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Radiculopathy: Signs and Symptoms
 • Back/Neck Pain
 • Decr Range of motion
 • Abnormal posturing
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and Symptoms ... can happen) • Muscle ... reflexes (at those muscles ... intense, 10/10) • Sensory ... Radiculopathy #MSK
Myelopathy - Injury to the entire spinal cord - Signs and Symptoms
 • Ataxia (early sign)
spinal cord - Signs ... and Symptoms ... Ataxia (early sign ... Hypertonicity (muscles ... #symptoms #msk
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
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
yrs old; F>M Signs ... /Symptoms: - Fever ... palpation - Vasculitic ... skin lesions - Muscle-soreness ... #Symptoms #Vasculitis
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 ... are purely sensory ... palpable mass Sensory ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK ... differential #diagnosis #signs
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Paresthesia of 5th and medial half of 4th
test • + Tinel sign ... • Hypothenar muscle ... • + Froment's sign ... + Wartenbergs sign ... #symptoms #msk
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Clinical findings and Complications
Signs/Symptoms: 
 - Headache (usually constant, superimposed by waves
Complications Signs ... /Symptoms: - ... pulsatile - Masseter muscle ... Complications #Signs ... #Vasculitis
Patellofemoral Syndrome - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Knee Pain with possible symptoms of 'catching'
findings • Anterior Knee ... with possible symptoms ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #msk
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
lumbar spine Signs ... / Symptoms / Complications ... Anesthesia • Sensory ... CaudaEquina #Syndrome #MSK ... #signs
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
findings: • Symptoms ... and signs below ... abnormal often- Sensory ... • Weakness • Sensory ... loss: Sensory level