MSK

Question 1

What is a boxer’s fracture?

Answer 1

A ‘Boxer fracture’ typically occurs when the patient punches a hard surfaces, and describes a minimally displaced 5th metacarpal fracture

Question 2

What movement does infraspinatus do?

Answer 2

Rotates arm laterally

Question 3

What movement does supraspinatus do?

Answer 3

aBDucts arm before deltoid
Most commonly injured

Question 4

What movement does the teres minor do?

Answer 4

aDDucts & rotates arm laterally

Question 5

What movement does Subscapularis do?

Answer 5

aDDuct & rotates arm medially

Question 6

What is Front’s sign?

Answer 6

Assess for ulnar nerve palsy
Adductor pollicis muscle function tested
Hold a piece of paper between their thumb and index finger. The object is then pulled away.

Question 7

What does the lift-off test access for?

Answer 7

The lift-off test examines internal rotation, mediated by the subscapularis muscle

Question 8

What does the scarf test access for?

Answer 8

This test examines the acromioclavicular joint

Question 9

What does the empty can test access for?

Answer 9

This tests the supraspinatus muscle

Question 10

What does Hawkin’s test access for?

Answer 10

The examiner places the patient’s arm shoulder in 90 degrees of shoulder flexion with the elbow flexed to 90 degrees and then internally rotates the arm.
This assesses for subacromial impingement