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What are the 3 classifications of scoliosis according to age?

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Infantile (0-3 y.o)
Juvenile (3-10 y.o)
Adolescent (Over 10 y.o)

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What is the most common type of scoliosis?

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Adolescent (usually females over 10 y.o)

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T/F: Functional scoliosis can be corrected w/ forward and lateral bending.

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True

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Scoliosis due to muscle spasm or pain is considered functional or structural?

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Functional

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What is a segmental hemivertebra?

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Partial vertebra that is not attached to another (makes up it’s own segment) as compared to nonsegmental, which is still attached to a separate, complete vertebra

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A thoracic curvature in which direction is typically associated with spinal cord abnormalities?

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Left Thor Curve

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Café au lait spots are associated with what condition?

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Neurofibromatosis

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What is the most common tumor that causes painful scoliosis?

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Osteoid osteoma

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If a lateral curve persists upon lateral bending, is the problem structural or non-structural?

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Structural

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If a lateral curve persists upon lateral bending, is the problem structural or non-structural?

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Structural

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Risser’s Sign uses which site of ossification to grade skeletal maturity?

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Iliac apophyses

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Greulich and Pyle use which feature to grade skeletal maturity?

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(Left Hand); the number of carpals minus one=age…works up to six years old

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Bracing is recommended for scoliosis in which 3 instances?

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  1. Curves progressing to larger than 25deg
  2. Curves between 30 & 45deg
  3. Risser Sign 0, 1, 2 and less than 6 months from the onset of menses in girls
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Bracing is recommended for scoliosis in which 3 instances?

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  1. Curves progressing to larger than 25deg
  2. Curves between 30 & 45deg
  3. Risser Sign 0, 1, 2 and less than 6 months from the onset of menses in girls
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15
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What is the CAT in CATBITES?

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Congenital
Arthritis
Trauma

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What is the BITES in CATBITES?

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Blood
Infection
Tumor
Endocrine
Soft Tissue
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What is the BITES in CATBITES?

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Blood
Infection
Tumor
Endocrine
Soft Tissue
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What is the #1 arthritis in the US?

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Osteoarthritis

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Which arthritis incidence is actually decreasing?

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Rheumatoid; OA and Gout are increasing in incidence

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Which arthritis incidence is actually decreasing?

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Rheumatoid; OA and Gout are increasing in incidence

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Is rheumatoid arthritis degenerative or inflammatory?

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Inflammatory–>possible ankylosis

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If a patient is under the age of 20, what arthritis is most likely to occur?

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Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

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What is the significance of the ‘bare area’?

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Area of a joint not covered by cartilage, typically is the location of first signs of erosion

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Females are more likely to have DJD in their ___ & ___.

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Hands and knees

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Obese individuals have an increased incidence of DJD in the __ & ___.

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Knees and Hips

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What are osteophytes?

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Bony outgrowths in the locality of capsular insertion

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What are osteophytes?

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Bony outgrowths in the locality of capsular insertion

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What is subchondral sclerosis?

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Localized thickening of existing trabeculation, usually due to increased mechanical stress

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What is another term for subchondral sclerosis?

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Eburnation

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Enlarged soft tissue nodes of the DIP joints in the hand are also called ____’s nodes

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Heberden’s Nodes -DIP

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Enlarged soft tissue nodes of the PIP joints in the hand are also called ___’s nodes.

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Bouchard’s Nodes -PIP

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Which variant of DJD is unusually inflammatory, therefore is often confused with rheumatoid?

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Erosive Osteoarthritis, MC in middle aged females

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‘Gull-Wing’ appearance of the DIP joints is associated with which condition?

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Erosive osteoarthritis

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What would hallux rigidus present with?

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Pain and stiffness in the area of the 1st metatarsal-phalangeal joint

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What would hallux rigidus present with?

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Pain and stiffness in the area of the 1st metatarsal-phalangeal joint

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An enthesopathic change at the inferior aspect of the calcaneus goes by the common name of ___ ___.

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Heel spur

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37
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Does DJD typically attack the glenohumeral joint?

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Not without prior trauma

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Osteophytes from which joint can impinge upon the rotator cuff tendons?

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Acromioclavicular joint

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Superior migration of the humerus due to unopposed deltoid may result from which condition?

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Rotator cuff arthropathy

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Hydroxyapatitie Deposition Disease is most common within which tendon?

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Supraspinatus tendon

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41
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What are the three compartments of the knee joint?

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Medial tibiofemoral
Lateral tibiofemoral
Retropatellar

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42
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Which area of the knee takes the most weight-bearing responsibility?

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Medial Tibiofemoral

43
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Is ‘bowlegged’ individual considered genu valgus or genu varus?

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Genu Varus

44
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Where would you find pelligrini-steida calcifications?

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Medial Tibial Collateral Ligament

45
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What is the sesamoid bone found within the lateral head of the gastrocnemius?

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Fabella

46
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What are the two other names for intraarticular fragments?

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Joint mice, loose bodies

47
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What is SOM?

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Synovial tissue metaplasia produces cartilaginous masses (joint mice) that may ossify; common in the knee

48
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What is the slow growing, benign tumor of the synovium often affecting young to middle-aged adults?

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PVNS (Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis)

49
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What is buttressing?

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Thickening of the cortex associated with DJD of the medial femoral neck

50
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Which area of the hip joint takes the most strain from walking?

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Superior compartment

51
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What is malum coxae senilis?

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Literally means bad old hip; referring to osteoarthritis of the hips

52
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What is a geode?

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Large subchondral cyst

53
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What is acetabular protrusion?

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Severe medial hip migration that can be measured with the Koehler’s Line

54
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What are the 2 synonyms for protusio acetabuli?

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Acetabular Protrusion

Otto’s Pelvis

55
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In which individuals may acetabular protrusion be considered a normal variant?

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Females

56
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The type of neuropathic arthropathy that affects weight bearing joints?

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Hypertrophic

57
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Which joints are likely affected by hypertrophic neurotrophic arthropathy complicated by diabetes?

A

Talonavicular

Talometatarsal

58
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A ‘licked candy stick’ appearance is associated with what arthropathy?

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Atrophic neurotrophic arthropathy (also associated with the ‘cutoff’ sign)

59
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Where is DDD most common in the cervical spine? And in the lumbar spine?

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Cervicals= C5 & C6

Lumbars=L4 & L5

60
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What is the difference between outer disc degeneration (spondylosis deformans) and inner disc degeneration (intervertebral chondrosis)?

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Outer-has osteophytes

Inner-has reduced IVD space

61
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In what direction do osteophytes form?

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First horizontally, then vertically; sometimes producing the claw-like osteophytes

62
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What are the 4 signs associated with degenerative disc disease?

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Decr. disc height
Osteophytes
Endplate sclerosis
Vacuum (Knutson’s Phenomenon)

63
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What is Knutson’s Phenomenon?

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Radiolucent (dark) collections of nitrogen gas within annulus; best seen at anterior margin of IVD

64
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In the cervical spine, type __ modic changes are more common. Whereas in the lumbar spine, type __ modic changes are more common.

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C- Type 1 Modic changes (dark T1, bright T2)

L- Type 2 Modic changes (bright T1 and T2)

65
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What do each of the type of modic changes represent?

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Type 1= inflammation–>instability
Type 2= fat–>stability
Type 3= sclerosis

66
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What are the associations for posterior subluxation and anterior subluxation, respectively?

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Posterior sublux= DDD

Anterior sublux= Posterior joint arthrosis

67
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What are the 3 F’s of Degenerative Spondylolisthesis?

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Fourth Lumbar (L4)
Forty & Up (40+ y.o)
Female

68
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What areas are prone to degeneration of the zygapophyseal joints?

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Lower lumbar
Mid cervicals
Upper and middle thoracic spine

69
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What is an intercalary ossicle and what is it commonly confused with?

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Ossification within outer annulus; may look like a fractured osteophyte

70
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What is the average age of onset for Scheuermann’s Disease?

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13-17 y.o

71
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What are Schmorl’s Nodes?

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Radiolucent (dark) IVD displacement into the cancellous bone of the vertebral body; typically non-significant finding in children

72
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What is ochronosis?

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Very dense central calcification of the disc (Nucleus puplosus)

73
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What 3 conditions could present with annulus fibrosis calcification of the IVD?

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Pseudogout
Hemochromatosis
Hypervitaminosis D

74
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What is DISH?

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(Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis)

Hypertrophic changes to anterior vertebral body margins, mostly notes along the ALL

75
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What are the 2 other names for DISH?

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Ankylosing Hyperostosis

Forestier’s Disease

76
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With what group is DISH most common in?

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Males over 50; high incidence in diabetics

77
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What is enthesopathy?

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Osseous development at tendon or ligament insertion sites

78
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What disease is also known as ‘Japanese Disease’?

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Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (OPLL)

79
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OPLL is also found in what percent of DISH patients?

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40-50%

80
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What symptoms would bring an OPLL patient into your office?

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Sensory or motor disturbances of the legs
Difficulty walking
Paresthesia or diminished senses over gradually increasing areas

81
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What is the majority of mechanical low back pain due to?

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Lumbar sprain/strain

82
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What is the most serious side effect of a disc herniation?

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Cauda Equina Syndrome

83
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What is cauda equine syndrome?

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Compression of multiple nerve roots; symptoms of altered bowel/bladder fx, impotence, saddle paresthesia

84
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What is Lhermitte’s Sign?

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Flexion of the neck causing electric-like shock that radiates down spine and limbs; RED FLAG of myelopathy

85
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Lateral disc herniations of the cervical spine affect which nerve root?

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The nerve root below; C5 disc herniation affects C6 nerve root

86
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In the lumbar spine, what is the difference between a midline disc herniation and a foraminal disc herniation?

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Midline- affects nerve root BELOW

Foraminal- affects nerve root at SAME level

87
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What is the gold standard when trying to image a disc?

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MRI

88
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What is the difference between a disc protrusion and a disc extrusion?

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Protrusion has a wide base coming off the IVD whereas the extrusion has a narrow base coming off the IVD (think sessile vs. pedunculated bone tumors)

89
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What is spinal stenosis?

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Narrowing of the spinal canal or IVF; may be congenital or acquired

90
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What is the measurement for stenosis of the C spine? The L spine?

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C- less than 12mm

L- less than 15mm

91
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What is the correlation between the size, type and location of disc herniations to the outcome/pain/function?

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Sorry. No correlation!

92
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What are the 4 Rheumatoid types (seropositive) of arthritis we discussed?

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Rheumatoid
SLE
Scleroderma
Jaccouds

93
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What are the 4 Rheumatoid variants (seronegative) of arthritis we discussed?

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Ankylosing Spondylitis
Reiter’s Disease (Reactive Arthritis)
Psoriatic
Enteropathic

94
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What is the most common inflammatory arthritis?

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Rheumatoid; inflammatory, hyperplastic synovitis (pannus)

95
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What group is MC affected by rheumatoid arthritis?

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Young to middle aged females

96
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What is the Boutonniere deformity?

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(Associated with rheumatoid) PIP flexion with DIP extension

97
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What is Swan neck deformity?

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(Ass. with rheumatoid) PIP extension with DIP flexion

98
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What are Haygarth’s nodes?

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(Ass. w/ rheumatoid) soft tissue swelling at the MCP joints

99
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Dot-dash appearance, rat bites, and baker’s cysts are all associated with which arthritis?

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Rheumatoid again

100
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What is the Jelling Phenomenon?

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Stiffness or swelling after inactivity (in the morning usually)

101
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What is RF?

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Rheumatoid Factor; a measurement of the reactive IgM antibodies

102
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OA commonly affects the (proximal/distal) joints of the hand whereas Rheumatoid affects the (proximal/distal) joints.

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OA-Distal (DIP & PIP)

RA- Proximal (PIP & MCP)

103
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Where are rat bites usually seen?

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Bare area of joints (usually superolateral aspect)

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