Ortho/Rheum Flashcards
disruption of ligament connective tissue by sudden twisting of a joint
sprain
overstretching or disruption of muscle or muscle tendon unit, may be acute or due to overuse
strain
Salter Harris Type 1
fracture through epiphyseal plate with displacement
Salter Harris Type 2
through epiphyseal plate with displacement plus triangular segment of metaphysic is fractured
Salter Harris Type 3
runs from joint surface through epiphyseal plate and epiphysis
Salter Harris Type 4
fracture though epiphyseal plate, epiphysis and adjacent metaphysis
Salter Harris Type 5
crush injury of metaphysis
muscles found in rotator cuff
supraspinatus
infraspinatus
teres minor
subscapularis
dull ache in shoulder, difficulty reaching over head, positive drop test - DX?
Rotator Cuff tear
X-ray findings diagnostic for shoulder separation
> 5 mm of separation between clavicle and acromial process
most common type of shoulder dislocation
anterior
what nerve can be injured in a shoulder dislocation
axillary
fracture at distal end of 5th metacarpal
Boxer’s fracture
splint used for boxer’s fracture
ulner gutter splint
X-ray findings that support the diagnosis of a radial fracture
positive fat pad sign
fracture of distal radius that causes a dinner fork deformity
colle’s fracture
splint used for Colle’s fracture
sugar tong splint
fracture of distal radius with volar displacement
Smith’s fracture
splint used for Smith’s fracture
volar wrist splint
radial styloid fracture
hutchinson’s fracture
ulna fracture and radial head dislocation
Monteggia’s fracture
radial fracture usually located at the junction of the middle and distal thirds and subluxation of inferior radioulnar joint
Galeazzi’s fracture
due to forced radial abduction at the MCP joint, damage to collateral ligament of thumb, affects pincer function, pain over MCP
Gamekeeper’s thumb
spint for Gamekeeper’s thumb
thumb spica
point tenderness over anatomical snuffbox - DX?
scaphoid fracture
most common carpal bone fracture
scaphoid fracture
splint used for scaphoid fracture
thumb spica splint
what nerve is compressed in carpal tunnel
median nerve
dull ache in wrist, numbness, tingling in thumb and digits 2 and 3, relief with shaking of wrist
carpal tunnel syndrome
pain and numbness when dorsum of hands are placed against each other at a right angle
Phalen’s test
pain with tapping over the palmar surface of wrist
Tinel’s sign
treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome
splint (at night), NSAIDs, Steroids, surgery
inflammation of the sheath around extensor pollicis brevis and abductor pollicis longus of thumb
DeQuervein’s tenosynovitis
positive finkelstein test makes which diagnosis?
DeQuervein’s tenosynovitis
tennis elbow
lateral epicondylitis
golfer’s elbow
medial epicondylitis