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Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Joint Causes of Leg ... stenosis/nerve compression ... Trauma • Crush injury ... extremity #msk #physicalexam
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Anterior Cord Syndrome ... ->Cord compression ... saddle anesthesia. leg ... symptoms #msk #orthopedics ... #neurology
Apley Compression Test on Knee Examination

With the patient prone, the knee being tested is flexed to
while the other leg ... force on the leg ... for ligamentous injury ... meniscus #Knee #PhysicalExam ... clinical #video #orthopedics
Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
Avulsion or shearing injury ... Externally Rotated Leg ... • Shortened leg ... Internally Rotated Leg ... down affected leg
Apley Compression Test on Knee Exam

Patient is prone with leg flexed 90 degrees.
Tibia is rotated medially
is prone with leg ... suggests meniscal injury ... suggests ligamentous injury ... #Test #Knee #PhysicalExam ... clinical #video #msk #orthopedics
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
• Cauda Equina Syndrome ... and bilateral leg ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology ... sensory #motor #leg ... #physicalexam
Apley Distraction Test on Knee Examination

With the patient prone, the knee being tested is flexed to
while the other leg ... distraction force on the leg ... than meniscal injury ... (seen with compression ... clinical #video #orthopedics
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... treat spinal cord injury ... caused by: - Compression ... multiradicular pain - Leg ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Anterior Drawer Test for PCL Injury on Knee Examination

The patient lays supine with the knee approximately
Drawer Test for PCL Injury ... patient's toes to stabilize ... the leg while applying ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #orthopedics #msk
Posterior Drawer Test for PCL Injury on Knee Examination

The patient lays supine with the knee approximately
Drawer Test for PCL Injury ... patient's toes to stabilize ... the leg while applying ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #orthopedics #msk