MSK Signs Flashcards
Patient has weakness on external rotation of the shoulder with the elbow bent against resistance, what muscles are affected?
- Infrasipantus
- Teres minor
What are these lumps?
Gouty Tophi
What type of fracture is this, what bone is it and what view is this?
Oblique fracture
Tibia
AP
What is this sign?
Varus deformity
Patient has weakness initiating abduction of the arm which muscle is affected?
Supraspinatus
What kind of fracture is this, of what bone, what view is it taken from and describe the displacement?
Transverse Fracture
Femur
Lateral view
Posterior displacement with some shortening
What type of fracture is this and what view is the x-ray?
Comminuted fracture (of the tibial shaft)
Lateral view
What is this?
Positive Thomas test (but in the exam you shoudl put your hand under their lumbar spine)
What is the deformity of the middle finger?
(bonus points for the deformity of the index finger)
Boutonniere deformity
(Swan-neck deformity)
What’s the pathology?
Thenar wasting
What type of Salter Harris is this?
Type 4 - involves all 3 parts
What can a varus deformity (or positive varus stress test) be suggestive of?
Lateral colateral ligament rupture/laxity
Joint line tenderness of the knee
Highly suggestive of meniscal tear
What type of Salter Harris fracture is this?
Type 2 - Down through metaphysis and then across growth plate
(most common)
What type of fracture is this?
Greenstick Fracture
What is this?
Pre-patellar bursitis
What is the abnormality?
Intracapsular fracture
What are these lumps?
Rheumatoid nodules
What name is given to this fracture?
Smith’s fracture
What happens in painful arc?
Sign of suprasipantus tendinits as it rubs against the acromion process
Patient has positive posterior drawer test
What is the pathology?
Torn PCL
What type of Salter Harris is this?
Type 5 - Crush of the growth plate
What are Heberden’s and Bouchard’s nodes associated with?
OA
What are these?
Rheumatoid nodules
