MUSCULOSKELETAL RHEUMATOLOGY Flashcards
Abducted, externally rotated. Axillary nerve affected
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation
Adducted
internally rotated
Electrical injury
lightning, seizure
Posterior Shoulder Dislocation
Empty can test
Rotator Cuff Tear
Wrist drop (radial nerve)
Mid-Shaft Humerus Fracture
Middle third most commonly affected. Treat with sling
Clavicle Fracture
Children. Median nerve and brachial artery affected. Anterior sail and posterior fat pad sign. Gun stock deformity. Volkmann’s contracture
Supracondylar Fracture
Posterior dislocation most common
Elbow Dislocation
FOOSH. Snuffbox tenderness. Thumb spica splint
Scaphoid Fracture
Median nerve. Phalen Sign. Tinel Sign. Compression test. Thenar eminence atrophy
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
5th metacarpal f racture. Ulnar gutter splint
Boxer Fracture
Pregnancy. Finklestein test
Dequervain Tenosynovitis
Smoking, decreased FEV1
Chronic Bronchitis
Young male
HLA B27
Bamboo sign
Ankylosing spondylitis
Shopping cart sign (pain relieved with forward bending)
Spinal Stenosis
Femoral neck fracture, limp, frog leg lateral X-ray
Avascular Necrosis
Knee pain, avascular necrosis
Legg-Calve-Perthes
Obese
X-ray: posterior displacement of the femoral epiphysis.
Slipped capital Femoral Epiphysis