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Pt comes in and complains of extreme pain on the ulnar side of their wrist... what is the most likely cause?
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tear in the triangular fibrocartilagenous complex
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Fracture that is very hard to heal due to the lack of proper blood supply to the area.
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Scaphoid fracture
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These nerves can have impingement problems because they go through muscles
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Radial nerve, median nerve, ulnar nerve
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when the ulnar nerve is compressed under ligament of Struthers above the elbow and there is numbness and eventual motor loss.
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cubital tunnel syndrome
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structures that pass through the carpal tunnel
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4 Flexor digitorum superficialis, 4 flexor digitorum profundus, Flexor pollicus longus and the median nerve
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an issue in which structures in carpal tunnel swell/hypertophy that causes hand numbness and tingling and then weakness toward the end of the day.
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carpal tunnel syndrome
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presents with extensor weakness in the thumb and extensor digitorum, due to a nerve being squeezed by the supinator muscle.
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radial tunnel syndrome
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Athlete with a wrist sprain, was doing conditioning in the gym. His wrist would creak when he moved it, what tendinitis causes this?
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extendor pollicus longus
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synovium of extensor tendons that bulges up through the tendons.
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ganglion cyst
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patient dislocates finger and cannot flex it all the way what could be the likely cause?
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rupture of the volar plate
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finger dislocation and pt just pops back into place, triangular ligament ruptured so each time the interossi flex they cannot extend the finger fully
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Boutonniere deformity
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A shoulder separation where the space between clavical and acromion is enlarged and the clavicle rides upward.
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AC Separation
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Nerve most likely to be injured with a shoulder fracture or dislocation
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Axillary nerve
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Nerve most likely to be affected with a fracture at the radial groove
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Radial nerve
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Nerve most likely to be affected with a fracture to the distal humerus
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Medial nerve
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Nerve most likely to be affected with a fracture of the medial epicondyle
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Ulnar nerve
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Scapular winging is caused by:
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injury of the long thoracic nerve which paralyzes Serratus Anterior
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