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Shoulder Exam - Provocative Testing

Supraspinatus muscle injury:
 - Jobe’s Test
 - Hawkin’s Test
 - Drop Arm
Rotation Test Subscapularis ... - Lift-Off Test ... - Neer Test Labral ... Yergason Test #Diagnosis ... #Impingement #ALiEM
Belly Press Test for Subscapularis Injury

An alternative to the lift-off test, or when the lift-off test
to the lift-off ... the wrist of elbow ... #Injury #shoulder ... #physicalexam #msk ... #orthopedics #sports
Sacroiliac Distraction Test

The examiner applies downward and lateral pressure to the bilateral ASIS , the effect
of which is to ... reproduces pain symptoms ... indicating SI Joint injury ... #physicalexam #hip ... #msk #sports #orthopedics
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
Dislocation On lateral ... , median nerve injury ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Orthopedics #Sports ... #MSK
Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
Avulsion or shearing injury ... from impact onto lateral ... hip Signs/Symptoms ... FemoralHead #Fractures #msk ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Adhesive Capsulitis (Frozen Shoulder) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Primary (Idiopathic): Unknown etiology, but associated
injury (i.e. post ... tissue => Years later ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #symptoms #signs ... stages #staging #msk
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Presentation: Injury ... Hyperreflexia develops later ... signs and/or symptoms ... NMO-IgG (anti-AQP4) should ... , MOG-IgG test should
Extensor Carpi Ulnaris (ECU) subluxation 
The Extensor Carpi Ulnaris (ECU), is the must ulnar of the
What are the symptoms ... the wrist. ... ECU Subluxation diagnosed ... relevant body parts ... #msk
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
left anterior and lateral ... Several of the diagnoses ... Due to their short ... appreciating a lateral ... secretions and should