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Ankylosing Spondylitis inflamed vertebral disks; ligaments ossify; eventual fusion and deformity vertebral column
Ankylosing Spondylitis age 20-40; low back pain; hips and shoulders; pain fluctuate side to side
Ankylosing Spondylitis restriction lumbar flexion; later limited ROM shoulders, hips, knees; uveitis
Lumbosacral Radiculopathy (Herniated lumbar disc) commonly L4, L5, S1; ages 31-50; degenerative changes
Lumbosacral Radiculopathy (Herniated lumbar disc) assoc. lifting heavy objects; low back pain c radiation to buttocks/posterior thigh & down leg; pain relief when lying down
Lumbosacral Radiculopathy (Herniated lumbar disc) spasm/tenderness paraspinal; difficulty heel or toe walking; numbness/ tingling/weakness involved ext
Lumbar Stenosis Canal narrowing bone and ligament hypertrophy; possible entrapment of spinal cord
Lumbar Stenosis pain walking/standing; buttocks radiate down legs; relief with sitting
Lumbar Stenosis early stages neuro exam norm; focal weakness or sensory loss later
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome compression nerve in flexor tendon sheath; d/t microtrauma/edema/rep motion/vibration
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome numbness/burning/tingling often at night; elicited by rotational movements wrist; pain may radiate to arms
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome weakness of hand; flattening of thenar eminence
Gout monosodum urate crystal deposition in joints and surrounding tissue
Gout sudden onset hot/swollen joint; limited ROM; men >40; postmen women; prox phal great toe/wrists/ ankles/knees /hands
Gout skin red or purple/shiny; chronic gout form tophi (uric acid crystals) Lyme Disease
Lyme Disease fatigue, anorexia, HA; 3 phases
Lyme Disease eryethma migrans, expanding rash with central clearing; arthritis, neuro symptoms (facial palsy, mening., encheph.)
TMJ(Tempormandigular Joint Syndrome) congenital abnorm, malocclusion, trauma, arthr, etc
TMJ(Tempormandigular Joint Syndrome) unilat face pain worse c joint movement, any point face and neck
TMJ(Tempormandigular Joint Syndrome) muscle spasms; clicking, popping, or crepitus
Osteomyelitis open wound or sys inf; purulent matter thru cortex of bone to soft tissue;< blood flow to bone = necrosis
Osteomyelitis dull pain at site and progresses, a limp or < movement infants
Osteomyelitis signs of inf
Bursitis due to repetitive movement and excessive pressure; also d/t infection or gout
Bursitis common sites
Bursitis limited motion d/t swelling & pain on movement, pt. tenderness, erythematous /warm site; soreness radiate to tend
Paget Diseas (Osteitis Deformans) metabolic disorder of bone; >45 yrs old; excessive bone resorption & bone formation = mosaic pattern lamellar bone
Paget Diseas (Osteitis Deformans) skull often affected produce vertigo & HA, progressive deafness involvement of ossicles)
Paget Diseas (Osteitis Deformans) bowed tibias, misshapen pelvis, prominent skull forhead, freq. fx's
Fibromyalgia nonarticular condition, women > 40, unknown etiology
Fibromyalgia widespread pain/aching; persistent fatigue; morning stiffness; may accomp. HA, IBS, insomnia, dysmenorrhea
Fibromyalgia multipe tender pts >11 bilat sites
osteoarthritis cartilage abrasion, pitting, and thinning bone surfaces exposed; bones grind together remodeling and formation new bone
osteoarthritis hands/feet/hips/knees/cervical or lumbar; onset after 40; nearly 100% over age 75
osteoarthritis joints enlarged d/t bone growths (osteophytes); crepitus & limited/painful ROM
Rheumatoid Arthritis inflamed synovial tissue and fluid; cause unknown; leuko aggregate; inflamm cytokines and enz cause damage to bone
Rheumatoid Arthritis onset insidious symm; pain/stiffness in AM or inactivity; fatigue/myalgias/wt loss/low-grade fever
Rheumatoid Arthritis hands/wrists/feet/ankles/hips/knees/cervical spine; synovitis soft tissue swelling; nodules and deformities later
Muscle Strain d/t excessive stretching or forceful contraction
Muscle Strain improper warm up, fatigue, prev injury; severity from mild intrafibrinous tear to muscle rupture
Muscle Strain temporary muscle weakness, spasm, pain, contusion
Dislocation pressure or force pushing bone out of socket
Dislocation acute trauma, easily in pts with hyperextensibility conditions
Dislocation deformity and inability to use ext or joint
Fracture from trauma (direct, indirect, twisting, crushing)
Fracture acute trauma, more easily in patients with bone disorders
Fracture deformity, pain, loss of function, color changes, paresthesia
Tenosynovitis (Tendonitis) inflammation synovium lined sheath around tendon, repetitive actions, inflammatory conditions such as RA
Tenosynovitis (Tendonitis) pain with movement; shoulder, knee, heel, wrist
Tenosynovitis (Tendonitis) point tenderness, pain with active movement and some limited movement of joint
Rotator Cuff Tear d/t degeneration of muscle & tendon rep overhead lifting; most often supraspinatus
Rotator Cuff Tear pain in shoulder & deltoid area; can awaken pt at night
Rotator Cuff Tear inability to maintain lat raised arm against resist; tenderness over acromioclavicular joint; grating sound, crepitus
Clubfoot (Talipes Equinovarus) genetic, external influences in final trimester
Clubfoot (Talipes Equinovarus) characteristic deformity obvious
Clubfoot (Talipes Equinovarus) inversion of foot at ankel and plantar flexion with toes lower than heel
Metatarsus Adductus (Metatarsus Varus) most common congent defor; intrauterine positioning; angulation at tarsometatarsal joint
Metatarsus Adductus (Metatarsus Varus) obvious def, heal and ankle uninvolved, resolves at 6 months few need casting
Metatarsus Adductus (Metatarsus Varus) lat border foot is convex, crease sometimes apparent medial border of foot
Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease avascular necrosis of femoral head; decreased blood supply femoral head; cause unknown
Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease boys age 3-11, medial thigh, knee or groin; bilat involvement in 10%
Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease limp that is painless or antalgic; loss of int rotation, abduction &
Slipped Captial Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE) slips over neck of femur; 8-19 yrs of age; 75% is unilat.; L more than R; obesity at higher risk
Slipped Captial Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE) child/adolescent with knee pain and limp
Slipped Captial Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE) commonly obese, taller than most, leg weakness, reduced internal hip rot; plain radiograph shows slippage
Muscular Dystrophy group of genetic disordes grad. degen mus fibers; prog weakness; atrophy or pseudohypertrophy; skeletal muscles & heart
Muscular Dystrophy can be mild; ofter severe disability/deformity/death; early signs clumsiness, difficulty on stairs, freq falls
Muscular Dystrophy mus atrophy, weakness, waddling gait; positive Gower sign
Osgood-Schlatter Disease traction apophysitis ant aspect tibial tubercle; assoc inflamm ant patellar tendon; boys 9-15
Osgood-Schlatter Disease limp, knee pain
Osgood-Schlatter Disease knee swelling aggrav by strenuous activity; esp prominent with activity involving quads
Scoliosis def of spine; concave curvature of ant vert bodies, convex post curves, lat rotation of spine; no known cause
Scoliosis mostly girls prog early adolescence; back discomfort with leg lenth discrepancy
Scoliosis in severe def pts with uneven shoulder and hip levels; phys alterations occur in spine, chest, pelvis
Radial Head Subluxation (Nursemaid's Elbow) dislocation injury; jerking arm upward; tears margin of annular ligament around radial head
Radial Head Subluxation (Nursemaid's Elbow) age 1-4; refuses to move arm
Radial Head Subluxation (Nursemaid's Elbow) holds arm flexed and pronated, supination is resisted
Osteoperosis < bone mass d/t bone resorption more rapid than deposition; fragile susceptible to spontaneous fx's
Osteoperosis loss of height, acute painful fx; fx sites hip, vertebrae, wrist
Osteoperosis lose hight, < abdominothoracic space; vert compression fx leads to dyphosis or scoliosis
Dupuytren Contracture contractures involving flexor hand tendons; cause unknown; hereditary?
Dupuytren Contracture flexion contractures insidiously; >40; more in men
Dupuytren Contracture generally 4th & 5th digits contract causing fingers to curl; tendons easily palpable
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