msk Flashcards
hip trauma + pain + leg shortened + INTernally rotated + ADducted = ?
hip dislocation
hip trauma + pain + leg shortened + EXTernally rotated + ABducted = ?
hip fx
4-10yo with weeks of painless limping, worse at end of day, loss of ABD and IR, think this
leg-calve-perthes disease/avascular necrosis
crescent sign
AVN
treatment for AVN
bracing
treatment of SCFE
ORIF
valgus stress with rotation to the knee causes ___
MCL tear
+ lachmans test
ACL tear
which meniscal tear is more common
medial
+ mcmurrays sign
meniscal tear
whats the best xray to get for patellar fx
sunrise view
pt fell on their knee while walking upstairs, think?
patellar + quad tendon rupture
palpable defect above the knee
quad tendon rupture
patellar is below
in knee dislocations (tibial-femoral dislocations), injury to ? is the biggest concern
popliteal artery**
peroneal nerve
tibial nerve
a pt has knee pain after a fall from a height, consider this
femoral condyle fx (also an emergency just like knee dislocations)
what will you see with loss of peroneal nerve function
foot drop
the exam might use this word instead of patellofemoral syndrome
chondromalacia
lateral knee pain worse with running, lateral tenderness
IT band syndrome
ottawa ankle rules
pain at lat malleolus
pain at med mallelous
can’t walk >4 steps
ottawa foot rules
midfoot pain
5th metatarsal pain
navicular pain
can’t walk >4 steps
anyone w/ a distal ankle fracture should also have this ruled out
maissoneuve fx
mgmt for an open fx
debride w/in 8 hours, give abx, reduce + immobilize
what is the MC cause of a proximal femur fx
osteoporosis
transverse fx thru the diaphysis of the 5th metatarsal
jones fx
fx at the base of the 2nd metatarsal
lis-franc
you can only do 1 test to assess for an acl tear, which is the single best one
lachman
athlete with insidious, aching pain, swelling, tenderness in midfoot area, negative xray, suspect this
3rd metatarsal fx/stress fx
pain and numbness near tarsal heads in women wearing high heels/restrictive shoes
mortons neuroma
transverse AVULSION fx at the base of the 5th metatarsal
pseudojones fx
what is a jones fx most commonly complicated by
nonunion or malunion
where are herniated discs most common
L5-S1, also L4-L5
how do you test motor fn of L5
dorsiflexion of big toe