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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Anterior Cord Syndrome ... • Central Cord Syndrome ... #Syndromes #diagnosis ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #neurology
Classification of Pelvic Ring Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
 • Anterior Posterior Compression (APC) -
Ring Fractures: Mechanisms ... possible vascular injury ... - Type 1 or 2 injury ... #Grading #Orthopedics ... #MSK #diagnosis
Low Ankle Sprain: Pathomechanics and Clinical Findings

Grading Ligament Sprains
l: Minimal ligament disruption, mild swelling & tenderness,
(uncommonly injured ... LowAnkleSprain #Sports ... #MSK #orthopedics ... #Grading #Grades ... #Diagnosis #pathophysiology
Open Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
Gustilo-Anderson Classification:
 • Type I
   - Wound <
Open Fractures: Mechanisms ... Typically "inside out" injury ... Open #Fractures #Diagnosis ... Complications #MSK ... #Orthopedics
RICE: Mechanism of Action
Rest (weight bearing or stressful motion discontinued)
Ice (applied to injury)
Compression (wrap applied to
RICE: Mechanism ... Ice (applied to injury ... wrap applied to injured ... heart) #RICE #Sports ... #MSK
Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
Avulsion or shearing injury ... FemoralHead #Fractures #msk ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... signs #symptoms #orthopedics
Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Injury: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Classification of PCL Iniuries
 • Partial: Translation <
Some sort of end ... PCL: The PCL is injured ... PosteriorCruciateLigament #PCL #Injury ... #MSK #Sports #pathophysiology ... classification #diagnosis
Shoulder Impingement Syndrome (SIS): Signs and Symptoms

Repetitive Overhead Activity, Scapular Dyskinesis -> Scapulohumeral mechanics become altered
Shoulder Impingement Syndrome ... Scapulohumeral mechanics ... #Impingement #Syndrome ... #SIS #diagnosis ... signs #symptoms #msk
Fracture Healing (and disruptors of this process)
Inflammatory Stage (0-7d)
 • Fracture disrupts local blood vessels ->
healing time, mechanisms ... Healing #Stages #Orthopedics ... #msk #Staging # ... pathophysiology #diagnosis