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Radiculopathy: Signs and Symptoms
 • Back/Neck Pain
 • Decr Range of motion
 • Abnormal posturing
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can happen) • Muscle ... reflexes (at those muscles ... intense, 10/10) • Sensory ... Radiculopathy #MSK ... #diagnosis #signs
Clarke's Test (Patellar Grind Test)

Indicates Patellofemoral dysfunction.
 - Patient with knee in extension. Push posterior on
- Patient with knee ... of patella then ask ... the quadriceps muscle ... - Positive sign ... Patellofemoral #msk
Causes of Peripheral Weakness - With and Without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
With Sensory Changes:
Changes - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Myopathy - Proximal muscle ... #Neurology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Myelopathy - Injury to the entire spinal cord - Signs and Symptoms
 • Ataxia (early sign)
spinal cord - Signs ... Ataxia (early sign ... Hypertonicity (muscles ... #Myelopathy #diagnosis ... #msk
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Paresthesia of 5th and medial half of 4th
test • + Tinel sign ... • Hypothenar muscle ... • + Froment's sign ... CubitalTunnel #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #symptoms #msk
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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LFCN is a purely sensory ... • Before diagnosis ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK ... pathophysiology #differential ... #diagnosis #signs
Unilateral / Asymmetric Lower Extremity Swelling - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Acute:
 • DVT *Can't Miss Diagnosis
 •
Extremity Swelling - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... • Muscle Injury ... Cyst, Cellulitis, Knee ... Extremity #Swelling #Differential
Spinal Cord Injury by Nerve Root Levels
Spinal Root	Sensory	Motor	Reflex
C4	Acromioclavicular Joint	Respiration	None
C5	Radial Antecubital Fossa	Elbow Flexion	Biceps Reflex
C6	Dorsal Thumb	Wrist Extension	Brachioradialis Reflex
C7	Dorsal
Levels Spinal Root Sensory ... Dermatomes Abdominal Muscles ... Femoral Condyle Knee ... NerveRoots #Levels #differential ... #diagnosis #Neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Cord Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... • Symptoms and signs ... spinalcord #disorders #diagnosis ... #neurology #differential
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
lumbar spine Signs ... Anesthesia • Sensory ... CaudaEquina #Syndrome #MSK ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #symptoms #signs