CH 3: Red flags for cervical spine and shoulder Flashcards
What condition has red flags for chest pain?
Myocardial infarction
What condition has red flags for pallor, sweating, dyspnea, nausea, and palpitations?
Myocardial infarction
What condition has red flags for presence of risk factors: previous history of coronary artery disease, hypertension, smoking, diabetes, elevated blood serum cholesterol (>240 mg/dL)?
Myocardial infarction
What condition has red flags for men >40 years old, women >50 years old?
Myocardial infarction
What condition has red flags for major trauma such as motor vehicle accident or a fall from a height?
Cervical ligamentous instabilities with possible cord compromise
What condition has red flags for rheumatoid arthritis or ankylosing spondylitis?
Cervical ligamentous instabilities with possible cord compromise
What condition has red flags for oral contraceptive use?
Cervical ligamentous instabilities with possible cord compromise
What condition has red flags for long tract neurological signs especially present in more than one extremity, dizziness, nystagmus, vertigo with head/neck movements and positions, clonus, and positive Babinski’s sign?
Cervical ligamentous instabilities with possible cord compromise
What condition has red flags for paresthesias?
Cervical and shoulder girdle peripheral entrapment neuropathies
What condition has red flags for pain present at rest and possible with retrograde distribution?
Cervical and shoulder girdle peripheral entrapment neuropathies
What condition has red flags for muscles innervated that are tender to palpate?
Cervical and shoulder girdle peripheral entrapment neuropathies
What condition has red flags for muscles and sensory distribution that follow a specific nerve pattern?
Cervical and shoulder girdle peripheral entrapment neuropathies
What condition has red flags for weakness of shoulder abduction?
Spinal accessory nerve
What condition has red flags for inability to shrug shoulders?
Spinal accessory nerve
What condition has red flags for dull pain, weakness, and drooping of shoulder?
Spinal accessory nerve
What condition has red flags for lack of scapular stabilization?
Spinal accessory nerve
What condition has red flags for weakness of shoulder abduction and flexion?
Axillary nerve
What condition has red flags for lack of sensation of lateral aspect of upper arm?
Axillary nerve
What condition has red flags for serratus anterior weakness with scapula winging?
Long thoracic nerve
What condition has red flags for loss of scapulohumeral rhythm?
Long thoracic nerve
What condition has red flags that have presentation similar to rotator cuff tear because of wasting of supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles?
Suprascapular nerve
What condition has red flags of loss of strength in abduction and external rotation of shoulder?
Suprascapular nerve
What condition has red flags in men >50 years with history of smoking?
Pancoast’s tumor (superior sulcus lung tumor)
What condition has red flags of nagging type pain in shoulder and along the vertebral border of scapula?
Pancoast’s tumor (superior sulcus lung tumor)
What condition has red flags of pain that has progressed from nagging to burning in nature, often extending down arm and into ulnar nerve distribution?
Pancoast’s tumor (superior sulcus lung tumor)
