
acromioclavicular joint ... (In Speed's test ... pushes down on the hand ... Pain in the anterior ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Patellofemoral Syndrome - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Knee Pain with possible symptoms of 'catching'
Anterior Knee Pain ... of flexion • Xray ... with MRI effusion ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... signs #symptoms #msk
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: Pathogenesis, clinical, and radiographic findings

Trauma, Fall on, outstretched arm, Overhead throwing => Abduction
on axillary x-ray ... capsule or bone -> Pain ... #Dislocation #Diagnosis ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #pathophysiology
Mallet Finger
Absence of a fracture does NOT exclude Mallet finger, the extension function of the DIP
ED Management: Pain ... Finger #Radiology #XRay ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hand #Orthopedics ... #MSK
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
predispose to other orthopedic ... common sites: hip, shoulder ... • XR, MRI to ... dx and stage ... #diagnosis #causes
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE 
Radial head fractures are the most common elbow fracture in adults and are
distal radioulnar joint ... ED Management: Pain ... Elbow #Radiology #XRay ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Orthopedics #MSK
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Gouty Arthritis) - MSK ... with joint-space ... • This case should ... THE X-RAY! ... Differential diagnosis
Chronic Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Intra-Articular
 - Bone
     • Stress
Chronic Joint Pain ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Intraarticular #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
Pain - Diagnostic ... bacterial infection, needs ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... approach #workup #differential ... #diagnosis #arthritis
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation - ED Management
The shoulder is the most commonly dislocated major joint, 95% of
dislocated major joint ... Anterior #Radiology #XRay ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Orthopedics #Sports ... #MSK