21 results
Patellar Ballottement Test for Knee Effusion on Physical Examination

With the patient supine, the leg can be
Patellar Ballottement ... Test for Knee Effusion ... better assess for joint ... Patellar Ballottement ... #PhysicalExam #
Bone Deformity / Limp - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infection
 • Septic Arthritis
 • Cortical Hypertrophy
 •
JointHip Dysplasia ... Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease Knee ... Chondromalacia Patellae ... Osgood-Schlatter Disease • Patella ... #Algorithm #Orthopedics
Thessaly Test for Knee Meniscal Tear

The test is positive if there is medial or lateral joint
Knee Meniscal Tear ... medial or lateral joint ... #Knee #Meniscal ... #video #physicalexam ... #msk #orthopedics
Thomas' Test for Hip Flexure Contracture

Thomas' Test assesses for hip flexure contracture.
One hip is maximally flexed
One hip is maximally ... flexes at the knee ... rises off the table ... Contracture #PhysicalExam ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
		-
Fever/Chills/Joint ... Ligamentous injuries - Meniscal ... fracture - Patellar ... - Aneurysmal bone ... #msk #physicalexam
Thessaly Test for Knee Meniscal Tear

The test is positive if there is medial or lateral joint
Knee Meniscal Tear ... medial or lateral joint ... #Knee #Meniscal ... #Injury #Tear # ... #msk #orthopedics
Thessaly Test for Knee Meniscal Tear

The test is positive if there is medial or lateral joint
Knee Meniscal Tear ... medial or lateral joint ... #Knee #Meniscal ... #Injury #Tear # ... #msk #orthopedics
Extreme Patellofemoral Joint Instability (PFJI)

In this video you can see an extreme rare case of bilateral
from frank acute patellar ... 4️⃣core, and hip ... with recurrent patella ... Clinical #Video #PhysicalExam ... #Sports #Orthopedics
Positive Varus Stress Test in LCL Injury

Interesting knee injury in a young basketball player who landed
Positive Varus Stress Test ... Interesting knee ... able to perform ... Clinical #Video #PhysicalExam ... #Sports #Orthopedics
McMurray's Test for Meniscal Tear on Knee Examination

With the patient lying supine, the examiner palpates the
joint line while ... injury. ... #Meniscus #Knee ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #msk #orthopedics