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Rotator Cuff Syndrome - SITS
Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Teres minor, and Subscapularis.
Causes: Calcific supraspinatus tendinitis 
Signs: painful abduction
Rotator Cuff Syndrome ... Causes: Calcific ... can test +ve #Rotator ... Cuff #Syndrome #orthopedics
Orthopedic Essentials - Spinal Trauma and Spine Classification 
DENIS THREE COLUMN CONCEPT
Anterior column:
Orthopedic Essentials ... fractures: Don't cause ... unstable spine injury ... fracture 3 Rotation ... Classification #Orthopedics
Posteromedial Instability on Knee Exam
This is what a knee with posteromedial instability looks like. Notice the
foot in external rotation ... posteromedial injury ... #PhysicalExam #Injury ... clinical #video #orthopedics
Webber Ankle Injury Classification

A: In a Supination-Adduction injury the fibula breaks first, with a fracture below
In more severe cases ... Supination External Rotation ... These injuries are caused ... pronation and external rotation ... #Diagnosis #Orthopedics
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation - ED Management
The shoulder is the most commonly dislocated major joint, 95% of
abducted, externally rotated ... abduction & external rotation ... Axillary nerve injury ... neurovascular injury ... Diagnosis #Management #Orthopedics
Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
Avulsion or shearing injury ... • Externally Rotated ... • Internally Rotated ... signs #symptoms #orthopedics
Apley Compression Test on Knee Examination

With the patient prone, the knee being tested is flexed to
internal and external rotation ... indicative of meniscal injury ... for ligamentous injury ... clinical #video #orthopedics
Orthopedic Dislocations (Shoulder, Elbow and Hip) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Shoulder Dislocation
 • Fall on the
Orthopedic Dislocations ... stretch hand with rotation ... due to internal rotation ... of dash board injury ... axis of femur #Orthopedics
Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Trauma - Multiple injury ... Mnemonic #MSK #Orthopedics ... differential #diagnosis #Causes
Mallet Finger
Absence of a fracture does NOT exclude Mallet finger, the extension function of the DIP
Finger deformity caused ... : Hyperflexion injury ... Discharge with orthpedic ... Management #Hand #Orthopedics