Back Pain and Sciatica Flashcards
1
Q
what condition presents with back pain worse on coughing?
A
slipped disc
2
Q
red flags in back pain
A
failure to improve after 4-6 weeks
night pain/ pain at rest
progressive sensory or motor neurological deficit
3
Q
presentation of cauda equina
A
bilateral sciatica urinary incontinence leg weakness reduced anal tone loss of perianal sensation male sexual dysfunction
4
Q
define Erb’s palsy
A
injury to upper brachial plexus (waiter’s tip)
associated with shoulder dystocia
5
Q
define Klumpke’s palsy?
A
injury to lower brachial plexus presenting with claw hand
6
Q
what does a positive simmond’s test indicate?
A
achilles tendon rupture