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Ulnar Drift: hand drift toward ulnar ( it really does!)
Rhematoid arthritis: has bone destruction, non-reducible.
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Systemic lupus: no bone destruction, reducible |
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percussion of the Median Nerve to test for Tinel's Sign. positive tinel's = needle pain on thumb, index finger and half of middle finger. |
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Faber-Patrick Maneuver
patient supines, places heel on knee, physician applies pressure. If patient has hip problem--> groin pain, restricted motion. |
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Ballottement of the Patella- to detect large amounts of fluid in the joint.
put hand bellow and above patella, pressing down on patella--> fluid buldge---> possible rheumatological disease. |
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McMurray Maneuver-internal derangement of lateral or medial meniscus
-knee bent and rotated, if the patient gets a loud click and pain--> internal structure medial/later meniscus problems. |
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Schober Test: measure the increased distance between the two marks when the patient flexes the spine to its maximum. This test shows limited motion.
Make a mark on 5th lumbar and 1st iliac joint (10cm apart). Patient bends leading to an additional 5cm separation= normal motion. |
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Biopsy of vascularitis
this picture depicts what used to be blood vessle. we can see RBC, WBC, and other nuclear dust obstruction of vascular lining. |
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abnormal synovial membrane |
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osteoarthritis
this is a radiograph of the knee showing moderate to severe osteoarthritis. note the marked joint space narrowing of the medial compartment. |
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
bone scan area of active metabolic activity. this picture shows distribution of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis. |
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inflammatory arthritis-look at the right arm in this picture (yep, no visible "so long the thumb here come the pinky" feature) |
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