Applied Muscularskeletal Flashcards
Clues for muscle disease in older infants and children (11)
Floppy baby Delayed milestones Trouble walking/running Trouble climbing stairs/Getting up from sitting Tripping and falling Fatigue Double vision at the end of the day Muscle Pain Difficulty swallowing Garbled speech after eating cold food (myotonia?) Trouble letting go of objects
Perinatal clues for muscle disease (4)
Reduced Intra-uterine movement
Neonatal respiratory distress
Poor Suck
Reduced limb activity
Congenital absence of ____ is associated with _____
- Pectoralis major
Isolated
Congenital absence of ____ is associated with _____
- Depressor labii oris
Congenital heart disease
Congenital absence of ____ is associated with _____
- Pectoralis muscle
leukemia
Congenital absence of ____ is associated with _____
- Temporalis
Myotonia
Wasting 1’ muscle degeneration
Disuse
Wasting 2’ (2)
Anterior horn cell dse
Peripheral nerve dse
T/F Genital hemihypertrophy involves _____% of the body and is considered ________
50%
SERIOUS
Isolated hypertrophy of calf muscles
Duchenne Dystrophy
Type of hypertrophy seen in congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Generalized
Fasciculation of muscle bundles is seen in conditions associated with irritation of
Anterior horn cell
- Polio
- Werdnig-Hoffmann
Palpation of an induration over muscle is seen in (3)
Dermatomyositis
Infectious myositis
Pyomyositis
Tenderness on palpation of muscles is seen in
Dermatomyositis
Trichinosis
Percussion
Contraction on percussion + delayed relaxation
Best tested on _____ muscle
Myotonia congenita
Biceps
Testing Muscle strength
Ant neck flexors
Get up from supine
Testing Muscle strength
Trapezius
Shrug shoulders
Testing Muscle strength
Deltoids
Elevate arms over head
Testing Muscle strength
Biceps
Flex elbow
Palm facing upwards
Testing Muscle strength
Quadriceps
Sit on edge of table w/popliteal space flush
Extend knee
Testing Muscle strength
Gluteus medius
R lateral side
Flex knee
Abduct hip on L side
Testing Muscle strength
Gluteus maximus
Prone
Knees flexed
Lift hip off table
Testing Muscle strength
Gastrocnemius and soleus
Using sole of foot, push down on examiner’s palm
Pattern of weakness
Dermatomyositis
Proximal
Pattern of weakness
Peripheral neuritis
Distal extremity weakness
Pattern of weakness
One sided weakness
Unilateral cerebral insult
Pattern of weakness
Unequal lower limb weakness
Myelomeningocele
Pattern of weakness
Equal lower limb weakness
Paraplegia
Activities of Daily living I - II - III - IV -
I Fully independent
II Most independent, minimal help required
III Wheelchair bound
IV Totally dependent
Clues in diagnosing muscle weakness
Myotonia
Mental retardation
Clues in diagnosing muscle weakness
Exaggerated reflexes
CNS dse
Clues in diagnosing muscle weakness
Fasciculations
Anterior horn cell disease
Clues in diagnosing muscle weakness
Rashes
Collagen vascular disease
Clues in diagnosing muscle weakness
Sensory changes
Peripheral nerve disease
Clues in diagnosing muscle weakness
Dark urine
Myoglobinuria
Gait
Waddling
Proximal muscle weakness around the hip
Gait
Toe walking
Duchenne or
Tight heel cord
Gait
Slapping gait
Peripheral neuropathy
Gait
High stepping gait
Posterior column lesion
History and PE
(+) Joint pain
(-) Swelling
Arthralgia
History and PE
(+) Joint Pain
(+) Swelling
Arthritis
History and PE: Etiology
Pain: Acute onset in 1 joint
Trauma or
Inflammation
History and PE: Etiology
Slow onset of pain
Collagen vascular disease
History and PE: Etiology
Generalized pain
Polyarticular
History and PE: Etiology
Pain in a joint for 1-2 days
Trauma
Infection
History and PE: Etiology
Pain in a joint for days or months
Collagen disease
History and PE:
Intense acute pain
Acute rheumatic fever or
Septic arthritis
(Acute onset could also be trauma or inflammation)
History and PE:
Extreme grades of pain
Vasomotor disease
History and PE:
Moderate pain
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
History and PE:
Arthritis w/no pain
Neuropathic joint
History and PE:
True migrating pain (Flitting-fleeting)
Acute rheumatic fever
Gonococcemia
History and PE:
Non-migrating pain
Collagen vascular disease
History and PE:
Pain worse on activity
Destructive joint dse
i.e. acute cartilaginous necrosis
History and PE:
Pain and stiffness early in the morning
Suggests JRA
History and PE:
Pain that interferes w/sleep
Vasomotor dse
Joint Bleeding
History and PE:
Growing pain
Septic arthritis
Osteomyelitis
Osteoid osteoma
Inspection
Involves 1 side of the joint
Peri-articular
Inspection
Swelling extends above and below joint
Cellulitis
Peri-articular swelling involves 1 side of joint
Inspection
True swelling w/_____ defined edges suggests __________
ill-defined
effusion in the joint
Inspection
___________ __________ = swelling of joint w/clear defined edges
Synovial thickening
Inspection
Sterno-clavicular swelling
- Acute: ?
- Chronic: ?
Acute - Gonococcemia
Chronic - Juvenile arthritis
Inspection: Etiology?
Obliteration of dimples of olecranon
Swelling of elbow
Inspection: Manifestation
Swelling of carpal joints
Limitation of wrist extension (seen dorsally)
Inspection: Etiology?
Clear, distal, oblique transverse edge
Swelling of extensor tendon sheath
Inspection: Etiology?
Diffuse swelling of dorsum of hand
Sickle cell disease
Tenosynovitis w/lymphedema or serum sickness
Inspection: Etiology?
Flexed, claw-like fingers
Flexor teno-synovitis
Clawhand - paralysis of ulnar nerve
Bifid Claw-like hand - Thalidomide
History and PE:
Swelling of plantar aspect w/tenderness
Ankylosing spondylitis
History and PE:
Swelling of sole and dorsum of feet
(-) Tenderness
Serum sickness
History and PE: Palpation
Heat and tenderness over the joint
Inflammatory arthritis
History and PE: Palpation
Flexor tendon tenderness upon percussion
Flexor tenosynovitis
History and PE: Palpation
Percussion of flexor aspect of wrist –> tingling sensation along outer 3 fingers
Carpal tunnel syndrome
T/F
Tenderness along femoral tibial edges of knee is a feature of arthritis
FALSE
NOT a feature
Most important point in testing for tenderness
Exclude tenderness of peri-articular structures
History and PE:
Test to elicit tenderness of sacro-iliac joint
Prezel
Hold and cross one lower limb over the other while crossing the opposite upper limb across the trunk. Hold the shoulder and knee, and do quick spring-like stretching
History and PE:
(+) Cashmere velvet feeling =
Hypertrophic synovium
History and PE:
(+) Crepitus on auscultation
- Along flexor tendons =
- Over tempero-mandibular joint =
Flexor tendons - Teno-synovitis of scleroderma
TMJ - JRA
Range of motion: How to test
Inferior cervical spine
Chin on chest
Range of motion: How to test
Atlanto-axial joint
Look up
Side to side
Range of motion: How to test
Lower cervical spine
Ear to shoulder
Range of motion: How to test
Abduction and internal rotation of shoulder
Arms above shoulders
Touch palms
Range of motion: How to test
Indian greeting tests what
Wrist ext
Elbow flexion
Range of motion: How to test/What are you testing
Distal and proximal interphalangeal joints
Bend fingers (scratching)
Range of motion: How to test/What are you testing
Metacarpo-phalangeal joints
Close the fist
Range of motion: How to test/What are you testing
Hip and knee flexion
Squat DOWN
if rising from squatting, test of strength (DUH!)
Range of motion: How to test/What are you testing
Trouble getting up? Suspect
Trouble sitting down? Suspect
Muscle
Joint
Range of motion: Hip
At rest, flexion + external rotation =
Effusion into hip joint
Range of motion: How to test/What are you testing
Hip rotation is best tested in what position
Prone
Range of motion: Etiology
Limitation of internal rotation of hip
Slipped epiphysis
Legg-Perthes disease
Range of motion:
Excessive external rotation of hip is normal up to _____
18 months
Range of motion: Etiology/Manifestation
Loss of full extension of knee
Arthritides
Range of motion: Etiology/Manifestation
Osgood-Schlatter disease
Pain below knee causing limitation of flexion
Torsional deformities of lower limb: Hip
In-toeing:
Out-toeing:
Femoral anteversion
Physiologic (infancy)
Torsional deformities of lower limb: Tibia
In-toeing:
Out-toeing:
Internal torsion
External torsion
Torsional deformities of lower limb: Foot
In-toeing:
Out-toeing:
Metatarsus adductus
Flat-foot or curved foot
Straight lateral border of foot =
Normal
Convexity of the lateral border of the foot =
Metatarsus adductus
Tibial torsion is best observed when child is in _____ position and thigh _________
Prone
Flexed to 90’
Normal Thigh foot angle =
10-30’
Thigh foot angle =
Internal tibial torsion (normal first 2 years of life)
Excessive external rotation and limitation of internal rotation is normal up to
18m of life
Internal rotation normally:
Internal rotation >70’
Femoral anteversion
Toddler gait: When child walks in straight line, feet make an angle of \_\_\_\_ in external rotation \_\_\_\_ in-toeing \_\_\_\_ out-toeing
10’
>10’
>30’
Testing genu varum, valgum, flat foot and pronated foot
With medial malleoli touching, there must be _________ space between medial condyles
(5cm)
Testing genu varum, valgum, flat foot and pronated foot
Genu varum
Space between medial condyles:
Normal until
Bowleg
>2 inches
Physiologic until 2.5 years old
Testing genu varum, valgum, flat foot and pronated foot
Genu valgum
Space between medial condyle:
Normal at what age
Knock knee
Normal betwee 2-5 years
Testing genu varum, valgum, flat foot and pronated foot
Pronated feet: definition -
Where is weight
Outward curvature of tendo-achilles
Inside edge of sole
Functional test for joint problems:
Duration of morning stiffness
Rheumatic dse
Functional test for joint problems:
Grip strength of 6-10 y/o
120 mmHg
Spine: Inspection
Young child w/
Short neck or Elevated shoulder
+ Scholiosis
Hemi-vertebrae
Spine: Inspection
Child walking extremely to avoid pain suggests
Intervertebral disc inflammation
Spine: Inspection
Bunch of hair over lower end of spine suggests
Lipo-meningocele
Spina bifida occulta?
Spine: Inspection
Dimple at lower end of spine (2)
Sacrococcygeal dimple
Pilonidal sinus
Spine: Inspection Curves - Cervical - - Thorax - - Lumbar
C curve
Convex
C Curve
Loss of C curve in cervical spine = (2)
JRA
Tuberculosis of the spine
Spine: Inspection
Prominent thoracic curve
Kyphosis
i.e. morquio disease
Spine: Inspection
Distinct angle at apex of kyphosis =
Indicates:
Gibbus
Fracture/collapse of vertebrae
Spine: Inspection
Loss of lumbar lordosis seen in
Ankylosing spondylitis
Spine: Inspection
Prominent lordosis is d/t (3)
Familial
Developmental (N up to 7-8 yo)
Hip flexion
Spine: Scoliosis
Five (5) physical clues
Elevated shoulder on one side Unequal bra cup size Family history of scoliosis Prominent scapula Leg length discrepancy
Spine: Scoliosis
How to perform Hump Test
Bend fwd
Spine: Scoliosis
Modified Schober’s tests for
Mobility of lumbar spine
Mark midline over spine 10cm above 1st point
Another mark 5cm below first point.
Patient bends forward and points should be at least 7cm apart
Hand:
Handedness established at
What if earlier?
2.5-3 years old
Earlier suggests hemiplegia
Hand:
Tremors at rest (2)
Essential
Wilson’s
Hand:
Tremor in sustained posture (4)
Anxiety
Fatigue
Thyrotoxicosis
Cerebellar dse
Hand: Intention tremor (2)
Cerebellar dse
Stress
Hand:
Inability to sustain grasp =
Chorea
Hand:
Writhing movements in distal part of body =
athetosis
Hand:
Flopping movement of outstretched hand =
Seen in
Asterixis (liver flap)
Seen in hepatic failure (Reye’s syndrome)
Hand:
Loss of abduction and extension of thumb d/t
Radial nerve paralysis
Hand:
Loss of ADduction of thumb
Ulnar nerve paralysis
Hand:
Apposition of thumb d/t
Median nerve paralysis
Hand: Size
Achondroplasia
Small
Hand: Size
Gigantism
Large
Hand: Size
Long hands w/spidery fingers (2)
Arachnodactyl
Homocystinuria
Hand: Size
Hypoplasia of radial aspect of hand (2)
Holt-Oram syndrome
Fanconi Syndrome
Hand: Shape
Mitten hand + Fused fingers
Apert
Hand: Shape
Apert syndrome =
Mitten hand w/fused fingers
Hand: Shape
Bifid claw-like hand
Thalidomide syndrome
Hand: Position
Policeman receiving tip d/t
Brachial plexus paralysis
Hand: Position
Wrist drop
Radial nerve paralysis
Hand: Position
Claw hand
Ulnar nerve paralysis
Bifid clawlike = thalidomide
Claw-like fingers = flexor tenosynovitis
Hand: Position
Ulnar deviation of hand +
Volar subluxation of the wrist
JRA
Rashes and Nodules:
Vesicular lesions are seen in: (6)
Scabies Herpes simplex Chicken pox Epidermolysis bullosa Congenital Syphilis Gonococcemia
Rashes and Nodules:
Pustules are seen in (2)
Impetigo
Infected scabies
Rashes and Nodules:
Lesion in Rheumatoid arthritis
Nodular
Rashes and Nodules:
Purpuric (2)
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Meningococcemia
Rashes and Nodules:
Tips of fingers in scleroderma
Vasculitic
Fingers:
Short fingers of equal length are seen in (2)
Hypothyroidism
Achondroplasia (banana bunch fingers)
Fingers:
Trident sign
Acondroplasia
Fingers:
Polydactyl is seen in (2)
Ellis-Van Creveld syndrome
Trisomy 13
Fingers:
Syndactyl is seen in (3)
Apert Syndrome
de Lange syndrome
Prader Willi Syndrome
Fingers:
Uniformly swollen
Slight flexion
Tender along tendon sheaths
Acute tenosynovitis
Fingers:
Triggering (locking) of fingers suggests
Nodules along flexor tendons
Fingers:
Flexion deformity of little finger
Seen in (3)
Inherited via
Camptodactyl
Down
Carpenter
Aarskog
Simple dominant gene
Fingers:
Shortening of radial aspect of middle phalanx resulting to radial deflection of terminal phalanx
Seen in: M/F?
Normal: ?
Clindodactyl
Females
0.3% of normal population
Fingers:
Hypoplasia of metacarpal bones of all fingers is seen in (2)
Coffin-siris syndrome
Cri-du-chat
Fingers:
Hypoplasia of 4th metacarpal causes dimple. Seen in
Pseudo-hypo-parathyroidism
Fingers:
Patient clenches fist w/thumb inside palm. Tip of thumb protrudes past ulnar border of palm.
(+) in
(-) in
THUMB SIGN
(+) Marfan
(-) Homocystunuria
Thumb:
Abnormality: Triphalangeal thumb
Associated Syndrome:
Holt-Oram
Thumb:
Abnormality: Thumb Aplasia
Associated Syndrome:
13q syndrome
Thumb:
Abnormality: Broad thumb
Associated Syndrome:
Rubinstein-Taybi
Thumb:
Abnormality: Proximal placement of thumb
Associated Syndrome:
18q syndrome
Thumb:
Abnormality: Flexed thumb
Associated Syndrome:
Arthrogryposis
Thumb:
Abnormality: Bifid thumb
Associated Syndrome:
Translocation 3/13
Dermatoglyphics:
Three components
Flexion creases
Ridge arrangement of palms
Finger patterns
Dermatoglyphics:
2 distal creases fuse and run as single crease along entire palm to ulnar border of palm =
Seen in
Simian crease
Down (NOT pathonomonic)
Dermatoglyphics:
2 transverse creases
Proximal runs across entire palm
Seen in:
Sydney line
Congenital rubella syndrome
Dermatoglyphics:
2-3 creases over proximal interphalangeal joints
1 over distal interphalangeal joints
Normal
Dermatoglyphics:
2 creases over palmar aspect of distal interphalangeal joints are seen in
Sickle cell disease
Ankylosing Spondylitis: Arthritis of the \_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ disease Early symptoms: (2) Age:
Arthritis of spine Immune disease (auto?) Early: Back pain + Stiffness Late adolescence or early adulthood Fuse vertebrae together
_______ ________ Disease
Idiopathic Osteo-necrosis of capital femoral epiphysis of femoral head
Legg Perthes Disease
Legg Perthes
- Cause
- Location (2), referred to (1)
- Pain (2)
- Quality of pain (2)
- History of trauma?
Idiopathic osteo-necrosis of capital femoral epiphysis of femoral head
Hip/Groin –> Thigh
Mild/Intermittent in Ant thigh or knee
NO history of trauma
MC cause of knee pain in adolescent
Prognosis:
Osgood-Schlatter (Osteo-chondritis) Dis-ecans
Benign/Self limited
Pain + Edema in tibial tubercle
Associated w/traction apophysitis of _____ tubercle
Due to __________ on the ___________ ossification center
Osgood-Schlatter (Osteo-chondritis)
Tibeal
Repetitive strain on 2’ ossification center of tibial tubercle
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Mucopolysaccharidosis type \_\_\_\_ INC clumsiness Mild coarsening of facial features Corneal clouding Hepatomegaly Odontoid hypoplasia Exercise intolerance
Morquio Disease
_____________ Disease
Inheritance
Liver dse manifestations (jaundice, varices, spider angiomas, palmar erythema)
Neuro-psychiatric
___________ rings
Arthropathy ressembles premature osteo-arthritis
________ anemia
Wilson’s
Rare AR
Kayser-Fleischer rings
Hemolytic anemia
Fanconi Syndrome \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of kidneys excrete \_\_\_\_(3)\_\_\_\_\_ into urine Evidenced by \_\_\_(4)\_\_\_\_\_ in urine INC or DEC? Potassium INC or DEC? in Vit. D
Fanconi Syndrome Proximal tubules secrete \_\_\_\_\_\_ into urine - Glucose - AA - Phosphate
Evidenced by: Glucose, Citrate, AA, Phosphate in urine
Hypokalemia
Vit D deficiency
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Syndrome X-linked Ocular hyper-telorism Anteverted nostrils Broad \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ lip Scrotal "Shawl" \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ the penis \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ hands
Carpenter and Aarskog Syndrome
Broad upper lip
Shawl Above penis
Small hands
______________ Syndrome
- rare congenital
- Sex predilection (?)
- Delay: mental or developmental
- Coarse facial features
- Incompletely formed or absent ______
- Absent 5th finger
Coffin-Siris Syndrome
Females
BOTH Mental and developmental
5th fingernails
_____________ syndrome
- Multisystem
- Growth retardation & and delayed ______ age
- Mental retardation
- Craniofacial dysmorphism
- Hyper-telorism
- ___________ nose
- ___________ thumbs and toes
- Breathing and swallowing difficulties
Rubinstein-Taybi
- Delayed bone age
- Broad nasal bridge
- Abnormally large or “beak-shaped” nose
- Broad thumbs and toes
__________________
Progressive or non-progressive?
Multiple joint contractions present at birth
Extremities are ________ or _________ in shape
Thin SQ Tissues and absent skin creases
Deformities are (symmetric or asymmetric?)
Severity increases (distally or proximally?)
_________ and ______ are most deformed
Joint rigidity and dislocation (esp ____ and _____)
Atrophy
Sensation (+/-? )
DTR (+/-?)
- Arthrogryposis
- Non-progressive
- Extremities are fusiform or cylindrical
- Deformities are symmetric
- Severity increases distally
- Hands and feet most deformed
- Sensation intact
- DtR diminished or absent