Pathology 5 - MSK Flashcards
meniscal tear - gradual or traumatic
normally traumatic
meniscal tear - MOI
twisting of the the knee when it is a semi-flexed position with the foot planted on the ground
hyperflexion
meniscal tear - no traumatic tear
due to degeneration
pivoting or squatting movement may be enough to cuase a tear
meniscal tear - function of the men
absorb shock and distribute forces
meniscal tear - is the medial or the lateral normally effected more
medial - it is more firmly attached to the tibia
meniscal tear - population
sports - cutting and pivot
older - degnerative tears
meniscal tear - sym
pain and tenderness of joint line
swelling
loss of ROM
complaints of locking and catching
feeling of instability
meniscal tear - lab test
MRI is the test of choices
meniscal tear - special test
mcmurreys
apley - compression and distraction
thessely’s
ext and flexion overpressure
meniscal tear - conservative treatment or surgery
age
previous activity level
location and extent of tear
meniscal tear - tear of the out 1/3
more likely to heal compared in inner tear becasue of blood supply
myositis ossificans - what is it
characterized by calcification of the muscle
bone growth in the mucles
myositis ossificans - cause
improper treatment of of a muscle strain of contusion
fail to apply cold or heat after injury
intense massage too soon after injury
- factors that distrub normal healing
myositis ossificans - often occur in what muscles
muscle prone to traumtic injury
- leg and arm muscles
myositis ossificans - primary imaging
xray
Spondylolisthesis - what it is
anterior slip of a superior vert on the inferior vert
Spondylolisthesis - is common what what spinal level
L4-L5
Spondylolisthesis - sym
Back pain - spinal stenosis, cauda equina syms
back pain increases - over head lifting , prolonged standing, getting in or out of the car, walking on stairs or incline
radiating pain
motor or sensory loss
no sig neuro deficits
Spondylolisthesis - population
> 50 year of age
black women
Spondylolisthesis - imaging
plain radiograph
MRI might be used to rule out other pathos
what directional preference for disk herniation
extension extercises
what directional preference for spondy
flexion excercises
what is the difference between de quiverians and dupuytren’s
dup: finger, nana
de: inflammation of the FPL and EPB
what age do we normally see death with duchenes muscular dystrophy
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