Musculoskeletal 2 Flashcards
Bowing of tibia, bossing of skull =
Paget’s disease
What foods should you avoid in gout?
Liver, kidneys, seafood, oily fish (mackerel, sardines) and yeast products
How long should the symptoms be present for before a diagnosis of chronic fatigue can be made?
4 months
Name two RF for tendinopathies
- Quinolone use
2. High cholesterol
Name two features for achilles tendonitis
- Posterior heel pain
2. Morning pain and stiffness
Achilles tendonitis Diagnostic Ix (1) Mx (3)
USS
- Simple analgesia
- Reduction in activities that trigger pain
- Calf muscle eccentric exercises
Pop in the ankle, sudden onset severe pain, unable to walk/ continue with activity =
achilles tendon rupture
Simmond’s triad checks for (1)
What are the three tests?
Achilles tendon rupture
- Calf squeeze
- Greater dorsiflexion when feet over bed in prone position
- Feel for gap in tendon
What is the most commonly sprained ankle ligament?
Invert or evert?
Mx
Anterior talofibular ligament
(Lower)
Invert
Mx
- RICE
- Can use removable orthosis/ splint/ crutches if needed
- If pain not resolving consider MRI
What are the grades of a lower ankle sprain
I micro tear, mild pain + swelling, nil pain on weight bearing
II partial tear, mod pain + swelling, minimal pain on weight bearing
III complete tear, severe pain + swelling, severe pain on weight bearing
High ankle sprain = injury to?
Low ankle sprain = injury to?
- Syndesmosis
2. Lateral collateral ligaments
Mechanism of injury to syndesmosis
External rotation of the foot
What is the Hopkin’s squeeze test?
What injury do you see it in?
Pain on squeezing tibia and fibula together
High ankle sprains
What might you see on high ankle sprains xray?
Mx (2)
Diastasis - widening of tibiofibular joint
Mx
- If nil diastasis - non-weight-bearing orthosis or cast until pain subsides
- If diastasis or failed non operative management then for operative fixation
What is a Boxer’s fracture
A minimally displaced fracture of the fifth metacarpal
A minimally displaced fracture of the fifth metacarpal is also known as
Boxer’s fracture
What nerve is compressed in cubital tunnel syndrome?
Ulnar nerve
Name four features of cubital tunnel syndrome
- Tingling/ pins and needles in 5th and 4th finger, intermittent then constant
- Pain worse on leaning on elbow
- Hx of OA or trauma to area
- Weakness and muscle wasting
Mx cubital tunnel syndrome (4)
Avoid aggravating activity
Physiotherapy
Steroid injections
Surgery in resistant cases
De Quervain’s tenosynovitis
Inflammation of what two muscles?
F/M
Age
Extensor pollicis brevis and longus
F>M
30-50yo
Explain Finkelsteins test
What is it used for?
Pull thumb towards ulnar with wrist - pain at radial styloid process
De Quervain’s tenosynovitis
Name three features of De Quervain’s tenosynovitis
- Tenderness at radial styloid process
- Pain at radial side of wrist
- Abduction of the thumb against resistance is painful
Management of De Quervain’s tenosynovitis (4)
- Simple analgesia
- Steroid injection
- Immobilisation with a thumb splint (spica)
- Surgical mx
Most common cause of bacterial discitis?
Staph Aureus
Name two investigations to diagnose discitis
- MRI
2. CT guided biopsy to assess which abx is needed
List five causes of Duputren’s contracture
(DAMPt)
Mx
- DM
- Alcoholic liver disease
- Manual labour
- Phenytoin
- Trauma
DAMPT
Mx - if loss of function then for surgery
What is golfer’s elbow?
What movements elicit pain?
Medial epicondylitis
Wrist flexion and pronation
What is radial turn syndrome?
Which movements elicit pain?
Pain tends to be around 4-5 cm distal to the lateral epicondyle
Extension of elbow and pronation of the forearm
What is greater trochanteric pain syndrome/ trochanteric bursitis caused by?
Features (2)
F/M
Age
Repeated movement of the fibroelastic iliotibial band
Features 1. Greater trochanter tenderness 2. Pain along iliotibial band/ lateral side of hip/ thigh F>M 50-70yo
What is Barlow’s and Ortalani’s test for?
Name a feature (1)
Age group
Development dysplasia of the hip
Skin folds unequal
Newborn
What is transient synovitis?
Common age group
Acute hip pain associated with viral infection
Commonest cause of hip pain in children
2-10yo
What is Perthe’s disease?
Common age group?
Avascular necrosis of the femoral head
4-8yo
What are the common features in slipped upper femoral epiphysis? (3)
Age group
- Obesity
- Knee or distal thigh pain
- Loss of internal rotation in leg flexion
10-15yo
How many joints are affected in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)?
Which joints are usually affected?
Age
- <= 4 joints only
- Middle sized joints e.g knee, ankle, elbow
<16yo
Lateral knee pain in runners =
Mx
Iliotibial band pain
Mx
1. Activity modification and stretches
2. Physio
What movement will give you a meniscal tear?
Name four features
Twisting injury
- Tenderness along joint line
- Pain on knee extension
- Knee locking
- Knee may give way
Weight bearing at 20 degrees of knee flexion, patient supported by doctor, positive if pain on twisting knee is what test?
Thelassy’s test
Used to assess for meniscal tears
What is infrapatellar bursitis associated with?
Kneeling
Clergyman’s knee
What is clergyman’s knee?
Infrapatellar bursitis
What is housemaids knee?
Prepatellar bursitis
What is prepatellar bursitis associated with?
Upright kneeling
Housemaids knee