MSK Flashcards
NoF #
Classes and subclasses
- Intracapsular
- Sub capital
- Intra-cervical
- Basi-cervical - Intra trochanteric
- Sub trochanteric
Subacromial impingement
- X-Ray signs
Subacromial impingement
- Reduced AC joint space
- Hooked acromion (osteophyte)
Subacromial impingement
- Mx
Subacromial impingement Mx
- Analgesia + PT
- CST (I Art)
- Acromioplasty
Decompression
Cuff repair
ACJ Impingement
- Tests
ACJ Impingement
- Neers Test
- InterNal rotate
- Passive flex pain - HawKins test
- FleX to 90°
- I rotation pain - Painful arc
- 60-120°
Rotator cuff special tests
- Supra spin
- Empty can test - resistance - Sub scap
- internal rotate
Eg. Belly press
Eg. Gerbers lift off test - Infra spin/ teres min
- External rotate (elbow 90°)
Pelvis XR
- Approach
Pelvis X Ray
A. Acetabulum
- eg. Perthes - Joint space
B. Bones
- 3 Rings - Single interruption always accompanied by another break - Proximal femur
C. Coccyx
- Sacral foramina
Colles Fracture
- Location
- Mechanism
Colles
- Distal radius
- FOOSH
- Osteoarthritis
- Elderly Women
Bone Cysts
- Pathophysiology
- Complications
Bone Cysts
- Pathophysiology
- Fluid filled
- Complications
- Weakening of bone
Oxford Knee Score
- Indication - Components
Oxford Knee Score
- Indication
- Arthritis assessment
- QoL
- Pre- and post- Knee Replacement
- Components
- Pain
- Rest pain - ADLs
- Gait
- Walking time
What focal neuropathy is a common presentation of MS?
Optic Neuritis
- Dull ache behind eye on movement
- Monocular loss/colour change/lights
Trigger Finger
- Presentation
- Epidemiology
Trigger finger
- S&S
- Painful popping sensation with flexion and extension
- Palpable node at MC head
- Epidemiology
- Females 50-60
- Dominant hand
- DM
Trigger finger
- Mx
Trigger finger
- NSAIDs
- Flexor tendon sheath injection
- methylprednisolone and lidocaine
- Surgery
- Incise A1 Pulley
- Synovectomy in RA
Cauda equina
- Examination red flags
Cauda equina
- Perineal numbness
- Inability to stop urinating mid-stream
- DRE: Cannot ‘bear down’
MSK History Taking
- Significant Allergies
MSK Allergies
- ABx
- NSAIDs
- Nickel
- Elastoplasts
Surgical history
- What is DDH
- What are the implications?
Developmental dysplasia of hip
- Shallow acetabulum, loose head of femur
- DDH Complications
- Risk of avascular necrosis
- Acetabular dysplasia
- Pavlov harness disease (acetabular erosion)
- Degenerative disease
MSK
- SHx
MSK Social history
- QoL
- Work
- Occupation
- Time off
- Limb dominance
- Home
- Acomm/adaptions
- People
- ADLs
- Wash, including toenails
- Dress, including shoes
- Driving
- Hobbies and walking
Joint specific ADLs
ADLs
- Lower limb
- Shoe laces
- Socks
- Toe nails
- Upper limb
- High shelves
- Brushing hair
- Peg washing
MSK Ex
- Look (Toe to tip)
MSK - Look
- Gait
- Toe off
- Heel strike
- Varus legs
- Scoliosis
- Hips
- Shoulders
- Scars
- RA Hands
- Swan Neck
- Boutonierre
MSK - Move
- Active
- Active and passive
MSK - Move
- Active
- Muscle
- Active and passive
- Joint
Peripheral nerve assessment
Peripheral nerve assessment:
- Tone
- Power
- Reflexes
- Sensation
- Light touch
- Pin point
- Vibration
- Proprioception
Hoffman’s test
- Indication
- Steps
Hoffman’s test
- Cervical cortico-spinal tract dysfunction
- Test
- Stabilise 3rd PIP joint
- Flick 3rd distal phalanx
- Thumb and finger adduct in positive sign
Three special tests for the hip?
Hip tests
- Trendelenberg
- Thomas
- Hip flexion test
- Supine patient
- Hold unaffected knee to chest
- Positive with loss of extension of other leg
- Apparent and true length
Knee
- Special tests
Special knee tests
- Bulge/tap/sweep tests
- Effusion
- Varus and Valgus stress tests
- Drawer tests
- Lachmann’s test
- ?McMurray’s test
- Meniscal tear
- Flex knee and internally rotate
- Positive if pain on extension
Shoulder
- Three special tests
Shoulder special tests
- Neers test
- Depress scapula
- Internally rotate arm
- Positive for pain during passive full flexion
- Hawkin’s test
- 90º flexion at shoulder and elbow
- Positive for pain on passive internal rotation of shoulder
- Scarf test
- 90º flexion at shoulder and elbow
- Positive with pain on passive abduction of shoulder
MSK XRay
- Context for presenting
MSK XRay
- Name and age
- Source of referral
- Admission date
- Occupation and limb dominance
- Timing and mechanism of injury
MSK XRay
- Medical history of note
MSK XRay
- Smoker?
- Chronic disease?
MSK XRay
- A white line vs a dark line?
MSK XRay
- Dark line - is a gap
- White line - is an overlap
MSK Bone Lesions
- Three types
MSK Bone Lesions
- Lytic
- Sclerotic
- Mixed
Posterior humeral dislocation
- Sign
- Common presentation
Posterior humeral dislocation
- Lightbulb Sign
- Common after Status Epilepticus
- Often missed during post-ictal
Scaphoid Fractures
- Complexity
- Followup
Scaphoid fractures
- Poor blood supply
- Poor healing
- 8 week CT scan to check healing
Tendon rupture
- Ruling out neuropathy?
Tendon rupture
- Tenodesis (manipulating the tendon in clinic) - No movement if rupture, movement in spite of any neuropathology
Correcting ulnar variance?
Ulnar variance correction
- Radial osteotomy
- Pelvic bone graft
Bennet’s fracture
- Location
- Mechanism
- Complications
Bennet’s fracture
- Location
- Base of first metacarpal
- Mechanism
- Commonly in sports
- Complications
- Rolando fracture (segmented)
- Malunion - uneven, arthritic
Vertebrae
- Anatomical features
(Body to process)
Vertebrae
- Body
- Posterior longitundinal ligament
- Pedicles
- Pars interarticularis
- Lamina
- Ligamentum flavum
- Spinous process
- Interspinous ligaments
- Supraspinous ligaments
Spine
- Five causes of instability
Spinal instability
- Degenerative
- Trauma
- Infection
- Tumour
- Developmental
Spinal bone damage
- Three degrees of lysis
Spinal bone
- Spondylosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondyloptosis
Spondylolisthesis
- Causes
Spondylolisthesis
- Lytic
- Isthmic movement
- Subluxation
- Degenerative
- Iatrogenic
- Traumatic
- Congenital
- Malignant
Spondylolisthesis
- Most common site - Most common presentation
Spondylolisthesis
- L5 nerve root
- L5 - S1 foramen
- Axial back pain
- Leg pain (L5 radiculopathy)
- Neurogenic claudication
- Dorsiflexion and EHL weakness (L5)
Disc prolapse
- Four stages
Disc prolapse
- Degeneration
- Prolapse
- Extrusion
- Central/para-central/lateral
- Cauda equina risk
- Sequestration
Spinal stenosis
- Common causes
Spinal stenosis causes
- OA of facet joint
- Ligamentum flavum thickening
Spinal stenosis
- Mx
Spinal stenosis
- Laminectomy
- Flavectomy and undercutting
- Discectomy and facetectomy
Cauda equina syndrome
- Most important action
Cauda equina syndrome
* Document everything
Cauda equina
- Red flags
Cauda equina S&S
- Back pain
- Saddle anaesthesia
- True incontinence
- Leg pain
Cauda equina
- Investigations
Cauda equina investigations
- Bedside DRE
- Atony
- Neuro-tip peri-anal numbness
- Bladder scan
- 200ml+ post-void
- MRI
Level of the end of spinal cord
End of spinal cord
- Lower border of L1
Spinal cord compression
- Aetiologies
Cord compression
- Metastasis
- Trauma
- Epidural collection
- Disk prolapse (C1-T12)
Myelopathy
- Pathology
- S&S
Myelopathy
- Chronic cord compression
- S&S
- Pain (neck, arm, lower back)
- Paraesthesia or Myasthenia
- UMN (Reflexes, incontinence)
- Discoordination
Cord compression syndrome
- S&S
Cord compression syndrome S&S
- Ataxia
- Weakness
- Numbness
Spine Exam
- Look
Spine exam look
- Muscle
- Scoliosis
- Listing (acute scoliosis)
- Lordosis and kyphosis
Spine Exam
- Move
Spine Exam - Move
Cervical
- Flex/extend
- Rotate
Thoracic
- Rotate
Lumbar
- Flex
- Modified Schober’s Test
- Extend
- Lateral flexion
- Correction of scoliosis?
Spine exam
- Special Tests
Spine special test
- Modified schober
- PSIS
- 5 below, 10 above - Straight leg raise
- Disc or nerve root
- Spine with pillow
- Passive lift
- Pain on other side
- Repeat with ankle or neck
- Spurling
Ankle anatomy
- Joint between tibia and fibula?
Ankle joint
- Syndosmosis
Ankle anatomy
- Mortise components
Ankle joint
- Tibial ‘plafond’
- Talar ‘dome’
Ankle
- Sural supply? - Saphenous supply?
Ankle
- SuraL supply
- Lateral
- SapheNous supply?
- Medial