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Musculoskeletal and Neurology Flashcards

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Key ortho history elements

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  • pain
  • loss of function
  • stiffness
  • deformity
  • swelling
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Muscle groups for hip movement

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  • Flexion: iliopsoas, rectus femoris, tensor fascia lata, quad
  • Extention: Gluteus maximus and hamstrings
  • Abduction: Gluteus medius and minimus
  • Adduction: Adductors (longus, brevis, magnus)
  • Internal rotation: Gluteus medius, minimus, iliopsoas
  • External rotation: Gluteus maximus
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How should suspected hip OA be investigated?

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  • Bloods: FBC, U+Es, LFTs, ESR, RhF, ANA

- AP + Lateral X-rays of hip and pelvis

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X-ray features of hip OA

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  • Loss of joint space
  • Osteophyte formation
  • Subchondral sclerosis
  • Subchondral cysts
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Hip OA treatment

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  • lifestyle mods: diet, exercise, weight loss
  • physiotherapy
  • OT: mobility aids and advice
  • analgesia: WHO pain ladder
    Surgical options
  • osteotomy
  • arthroplasty
  • arthrodesis
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Indications for total hip replacement

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  • instability
  • severe pain or disability not relieved by non-surgical options
  • rest pain or pain with movement
  • loss of mobility
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Complications of total hip replacement

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  • Intraoperative: # of acetabulum or femur
  • Immediate: dislocation (malalignment), damage to local structures
  • Early: DVT, PE, sciatic nerve palsy, infection, fat embolism
  • Late: infection, loosening, heterotopic ossification, leg-length discrepancy, periprosthetic #, thigh pain
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How to prevent total hip replacement postop DVT?

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Prevention impossible

  • pre-op: TEDs, optimise hydration
  • peri-op: TEDs, compression boots, minimise length of surgery
  • post-op: LMWH, early mobilisation with physio and maximise analgesia, optimise hydration
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Knee OA treatment

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  • lifestyle mods: diet, exercise, weight loss
  • physio: strengthen quads
  • OT: mobility aids, advice, elastic support
  • Analgesia: WHO pain ladder
  • Intra-articular steroid injections: temporary relief, if repeated causes cartilage and bone destruction
  • Viscosupplementation: hyaluronic acid
    Surgical
  • arthroscopic debridement + washout
  • Patellectomy: PFOA
  • Realignment osteotomy:
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Complications of total knee replacement

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  • Intraoperative: # tibia or femur
  • Immediate: vascular injuries
  • Early: DVT, PE, peroneal nerve palsy, infection, fat embolism
  • Late: infection, loosening, patellar instability/#, periprosthetic #s
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Clinical features of knee RA

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Stage 1 - proliferative: effusions, thicken synovium, stable joint

  • Stage 2 - destructive: instability, muscle wasting, reduced movement range
  • Stage 3 - reparative: severe pain + instability, fixed flexion + valgus
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Surgical options for knee RA

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  • Synovectomy + debridement: for failed medical treatment
  • Supracondylar osteotomy: if knee stable + pain-free but valgus + flexion deformity
  • Total knee replacement: for advanced joint destruction
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Dupuytren’s contracture differential

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  • skin/scar contracture
  • tendon contracture: moves on passive flexion
  • congential contracture: PIPJ little finger
  • ulnar nerve palsy: ring and little fingers hyperextended MCPJ, flexed PIPJ
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Conditions associated with Dupuytren’s

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POTFACED
Peyronie's
Occupation
Trauma
Familial
Alcohol
Cirrhosis
Epilepsy meds
Diabetes
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Surgical options for Dupuytren’s

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When MCP joint bent forward at 30-45 and cannot be straighted; or PIPJ bent permanently at 10-20

  • fasciotomy
  • fasiectomy (zigzag incision to prevent volar contracture)
  • dermatofasciectomy
  • arthrodesis/amputation
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Causes of carpal tunnel syndrome

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  • idiopathic
  • anatomical abnormalities: bone (wrist #s, acromegaly), soft tissues (lipoma, ganglia)
  • physiological abnormalities: inflammatory (RA, gout), fluid balance (preg, meno, hypothyroid, obesity, amyloid, CRF), neuropathic (DM, alcoholism)
MEDIAN TRAPS
Myxoedema
Enforced flexion
Diabetes neuropathy
Idiopathic
Acromegaly
Neoplasms
Tumours - lipoma, ganglion
RA
Amyloidosis
Pregnancy/Premenstrual oedema
Sarcoidosis
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Non-surgical option for Dupuytren’s

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  • If no contracture yet, watch and wait or corticosteroid injections (triamcinolone acetonide)
  • radiotherapy
  • injectable collagenous Clostridium histolyticum
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Carpal tunnel treatment

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  • remove underlying causes
  • splint wrists as night
  • proximal steroid injections
  • carpal tunnel decompression (flexor retinaculum division)
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Complications of carpal tunnel decompression

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  • scar formation (keloid/hypertrophic)
  • scar tenderness
  • wound infection
  • nerve injury: palmar cutaneous branch + motor branch to thenar muscles
  • failure to relieve symptoms (incomplete division)
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Boundaries of carpal tunnel

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  • ulnar aspect: pisiform + hook hamate
  • radial aspect: scaphoid + trapezium
  • volar aspect: transverse carpal ligament
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Where else can median nerve be compressed?

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  • pronator syndrome: ligament of Struthers, pronator teres or flexor digitorum superficialis
  • anterior interosseous syndrome: branch at deep head of pronator teres. Supplies flexor pollicis longus, pronator quadratus, radial FDP (weak OK sign) NO sensory signs
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Extra-articular manifestations of RA

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  • Opthalmic: episcleritis, scleritis, keratoconjuctivitis sicca
  • Respiratory: effusions, fibrosis
  • Cardiac: pericarditis
  • Reticuloendothelial: lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly, felty’s
  • Neurological: carpal tunnel, multifocal neuropathies
  • Vascular: Vasculitis
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Investigations to confirm RA

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  • FBC: anaemia chronic disease
  • ESR
  • RhF + in 75%
  • Anti CCP + 70%
  • HLA-DR3/DR4 in 1/3
  • ANA + in 30%
  • X-rays
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Radiological stages of RA

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Stage 1 - soft tissue swelling, periarticular osteoporosis
Stage 2 - joint space narrowing, small periarticular erosions
Stage 3 - marked articular destruction

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Treatment of hand OA

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  • physio to maintain function
  • analgesia: WHO ladder
  • arthrodesis: trapeziectomy for thumb CMCJ OA
  • arthroplasty: rare
  • arthrodesis: if joint unstable or very painful
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Which joints in hands often affected by OA?

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  • DIPJ: Heberden’s nodes
  • PIPJ: Bouchard’s nodes
  • CMCJ: ‘square hand’
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Ulnar nerve palsy causes

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  • Anatomical: cubital tunnel syndrome at elbow
  • Trauma: anywhere along nerve, supracondylar #s, elbow dislocations
  • Degenerative arthritis: compression from synovitis, osteophytes
  • Rare: compression from fascia, ligaments, tumours, aneurysms, anatomical variants
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How do you clinically differentiate between high and low ulnar nerve lesion?

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  • Low (below elbow): marked clawing as FDP to ring and little fingers still functioning
  • High (above elbow): less marked clawing as paralysis of FDP (ulnar paradox). Also decreased sensation over ulnar border of hand
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Ulnar nerve palsy treatment

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Non-surgical
- for mild, intermittent symptoms, avoid prolonged and repetitive flexion, night splints in extension
Surgical
- for persistent, significant symptoms or neuro deficit
- ulnar nerve decompression (roof of cubital tunnel)
- ulnar nerve anterior transposition
- medial epicondylectomy

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1 investigation for hallux valgus

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Plain weight bearing x-rays to assess

  • degree of valgus deformitiy
  • 1st/2nd intermetatarsal angle and distal metatarsal angle
  • presence of OA in 1st MTPJ
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Aetiology of hallux valgus

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  • essentially unknown
  • strong familial trait
  • associated with enclosed footwear
  • associated with RA
  • can be secondary to prior deformity
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Treatment options for hallus valgus

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Non-surgical
- appropriate footwear (wide, soft)
- physiotherapy
Surgical
- Bunionectomy
- 1st metatarsal realignment osteotomy
- excision arthroplasty (Keller's procedure)
- Fusion: for degenerative joint disease
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Aetiology of hammer toes?

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  • imbalance between intrinsic (lumbricals + interossei) and extrinsic (long flexors + extensors) muscles of lesser toes
  • Commoner in females, elderly, RA
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Hammer toes treatment

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  • appropriate footwear
    Surgical
  • Mobile deformity: flexor-to-extensor tendon transfer
  • Fixed deformity: partial or total proximal phalangectomy +/- flexor extensor release, or PIPJ arthrodesis
  • Painfull callosities: terminal phalangectomy
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Aetiology of mallet toes?

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  • imbalance between intrinsic (lumbricals + interossei) and extrinsic (long flexors + extensors) muscles of lesser toes
  • Commoner in females, elderly, RA and DM with peripheral neuropathy
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Mallet toes treatment

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  • appropriate footwear
    Surgical
  • Mobile: flexor digitorum longus tenotomy
  • Fixed: flexor tenotomy + middle phalangeal head + neck resection, or DIPJ fusion, or terminal phalanx amputation
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Aetiology of claw toes?

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  • imbalance between intrinsic (lumbricals + interossei) and extrinsic (long flexors + extensors) muscles of lesser toes
  • Commoner in females, elderly, RA
  • May be secondary to peripheral neuropathy (DM, CMT), LMN (poliomyelitis), or UMN (cerebral palsy, MS, stroke)
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Claw toes treatment

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  • appropriate footwear
    Surgical
  • Mobile: flexor-to-extensor transfer
  • Fixed: partial proximal phalangectomy +/- flexor extensor release, or extensor tenotomy, or metatarsal head resection
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Aetiology of mallet finger

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  • damage to extensor tendon to terminal phalanx +/- avulsed bone fragment
  • from forced flexion, usually catching a ball
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Acute management of mallet finger

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  • x-ray to exclude #
  • mallet splint for 6 weeks with DIPJ in extension
  • if avulsed bone >1/3 width joint, reposition with Kirschner wire
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Aetiology of trigger finger

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aka stenosing tenosynovitis: fibrosis + thickening of flexor tendon sheath as tendon enters digit

  • idiopathic
  • trauma
  • congenital
  • RA (similar)
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Trigger finger treatment

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  • steroid injection of nodule

- tendon release by incising sheath

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Treatments for ingrowing toenails

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  • good nail care, chiropodist, transverse trimming, cotton wool to lift up nail, keep foot clean and dry
  • simple nail avulsion: best for acute infection, reduces risk of osteomyelitis but likely recurrence
  • wedge excision of nail and nail-bed down to periostum
  • Zadek’s procedure: total excision of nailbed including germinal matrix
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Complications of ingrowing toenail surgery

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  • infection
  • regrowth
  • osteomyelitis
  • septic arthritis
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Causes of knee haemarthrosis

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Primary spontaneous haemarthrosis
- without trauma
- may be secondary to coagulation disorder or vascular malformations
Secondary haemarthrosis
- secondary to trauma
- 80% ACL
- 10% patellar dislocation
- 10% tears in peripheral vascularised third of menisci, capsule, or osteochondral/osteophyte #s
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History factors suggesting ACL injury

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  • valgus/external rotation, hyperextension, deceleration, rotational movements
  • audible ‘pop’ or feels something tear
  • inability to continue
  • effusion within 4-6 hrs
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Problems associated with ACL rupture

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  • meniscal tears
  • collateral ligament injur
  • progressive premature OA
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How do you treat a meniscal tear?

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Depends on age, chronicity, activity, location, type, length.
- symptomatic only
Arthroscopic or open:
- partial meniscectomy
- meniscal repair
- meniscal transplant
- meniscal replacement
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Anatomy of medical meniscus

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  • semicircular
  • anterior horn attaches to anterior intercondylar fascia of tibia
  • posterior horn attaches posteriorly to intercondylar fascia
  • bound to joint capsule peripherally
  • bound to femur and tibia at midpoint by deep medial collateral ligament
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Anatomy of lateral meniscus

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  • nearly circular
  • covers greater area than medial menicus
  • anterior horn attaches to tibial eminence
  • posterior horn attaches behind tibial eminence
  • loosely attached to tibial plateau by coronary ligament
  • bound to medial meniscus via transverse ligament
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Anatomy of ACL

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  • intracapsular
  • originates from medial aspect of lateral femoral condyle
  • inserts into anterolateral aspect of medial tibial plateau
  • stops tibia moving forward in relation to femur
  • consists of two bundles, anteromedial + posterolateral
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Anatomy of PCL

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  • intraarticular but extrasynovial
  • broad origin on lateral aspect of medial femoral condyle
  • inserts inferior to articular surface between medial and lateral tibial plateaus
  • stops tibia moving backwards in relation to femur
  • two components, anterolateral group, anteromedial group
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How to treat ACL ruptures?

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Non-surgical
- intensive physiotherapy focusing on quads and hamstrings
Surgical
- intraarticular reconstruction: autologous hamstring tendon or bone-patellar tendon-bone graft
- extraarticular reconstruction: MacIntosh tenodesis
- combination of above

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Causes of a locked knee

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osteochondritis dissecans
meniscal tear
cruciate ligament injury
loose body
osteochondral #
intraarticular tumour (rare)
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Causes of a radial nerve lesion

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  • High (brachial plexus): crutches, saturday night palsy
  • Mid (radial groove): humerus #, tourniquet
  • Low (elbow): wounds, surgery, #, dislocation. Only posterior interosseus branch involved = loss of MCPJ extension only
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Causes of a painful shoulder

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  • Tendon (rotator cuff) disorders: tendinitis, rupture, frozen shoulder
  • Joint disorders: glenohumeral arthritis, ACJ arthritis
  • Referred pain: cervical spondylosis, cardiac ischaemia, mediastinal pathology
  • Instability: dislocation, subluxation
  • Bone lesions: infection, neoplasm
  • Nerve lesions: suprascapular nerve entrapment
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Aetiology of rotator cuff impingement

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  • repetitive rubbing of tendons under coracoacromial arch
  • worse in ‘impingement position’ abduction, slight flexion, internal rotation
  • critical area of poor vascularity in supraspinatus tendon
  • contributing factors: ACJ osteophytes, rotator cuff swelling, subacromial bursitis
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Impingement syndrome treatment

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  • avoid aggravating activity
  • physiotherapy
  • short course NSAIDs
  • subacromial corticosteroid injections
  • open or athrhoscopic subacromial decompression
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Rotator cuff tear treatment

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  • physio to improve shoulder strength
  • open or arthroscopic cuff repair and subacromial decompression
  • open or arthroscopic cuff debridement (if unable to repair) and subacromial decompression
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L3 nerve root compression

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  • Sensory loss over anterior thigh
  • Weak quadriceps
  • Reduced knee reflex
  • Positive femoral stretch test
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L4 nerve root compression

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  • Sensory loss anterior aspect of knee
  • Weak quadriceps
  • Reduced knee reflex
  • Positive femoral stretch test
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L5 nerve root compression

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  • Sensory loss dorsum of foot
  • Weakness in foot and big toe dorsiflexion
  • Reflexes intact
  • Positive sciatic nerve stretch test
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S1 nerve root compression

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  • Sensory loss posterolateral aspect of leg and lateral aspect of foot
  • Weakness in plantar flexion of foot
  • Reduced ankle reflex
  • Positive sciatic nerve stretch test
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Colles’ Fracture features

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  1. Dorsal displacement of distal fragment
  2. Radial displacement of hand
  3. Radial shortening
  4. Avulsion of ulnar styloid

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