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Amsterdam Wrist Rules
Rules that dictate which patients require imaging based on the likelihood of wrist fracture
Amsterdam Wrist ... Visible deformity, Tender ... Visible deformity, Tender ... radiology #msk #orthopedics ... #diagnosis
Achilles Tendon Rupture - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • The Achilles tendon is 15cm long in
Achilles Tendon ... etiology Signs/Symptoms ... TendonRupture #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms ... pathophysiology #msk #orthopedics
Eichhoff's Test in de Quervain's Tenosynovitis

1) Patient makes a fist with fingers wrapped around the thumb
2)
reproduction of patient's symptoms ... pollicis brevis tendons ... #sports #msk #orthopedics ... #rheumatology # ... wrist
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: Pathogenesis, clinical, and radiographic findings

Trauma, Fall on, outstretched arm, Overhead throwing => Abduction
strength of muscle, tendon ... nerves, muscles, tendons ... #Dislocation #Diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms ... #msk #orthopedics
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
3
distal to elbows/wrists ... thickening Signs and Symptoms ... Scleroderma #SSc #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #testing
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... pylori test (GI symptoms ... ), (neurologic/psychiatric ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Causes #Workup #hematology
Median Nerve Tension Test (Upper-Limb Neurodynamic Tests, ULNT1)

To assess for Median Nerve Peripheral Neuropathy

Shoulder abduction →
Median Nerve Tension ... forearm supination → wrist ... positive with symptom ... Median #Nerve #Tension ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Adjacent bursa • Tendon ... or nerve root Symptoms ... Joint #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... #differential #diagnosis
Schizotypal Personality Disorder (SPD): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Cognitive-Perceptual
 • Magical thinking - Belief in paranormal or
, and does not tend ... PersonalityDisorder #Diagnosis ... #Psychiatry #Criteria ... #Signs #Symptoms
Common Forms of Arthritis in the Hands

Acute Rheumatoid Arthritis 
Tender, painful, stiff joints in rheumatoid arthritis,
Rheumatoid Arthritis Tender ... metacarpophalangeal, and wrist ... #Hands #Types #Rheumatology ... #Forms #Diagnosis