MSK cervical Flashcards
Sudden forceful hyperextension of the neck with flexion recoil
Whiplash cervical injury
Degeneration of the vertebrae, IV disc with degeneration of the nucleus pulposus
Cervical spondylosis
Usually preceded with minor trauma, painful muscle spasm of neck, Muscles with pain in shoulders and lateral aspect of the upper arm
Cervical syndrome
Accentuated concavity of thoracic vertebrae
Kyphosis
Causes of kyphosis
Faulty posture
Ankylosing spondylitis
Osteoporosis
Lateral deviation of spine angular curve
Scoliosis
Collapse of 1+ contiguous spine
Gibbus
Causes of Gibbus:
Pott’s disease
Metastatic carcinoma
Compression fracture
Accentuated posterior concavity of the lumbar spine
Lordosis
Pain and tenderness at the site of lesion
Infectious spondylitis
May manifest as paraplegia or psoas abscess
Infectious spondylitis
Back stiffness with limitation of motion, sacroilitis
Ankylosing spondylitis
Usually L5 slips forward S1
Sponylithesis
Herniation of nucleus pulposus
Prolapsed intervertebral disc
Chronic inflammation of the synovial membrane
Destructive changes of subchondral bone
Subcutaneous nodules
Proliferation of cartilage and bones at joint margins
Secondary synovial inflammation
Assoc progressive destruction of articular or periarticular structures
Hand usually affected
Localized degenerative and loss of articular cartilage
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