Differential Diagnosis of the Musculoskeletal System Flashcards
Burning or aching in heel, pain with activity, swelling, thickening in tendon, morning stiffness, weakness due to pain
Achilles Tendonitis
Pop, click, giving way/buckling
ACL Sprain
Acute: pain below elbow, can’t sleep due to pain, muscle guarding.
Chronic: pain in brachial region, not awakened by pain, capsular stiffness
Adhesive Capsulitis
Slouched posture, morning stiffness, back pain for at least 3 months
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Cylinder/Sausage-like limbs
Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita
Fever, red, edema, pain, warm, tender, swollen glands, chills
Cellulitis
Weakness and paresthesia in lower extremity progressing to upper extremity
Charcot-Marie Tooth Disease
“Dinner fork” deformity, can compress median nerve if excessive edema
Colle’s Fracture
Asymmetrical hip abduction with tightness and femoral shortening of involved side
Congenital Hip Dysplasia
SB to same side as contracture, rotation to opposite side; facial asymmetries
Congenital Torticollis
No fever, red, edema, pain, itchy, open sores
Dermatitis
Gowers maneuver, pseudohypertrophy of calf, proximal muscle weakness, inability to ambulate by 10
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Mild pain deep within the shoulder, pain with overhead activities, painful arc (70-120), TTP of bicipital groove & greater trochanter
Impingement Syndrome
<16 years old, painful/stiff joints; Systemic, Polyarticular, or Oligoarticular / Pauciarticulara
JRA
Pain anterior/distal to lateral epicondyle that worsens with repetition and resisted wrist extension
Lateral Epicondylitis
Antalgic gait, positive Trendelenburg sign
Legg-Calve Perthes Disease
Pain, swelling, antalgic gait, decreased ROM, feeling of instability
MCL Sprain
Joint locking, catching, popping, buckling, pain, swelling
Meniscus Tear
Taut palpable band of muscle that may (active) or may not (latent) be tender; trigger points
Myofascial Pain Syndrome
Stiffness in hands and weight bearing joints, nodes, pain after exercise, enlarged joints
Osteoarthritis (OA)
Point tenderness over the patella tendon at tibial tubercle, antalgic gait, pain with increased activity
Osgood-Schlatter Disease
Anterior knee pain, pain with prolonged sitting, swelling, crepitus, pain with stairs
Patellofemoral Syndrome
May be asymptomatic, swelling, mild pain, feeling of femur sliding off the tibia
PCL Sprain
TTP at insertion, heel spur, pain is worse in morning or after periods of prolonged inactivity, difficulty with prolonged standing, pain when walking in bare feet
Plantar Fasciitis
