Shoulder Problems - 30/10/18 Flashcards

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do you believe?

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In life after love

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What are 5 common shoulder pathologies and what ages do these occur?

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Instability 20-30
Cuff disease 
-Impingement 30-40
-Cuff tear 50-60
Frozen shoulder 40-50
Arthritis >60
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How many joints are in the shoulder girdle?

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4
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How many muscles attach to the scapula?

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What are the extrinsic muscles of the shoulder

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Deltoid
Trapezium
Pectoralis major
Latissimus dorsi

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What are the intrinsic muscles of the shoulder?

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Rotator cuff muscles

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What are the characteristics of shoulder instability?

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Teenage to 30 years
Young
Sporty
Traumatic

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What are the characteristics of shoulder instability?

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Teenage to 30 years
Young
Sporty
Traumatic

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9
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When can posterior dislocation occur?

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Epileptic fits
Electrocution
Alocholic fits
in 5% of cases

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What are the characteristics of shoulder instability presentation?

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Acute
-ED
-Painful
-In sling
Chronic
-Atraumatic laxity
-Not painful
-No support
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What are the first things to do in shoulder dislocations?

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Give the patient analgesia

Reduce the joint

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How does instability present?

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Mechanism of injury
Ease of dislocation
Frequency
General laxity

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WHat is seen on examination of shoulder instability?

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Look - abnormal shoulder contour, muscle wasting
Feel - Tenderness, muscle spasm
Move - Good ROM, scapular winging/dyskkinedia
Tests - RC strength, apprehension, relocation, general laxity

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14
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What 2 conditions can cause shoulder laxity?

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Marfans

EDS

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15
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How is a dislocation reduced?

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Manipulation
Kocher method
Hippocratic method
Stimson method - tape a weight to the arm whilst lying face down

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16
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What is post reduction treatment?

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2-3 weeks sling
Analgesia
Gradual early mobilization
Physiotherapy

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17
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What are some investigations for shoulder instability?

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X-ray

MRI arthogram

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18
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What are some associated injuries with shoulder instability?

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Labral lesions (bankart)
# humeral head (hill sachs)
# glenoid (Bony bankhart)
Rotator cuff tear
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What are some NON operative treatments for shoulder instability?

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Physiotherapy
RC and core strengthening
Scapula stabilising

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What patients are most likely to have redislocation?

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Younger patients (15-20)

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What is the rehab for instability?

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6 week sling
8-10 weeks no driving
12 weeks no heavy lifting
No contact sports for 12 weeks
Training and non contact sports after 6 weeks
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What are the characteristics of shoulder impingment?

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Pain originating from the sub acromial space
Common and mostly transient
Intrinsic and extrinsic causes

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What are the intrinsic and extrinsic causes of impingement?

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Intrinsic
 - Tendon vascularity
- Watershed area
- Tendon degeneration
- Cuff dysfunction
Extrinsic 
- Pressure
- Type of acromion
- Coraco-acromial ligament
- Clavicular spur/osterophyte
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What are some types of impingement and who do they occur in?

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RC tendonitis/subacromial bursitis - <30s
Calcific tendonitis - 30s-40s
Tendinosis/partial tears RC - 40s - 50s
Cuff tear 50-60s
Cuff arthropathy - 70s
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25
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Neers classification

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1 = Inflammation, oedema, haemorrhage
2 = ??/
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WHat is important in the History of impingement?

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Age
Hand dominance
Pain
Reach and stretch
Painful arch
Neurology
Neck pain
Anaglesia
Physio
Injections
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27
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What may be seen on examination of shoulder impingement?

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look - Contour, muscle wasting, scapula position
Feel - Tenderness bursa, ACJ
Move - ROM active/passive, painful arc, RC strength
Tests - Hawkins, Joes

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28
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What investigations are used for impingement?

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X-ray
(Shentens line?)
Calcifications
USS
MRI
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What are the treatments for impingement?

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Rest 
Activity modification
Pain relief
Physiotherapy
Cortico-steroid injections in sub acromial space
Minimal of 6 month non-operative therapy
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What occurs during Arthroscopic/open subacromial decompression?

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Subacromial/subdeltoid bursectomy
Acromioplasty
Release of CA ligament
Release of calcific deposits
Exision infraclavicular spur
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What is the rehab for impingement?

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Painful
Sling 1-2 weeks
Early physio and ROM movements
RC strengthening

32
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How long does shoulder impingement surgery take to recover?

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3-4 months

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How do cuff tears present?

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50-60yo
Grey hair - cuff tear
Acute traumatic
Chronic attrition
Weakness
Pain
34
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What is seen on cuff tear examination?

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L - Contour, wasting
F - Tenderness subdeltoid region
M - ROM active

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How are cuff tears investigated?

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Radiographs

MRI if stiff

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How are chronic cuff tears treated?

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Rest analgesia
Sling
Physiotherapy
Steroids
Weait and watch
37
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How are acture cuff tears treated?

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Urgent investigation
Early physio
Early reassessment
Early intervention

38
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What is cuff tear rehabilitation?

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Sling 6 weeks
No driving for 6-8 weeks
12 weeks no heavy lifting
Prolonged physiotherapy
Prolonged recovery 6-9 months
39
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What are the frozen shoulder presentation?

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Females
40-50
Can be bilateral
Gradual severe pain
Associated with Diabetes, lipid and endocrine disease and dupuytren's
40
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What is frozen shoulder

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Contracture and thickening of coracohumeral ligament in the rotator interval and axillary fold
Decrease in joint volume

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What are the three phases of frozen shoulder?

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Freezing
Frozen
Thawing

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How long does frozen shoulder take to recover?

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3-4 years

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What is seen on frozen shoudler history?

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Pain at rest
At night
Anterior
Stiffness

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Examination

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Global restriction

45
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Differentials of frozen shoulder

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Locked posterior dislocation

Arthritis

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How is frozen shoulder treated?

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NO - Gentle movements, analgesia, Physio, gleno-humeral injections, Fluerescence?
O - Manipulation under anaesthetic, Arthroscopic capsular releaase

47
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What is frozen shoulder rehab?

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Short period in sling
Pain control
Physiotherapy

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WHat is GH OA presentation?

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Over 60
Uncommon location
OA
RA
Gradual onset
Intermittent exacerbations
49
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What are the history features in GHOA?

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Gradual onset
Pain at rest and at night
Stiffness
Intermittent 
Functional difficulties
50
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What is the treatment for GHOA?

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Analgesia
Physio
Steroid
Shoulder replacement
Resurfacing
Total shoulder arthroplasty
Reverse polarity shoulder replacement
51
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What is the Post arthroplasty rehabilitation?

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Sling
Physio
No driving

52
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What is the Post arthroplasty rehabilitation?

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Sling
Physio
No driving

53
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Carpal tunnel syndrome?

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>30s 
Common
Female
Pregnancy
Hypothyroidism
Diabetes
Obesity
RA
54
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What happens to the blood supply in CTS?

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Reduced blood supply

55
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What nerve is compressed in carpal tunnel syndrome?

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Median nerve

56
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What muscles are innervated by the median nerve?

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LOAF muscles
Lumbricals IF and MF
Opponens
Abductor pollicus brevis
Flexor polllicus brevis
57
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What are the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome?

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Pins and needles
Pain
Clumsiness
Numbness
Weakness
Early morning wakening
worse when:
Driving
Phone use
Reading
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SIgns of CTS?

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Thenar atrophy
Altered sensation
Weakness APB

59
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What are 3 tests for CTS?

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Durkings test - compression
Tinnels test - tapping
Phalens test - volar flexion

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What are CTS investigations?

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Carpal tunnel questionsaire

Nerve conduction studies

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What is the treatment for CTS?

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Splintage
Physiotherapy
Steroid injections
Carpal tunnel Decompression surgery
-Day surgery
-Local anaesthetic
-Division transverse carpal ligament
-Anatomical variation
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CTS rehab?

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2 days reduce dressings
5 days keep dry
???

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CBTS?

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>30s
2nd most comon
More males
Post trauma
Direct pressure
Arthritis
64
Q

Revise the ulnar nerve anatomy and Cubital tunnel

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XOXO gossip girl

65
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Symptoms of CBTS?

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Ulnar pins and needles
Pain
CLumsiness
Numbness weakness
Leaning pain
Night pain
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CBTS tests?

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Tinnels test
Modified phalens test
Froments test

67
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CBTS investigations?

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Clinical examination

Nerve conduction studies

68
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Treatment of CBTS?

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Elbow splintage
Physio
NSAIDs
Ulnar nerve decompression
-Day surgery
-Local