– see carpal tunnel syndrome – Overuse Syndromes: – include muscle pain, tendinitis, fibrositis, epicondylitis, & psychological conditions that may contribute to disability; – Vascular Pathology – Anatomic Diff Dx: – Cervical Root Impingement – combination of nerve entrapment & radiculopathy (C6-C7) is not uncommon … Read more
– Landmarks: – one can palpate proximally in the snuff box radial styloid and, in mid third, the waist and distal third of the scaphoid; – at the distal end of the snuff box the STT joint is identified; – elliptical bony prominence at base of thenar muscles, consisting … Read more
– Age: – Back Pain in the Child: – Younger Adults: – ankylosing spondylitis (see spondyloarthropathies) – disc disease: – spondylothisthesis – metabolic bone disease – indicated by … Read more
– See: Diff Dx of Shoulder Pain – Diff Dx: – C5-C6 lesion – suprascapular nerve palsy – biceps tendon rupture – biceps tendonitis – calcific tendinitis: – traumatic tear of
(see also: Neuropathic Shoulder) Diabetes mellitus (diabetic charcot foot and ankle) Tabes dorsalis Syringomelia Septic Elbow in the Setting of Neuropathic Joint as the Initial Presentation of a Cervical Syrinx Meningomyelocele Leprosy Tumors of the spinal cord Degenerative spinal disease with nerve root compression Subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord Amyloid neuropathy Giantism w/ … Read more
DESCRIPTION OF PROCEDURE: After induction of satisfactory axillary block anesthesia, patient’s left upper extremity was prepped and draped in the usual sterile fashion. After exsanguination of the draped in the usual sterile fashion. After exsanguination of the left upper extremity with Esmarch, pneumatic tourniquet was placed at 300 mmHg. Longitudinal incision was made over the volar radial aspect of the … Read more
– neurological exam for the neuropathic charcot foot: – in exam of the diabetic foot note the neurologic findings are usually distal, symmetrical, and sensory; – absent or diminished tendon reflexes are characteristic findings; – ankle jerk is mainly affected and is absent 4 times > knee jerk; – diminution or … Read more
– Discussion: – this branch is one of the major communications between deep and superficial femoral systems of the leg; – descending branch may arise separately from either femoral or profunda artery passes downward beneath Rectus Femoris; – provides branches to Vastus Lateralis & intermedius, accompanied by branches of Femoral Nerve, & … Read more
– Discussion: Stimulus for Contraction: – stimulus for muscle contraction is an electrical impulse from motor nerve at the motor end-plate or neuromuscular junction; – when sarcolemma is stimulated by an incoming impulse, sodium, potassium, and chloride ions move about w/in transverse tubules to spread impulse and depolarize membranes; … Read more
– See: – Anatomic Snuff Box – First Compartment – Discussion: – a stenosing tenosynovitis of APL & EPB tendons (first compartment) at the styloid process of the radius; – inflammation causes thickening & stenosis of synovial sheath of first compartment & pain w/ … Read more