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RICE: Mechanism of Action
Rest (weight bearing or stressful motion discontinued)
Ice (applied to injury)
Compression (wrap applied to
RICE: Mechanism ... Rest (weight bearing ... Ice (applied to injury ... heart) #RICE #Sports ... #MSK
Low Ankle Sprain: Pathomechanics and Clinical Findings

Grading Ligament Sprains
l: Minimal ligament disruption, mild swelling & tenderness,
ligament substance leading ... ligament substance leading ... (uncommonly injured ... LowAnkleSprain #Sports ... #MSK #orthopedics
Open Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
Gustilo-Anderson Classification:
 • Type I
   - Wound <
Open Fractures: Mechanisms ... Typically "inside out" injury ... Complications #MSK ... #Orthopedics
Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
• Avulsion or shearing ... injury -> Ligaments ... FemoralHead #Fractures #msk ... signs #symptoms #orthopedics
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 ... Grades #Grading #Orthopedics ... #MSK #diagnosis
Isolated Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Feeling a "pop"
 • Acute
Ligament (ACL) Injury ... clinical findings • Feeling ... AnteriorCruciateLigament #ACL #Injury ... #MSK #Sports #pathophysiology
Fracture Healing (and disruptors of this process)
Inflammatory Stage (0-7d)
 • Fracture disrupts local blood vessels ->
Fracture Healing ... time, mechanisms ... #Fracture #Healing ... #Stages #Orthopedics ... #msk #Staging #