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Radiculopathy: Signs and Symptoms
 • Back/Neck Pain
 • Decr Range of motion
 • Abnormal posturing
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supplied by the nerve root ... cervical nerve root ... Straight leg raise + foot ... on lumbar nerve root ... Radiculopathy #MSK
ANKLE FRACTURES: Lauge-Hansen Classification 
- Describes position of foot and mechanism of injury. Fx
progresses from Stage
Describes position of foot ... ATFL ligament tear ... PM fx (or PTFL tear ... deltoid ligament tear
Diabetic Foot Ulcer - Peripheral Arterial Disease Assessment Algorithm

Early Revascularization vs Conservative Care

Workup:
 • Arterial doppler
Diabetic Foot Ulcer ... Disease Assessment Algorithm ... #Diabetic #Foot ... PAD #Diagnosis #Algorithm
5th metatarsal distal shaft fracture - Fracture detection on MSK ultrasound

The Ultrasound Site - MSK ultrasound
Fracture detection on MSK ... Ultrasound Site - MSK ... shaft #fracture #MSK ... Ultrasound #Clinical #foot
Talus Fracture on POCUS
Athlete with hard landing on one foot, pain and tenderness over dorsum of
landing on one foot ... over dorsum of foot ... clinical #ultrasound #MSK
Approach to treating a diabetic patient with a foot wound #diabetic #diabeticfootinfection #diabeticfootulcer #footwound #algorithm #assessment
patient with a foot ... diabeticfootulcer #footwound #algorithm
Spurling's Test for Cervical Nerve Root Compression

With the neck in slight extension, ipsilateral flexion and rotation,
Cervical Nerve Root ... Cervical #Nerve #Root ... #physicalexam #msk
Left Main Coronary Artery Thrombus seen on Angiography

“Mother of all coronary thrombi”.  55 year old
thrombi”. 55 year ... purposefully in root ... LMCA into aortic root
Abnormal Simmonds-Thompson Test (Positive) for Achilles Tendon Rupture

In this positive Simmonds-Thompson test, there is no plantar
flexion of the foot ... #Calf #Sports #msk
Anatomical Directions

Left/Right: the patient's left/right

Anterior/Ventral: front, or towards the patient's front

Posterior/Dorsal: back, or towards the rear
or towards the rear ... Foot: Dorsal = ... bottom of the foot