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Diagnoses
Diagnosis | 3 facts about diagnosis |
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Adhesive Capsulitis | "Frozen Shoulder" -Capsular pattern (ER, IR, ABd.) -middle aged females -decreased fluid in joint capsule (arthrogram) |
Bicipital tendonitis | -Overhead activities/lifting -Speed's or Yergason's tests -Deep ache in front & on top of shoulder |
Carpal tunnel syndrome | -females 35-55 -muscle atrophy (aBductor pollicis brevis & thenar muscles) -Tinel's sign or Phalen's test |
Lateral epicondylitis | "Tennis elbow" -common extensor tendon in elbow -repeated overuse of wrist extensors (esp. extensor carpi radialis brevis) -difficulty gripping objects or insufficient forearm strength -Cozen's, Lateral epicondylitis test, or Mill's test |
Rotator Cuff tendonitis | -weak SUPRASPINATUS (cannot adequately depress humeral head in glenoid fossa for elevation) -overhead activities -painful arc: 60-120 degrees of aBduction |