Musculo- Lower extremites Flashcards
Shortened limb in external rotation
Hip fracture
Shortened limb in internal rotation
Hip dislocation
anterior or posterior more common for hip dislocation
posterior
no blood flow to bone -> bone death -> bone collapse -> joint destruction
Avascular necrosis
Barlow test
<3 months old
Hip dislocation
Ortolani test
< 3 months old
Hip Reolcation
key terms- histoyr of breech dlivery, baby has uneven gluteal folds, unequal femur lenghts
Hip Dysplasia
Treatment for Hip Dysplasia
Pavlik Harness Tips
key terms- young boy groin/knee pain
painless limp, decrease hip ROM
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
-AVN of hip
key terms- flattened & fragmented frog leg x-ray
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
- AVN of hip
Key terms- young/teenage boy who is African american, Hispanic, obese, hip, thigh, knee pain, external rotation of leg, internal rotation is painful
Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
- often BILATERAL !
Xray of hip shows abnormal Klein line
Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
Klein line- is a line that your draw on top of femoral neck and should intersect epiphysis
Treatment for Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
Emergent Surgery !
widen hips that cause abnormal patella tracking - increased Q angle
Patellofemoral syndrome
key terms- increased Q angle, pain with stair climbing, pain with patellar compression, tighten quadriceps
Patellofemoral syndrome
key terms- knee twist or squat, locking, McMurray, apley & Thessaly positive
Meniscus tear
Apley grind test
person is laying on their belly
lift leg up in 90 degree
and push on foot and gride it
pain = torn meniscus
Thessaly test
person holds on to the exam table and bens knees a little and twists back and forth
pain = torn meniscus
what is the best test for ACL tear
lachmans
Tibial tubercule apophysitis in teenage boy
Osgood schlatter disease
key terms- patient states that it feels full behind one knee, you palpate a mass
Baker - popliteal cyst
medial or lateral patella dislocation most common?
Lateral
what is the most common artery and the most common nerve to be damaged in Knee dislocation
Popliteal artery !!!
Peroneal nerve
what are important diangositics to get on knee dislocatoin
important to remember that the knee can spontaneosuly relocation
- ankel-brachial index
- arteriography **
- ultra sounds
- CT angiography