MSK Flashcards

1
Q

why might the neck be crooked

A

spasm or pain

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2
Q

what can alter iliac crest height

A

leg length discrepancy, scoliosis

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3
Q

what can cause a gibbus (angular deformity in the spine)

A

wedge fracture (OA), osteomyelitis, tumour

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4
Q

what symptoms might a thoracic rib produce

A

neuro symptoms, thoracic outlet syndrome (compromised vasculature)

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5
Q

what might cause pain in sacroiliac joint

A

OA, sacrolitis

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6
Q

what would cause different chest height when bent over

A

scoliosis

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7
Q

what range of movement is normal for lumbar lateral flexion

A

hand below knee

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8
Q

what movements must you be above the patients to assess

A

neck movements

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9
Q

what do you look for in a fully extended knee

A

full extension, hamstring wasting, bakers cyst

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10
Q

what can cause muscle wasting

A

disuse and denervation

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11
Q

what is in a bakers cysts

A

synovial fluid- outpouching of synovium

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12
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what is a antalgic gait

A

pain relieving gait (short stance phase on affected side)

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13
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what is an ataxic gait

A

wide base gait

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14
Q

what is an effusion in MSK

A

fluid within the joint

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15
Q

where is the best place to look for an effusion in the knee

A

medial sulcus- dip in the inside of the knee

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16
Q

what causes heat of a joint

A

septic arthritis, inflammatory arthritis, reactive synovitis

17
Q

when is a gutter sweep positive

A

in small or moderate effusion

18
Q

who gets patella instability

A

young, hypermobile, anterior knee pain

19
Q

which direction is the patella most likely to dislocate

20
Q

what is felt on a patellar grind test

A

crunching and probably pain by patient

21
Q

what does the straight leg raise test

A

extensor mechanism

22
Q

how to test posterior cruciate ligament

A

look for posterior test, compare to other side, see if it touches hand, then pull forward

23
Q

what is a fixed flexion deformity

A

lack of complete extension

24
Q

why can you not see an effusion in the hip joint

25
what will cause tenderness in palpation of the greater trochanter
bursitis
26
what will thomas test show
fixed flexion deformity
27
what to you asses from side of shoulder
look along clavicle to check alignment
28
what muscles of shoulder do you asses from the back
deltoid, trapezius, supraspinatous, infrapsinatous
29
what do you look for in the axilla
lymph nodes, pathology, scars
30
what grove does the long head of the biceps run in
biciptial groove
31
what does better passive than active movement suggest
muscle weakness (e.g. frozen shoulder)
32
what muscles stabilise the scapula- what are they innervated by
latissimus dorsi and serratus long thoracic nerve (serratus) and thoracodorsal nerve (latissimus)
33
what muscles in rotator cuff initiated abduction
supraspinatus