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Passive Straight Leg Raise Test for Low Back Pain and Sciatica

A passive straight leg raise should
for Low Back Pain ... 70 degrees of hip ... flexion. ... radiculopathy #Spine ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
• Severe low back ... Differential Diagnosis ... infarct • HIV ... • Provocative Tests ... absent anal wink test
Seated Flexion Test for Sacroiliac Dysfunction

In the seated flexion test the patient should have their feet
Seated Flexion Test ... superior iliac spine ... Video via @open_michigan ... #Dysfunction #Hip ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Thomas' Test for Hip Flexibility

Patient lays supine, one hip is maximally flexed to the patient's chest,
flattening the lumbar spine ... flexor pathology ... Flexor #contracture ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Standing Flexion Test for Sacroiliac Dysfunction

The standing flexion test assesses for lumbosacral, sacroiliac, or pelvic dysfunction.
The
superior iliac spine ... superior iliac spine ... Video via @open_michigan ... #Dysfunction #Hip ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
Differential Diagnosis ... Unresponsive wakefulness syndrome ... • Locked-in syndrome ... • Vestibulo-ocular ... wrists flexed back
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
ulceration • Ocular ... white matter, spinal ... Positive pathergy test ... is a skin prick test ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential Diagnosis ... Viral: VZV, HSV, HIV ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... Symptoms: • Back ... spinalcord #disorders #diagnosis
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
of Tuberculosis Spinal ... bowel dysfunction, back ... Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... (IRIS): • In HIV ... #Tuberculosis #diagnosis
Ober's Test for TFL/ITB Inflammation

With the patient in the lateral position, affected side up.  The
Ober's Test for ... the bottom knee, flexing ... Iliotibial #Band #Syndrome ... knee #clinical #video ... #sports #msk #orthopedics