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Epicondylitis - Lateral: Focal epicondyle tenderness, decreased grip strength, pain with resisted wrist extension. Medial: Focal
Epicondylitis - Lateral ... with resisted wrist ... flexion and forearm ... #Diagnosis #EM # ... #Golf #ALiEM
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
Dislocation On lateral ... ("apple") should ... tea cup") which should ... onto outstretched hand ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Motor Function Shoulder ... - C6, C7, C8 Elbow ... Pronation - C7, C8 Wrist ... Anterior Shoulder ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis
Orthopedic Dislocations (Shoulder, Elbow and Hip) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Shoulder Dislocation
 • Fall on the
, Elbow and Hip) ... - Diagnosis and ... the humeral head laterally ... common), Anterior, Lateral ... #Elbow #Hip #Diagnosis
Cozen’s Test for Lateral Epicondylitis ("Tennis Elbow")

Also known as the "resisted wrist extension test".  
With
the "resisted wrist ... pronated, hand ... dorsiflex the wrist ... The examiner should ... Video by Danielle
Lateral Epicondylitis Corticosteroid Injection

Lateral epicondylitis injection. Easy. Find point of maximal tenderness on palpating and should
tenderness on palpating and ... should localize ... extension of the wrist ... Epicondylitis #elbow ... #clinical #video
Labral tear - O'Brien Test - 1. Position patient's shoulder in 90 degree flexion, elbow extended,
Position patient's shoulder ... degree flexion, elbow ... degrees adducted (medial ... supinated (thumb up) #Diagnosis ... #Test #OBrien #ALiEM
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
weird joints (shoulders ... , wrists, elbows ... disease states Pathophysiology ... , MCP, or shoulder ... , elbow • Nocturnal
Scoliosis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings (Cobb Angle > 10 Degrees)

 • Incr Axial rotation of thoracic
cage) • Incr lateral ... Iliac Crests, Shoulders ... axial rotation ... #Scoliosis #pathophysiology ... #msk #diagnosis
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
Differential Diagnosis ... • Mutism Pathophysiology ... dysfunction to the bilateral ... flexed at the elbow ... neurology #comatose #diagnosis