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Flexor Tenosynovitis (FTS)

The clinical diagnosis of FTS is made using Kanavel’s Signs:
 - Fusiform swelling.
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Flexor Tenosynovitis ... using Kanavel’s Signs ... held in slight flexion ... Kanavels #Criteria #Sign ... #Hand #MSK #Diagnosis
Positive J-Sign - Maltracking Patella on Knee Physical Exam

The J sign correlates with poor patellar tracking
Positive J-Sign ... Exam The J sign ... shaped path with flexion ... #J #Sign #Knee ... clinical #video #msk
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Paresthesia of 5th and medial half of 4th
pain • + elbow flexion ... test • + Tinel sign ... • + Froment's sign ... + Wartenbergs sign ... #symptoms #msk
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis

Forced flexion of the neck elicits a reflex flexion of the hips. It
Brudzinski's Sign ... Meningitis Forced flexion ... elicits a reflex flexion ... #Brudzinskis #Signs
A normal plantar reflex response involves toe flexion, or even no movement. A positive test, also
response involves toe flexion ... as a Babinski sign ... all other toes flexing ... motor neurone lesion ... #Babinski #Sign
Myelopathy - Injury to the entire spinal cord - Signs and Symptoms
 • Ataxia (early sign)
spinal cord - Signs ... Ataxia (early sign ... weakness (late sign ... dexterity loss (early signs ... #symptoms #msk
Brudzinski's sign is a physically demonstrable symptom of meningitis. It is characterized by reflexive flexion of
Brudzinski's sign ... characterized by reflexive flexion ... following passive neck flexion ... #Brudzinskis #sign
FABER (Patrick’s) Test
Used to evaluate for hip and sacroiliac pathology:
 • Flexion
 • Abduction
 • External
evaluate for hip and sacroiliac ... pathology: • Flexion ... Patricks #Test #hip #sacroiliac ... #physicalexam #msk
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
characterized by reflexive flexion ... following passive neck flexion ... Passive neck flexion ... for the hip/knee flexion ... that hip and knee flexion
Posterior Ankle Impingement (Os Trigonum) Syndrome - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Os trigonum which has marrow
Trigonum) Syndrome - MSK ... worse upon plantar flexion ... Tenosynovitis flexor ... limits plantar flexion ... Radiology #diagnosis #msk