Musculoskeletal

Question 1

Polyarthritis
Fever
Rash
Heart murmur

Answer 1

Rheumatic fever

Question 2

Antalgic gait seen in

Answer 2

stroke patients (hip problem)

Question 3

Test for lower back pain (ankylosing spondylitis)

Answer 3

Schober’s test

test’s much lumbar can stretch

Question 4

Bamboo spine

Answer 4

ankylosing spondylitis

Question 5

Tenderness in lateral aspect of hip region suggests

Answer 5

trochanteric bursitis

Question 6

Crossing legs is performed to check for

Answer 6

nerve compression

Question 7

genu varum

Answer 7

common in knee osteoarthritis (lateral angulation)

as opposed to medial angulation of knee – genu valgum

Question 8

Placing palm on lateral side of knee and pulling the ankle laterally with the opposite hand tests the

Answer 8

medial collateral ligament

Valgus stress test

Question 9

DIP joint has bony swellling

Answer 9

Heberden’s node (seen in OA)

Question 10

PIP joint has bony swelling

Answer 10

Bouchard’s node (OA and RA)

Question 11

Angular deformity of spine seen in Pott’s

Answer 11

tuberculous spondylitis

Question 12

How to tendon’s of shoulder abduction

Answer 12

drop arm test

patient raises and maintains it, will drop in tears

Question 13

Test for recurrent dislocation

Answer 13

apprehension test

Arm is abducted to 90 degrees (elbow makes right angle) and laterally rotated.

Question 14

Testing for tennis elbow

Answer 14

Thomsen’s test
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Cozen’s

Question 15

test for de Quervains tenosynovitis

Answer 15

Finkelstein’s test

Question 16

Tinel’s sign tests for

Answer 16

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Question 17

Tests’s collateral circulation

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Allen’s test

on ulnar if pink, good

Question 18

True leg length is measured from

Answer 18

ASIS to medial malleolus

Question 19

Patrick’s test is for

Answer 19

hip flexion-abduction-external-rotation

Question 20

Test for severe hip disease

Answer 20

Trendelenburg’s sign

observe the patient from behind as the patient shifts weight from one to the other.

Pelvis tilts towards unaffected side when weight is borne on affected side

Question 21

Maneuver for developmental dysplasia of the hip

Answer 21

Ortolani’s sign

Abduct hip manually

Click is positive

Question 22

Barlowe’s tests checks for

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congenital hip dysplasia

opposite of ortolani’s

Question 23

Knee flexion apprehension probably indicates

Answer 23

recurrent patellar dislocation

Question 24

Patellar ballottement indicates

Answer 24

knee effusion

Squeeze capsule with palm and it will bulge. If there is effusion you will appreciate a dribbling sensation.

Question 25

Drawer test for ACL

Answer 25

pull

Question 26

Drawer test for PCL

Answer 26

push

Question 27

Thompson’s test:

Answer 27

Achilles tendon

Squeeze gastroc-sleus complex. No plantar flexion = disruption of Achilles

Question 28

Sciatic test

Answer 28

Lasegue

Question 29

Reverse straight leg raising test

Answer 29

Tests upper lumbar - stertching the femoral