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Shoulder Exam - Provocative Testing

Supraspinatus muscle injury:
 - Jobe’s Test
 - Hawkin’s Test
 - Drop Arm
Subscapularis ... - Lift-Off Test ... Labral tear: ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #Impingement #ALiEM
Rotator Cuff Syndrome - SITS
Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Teres minor, and Subscapularis.
Causes: Calcific supraspinatus tendinitis 
Signs: painful abduction
Teres minor, and Subscapularis ... arm, empty can ... test +ve #Rotator ... #orthopedics #diagnosis ... #sports #MSK #anatomy
Shoulder Impingement Syndrome (SIS): Signs and Symptoms

Repetitive Overhead Activity, Scapular Dyskinesis -> Scapulohumeral mechanics become altered
Syndrome (SIS): ... + Painful arc test ... pain + Hawkin's test ... #SIS #diagnosis ... #msk #pathophysiology
Belly Press Test for Subscapularis Injury

An alternative to the lift-off test, or when the lift-off test
Injury An alternative ... lift-off test cannot ... the wrist of elbow ... #Injury #shoulder ... #physicalexam #msk
Humeral Avulsion of the Inferior Glenohumeral Ligament (HAGL)
 • Imaging Findings:
 • Large defect of the
Ligament (HAGL) can ... capsuloligamentous injury ... GAGL): "Reverse J sign ... No tear of the labrum ... #msk
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Findings Compression/injury ... can be made, rule ... Straight Leg Raise Test ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK ... #signs #symptoms
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
- Differential Diagnosis ... The evaluation should ... auditory nerve (CN ... II ○ Susac’s syndrome ... Noise trauma ○ MS
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
an immune response ... Presentation: Injury ... • Bilateral signs ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... should be ordered
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
that leads to an ... sex • Metabolic syndrome ... knees, fingers, wrist ... double contour sign ... +Radiographic signs