Joint/soft tissue/infectious Disorders Of The Spine

Question 1

What kind of exercises are prescribed for facetogenic pain

Answer 1

Flexion biased exercises

Question 2

What is yeoman’s test

Answer 2

Hip extension and ilium rotation tests for SI joint pain

Question 3

What is gillet’s test?

Answer 3

Monitoring the PSIS, lifting one leg should cause that PSIS to rotate down. If there is SI joint pathology, that rotation will be restricted.

Question 4

What kind of joint is the SI joint posteriorly and anteriorly?

Answer 4

Anteriorly, it is a synovial joint. Posteriorly, it is a syndesmosis.

Question 5

What is the innervation of the SI joint

Answer 5

L4-5 dorsal ramus.

Lateral S1-3/4 dorsal ramus.

Question 6

Most common part of spine that gets vertebral body osteomyelitis/discitis

Answer 6

Lumbar spine

Question 7

People with IVDA have increased risk of developing vertebral body osteomyelitis/discitis in what part of spine?

Answer 7

Cervical region

Question 8

People with tuberculosis have increased risk of developing vertebral body osteomyelitis/discitis in what part of spine?

Answer 8

Thoracolumbar junction

Question 9

Most common etiologic bug that causes vertebral body osteomyelitis/discitis

Answer 9

Staph aureus

Question 10

Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes vertebral body osteomyelitis/discitis in what kind of patients?

Answer 10

IV drug users

Question 11

What bacteria causes vertebral body osteomyelitis/discitis in patients with TB

Answer 11

Mycobacterium tuberculi (Pott’s disease)

Question 12

Most sensitive and specific diagnostic test for vertebral body osteomyelitis/discitis

Answer 12

MRI

Question 13

5 wadell’s signs

Answer 13

Distraction
Overreaction
Regionalization
Simulation
Tenderness