MSK

Question 1

investigations for achilles tendonitis

Answer 1

ultrasound
MRI

Question 2

management of achilles tendonitis

Answer 2

rest
physio
heel raise

Question 3

start up pain in foot after rest, pain worse after exercise, tenderness, pain relieved when walking on toes

Answer 3

plantar fasciitis

Question 4

management of plantar fasciitis

Answer 4

rest
ice
analgesia
physio
steroid injection
surgery

Question 5

medial elbow pain, pain is made worse by wrist flexion and by making a fist

Answer 5

golfers elbow

Question 6

investigation for golfers elbow

Answer 6

clinical
ultrasound/MRI

Question 7

management of golfers elbow

Answer 7

rest
NSAIDs
physio

Question 8

pain radiating down forearm, pain on elevated middle finger, tenderness on lateral palpation

Answer 8

tennis elbow

Question 9

management of tennis elbow

Answer 9

rest
physio
NSAIDs

Question 10

what nerve is compressed in carpal tunnel

Answer 10

median nerve

Question 11

tingling in thumb, worse at night better when dropped over bed, loss of sensation, weakness over the thumb, muscle wasting in thenar emenance

Answer 11

carpal tunnel

Question 12

management of carpal tunnel

Answer 12

wrist splint
corticosteroid injection
decompresion

Question 13

radial sided wrist pain, pain aggrevated by gripping and raising objects, makes a fist over thumb and extends it forward ilicits the pain

Answer 13

de quervains tenosynovitis
= swelling of tendons that run along the thumb

Question 14

investigation for de quervains tenosynovitis

Answer 14

ultrasound
Xray

Question 15

management of de quervains tenosynovitis

Answer 15

rest
NSAIDs
thumb splint
steroid injection

Question 16

palmar nodule thickened
thickening and tethering of the skin
contracture of the long fingers
cannot lay palm flat on the table

Answer 16

dupuytrens contracture

Question 17

management of dupuytrens

Answer 17

physio
surgery

Question 18

audible pop
rapid knee swelling
sensation of knee instability
high rotational force

Answer 18

ACL rupture

Question 19

management of ACL rupture

Answer 19

MRI
XRay

physio
conservation
surgery
knee clinic

Question 20

shoulder stiffness
decreased range of movement
shoulder pain

Answer 20

adhesive capulitis = frozen shoulder

Question 21

investigation for frozen shoulder

Answer 21

clinical
Xray
ultrasound
MRI

Question 22

management of frozen shoulder

Answer 22

self limiting
physio
NSAIDs
surgery

Question 23

painful arc between 60-90 of abduction
hawkin kennedy test positve

Answer 23

impingement syndrome

Question 24

investigation for impingement syndrome

Answer 24

Xray
ultrasound

Question 25

management of impingement syndrome

Answer 25

NSAIDs physio steroid injection surgery

Question 26

what type of shoulder dislocation when a patient falls onto their back

Answer 26

anterior shoulder dislocation

Question 27

patient has an epileptic fit or is electrocuted what type of shoudler discloation

Answer 27

posterior

Question 28

investigations for rotator cuff tear

Answer 28

MRI ultrasound

Question 29

management of rotator cuff tear

Answer 29

physio corticosteroid injection surgery

Question 30

bilateral leg pain saddle anaesthesia bowel/bladder dysfunction faecal incontinence

Answer 30

cauda equina

Question 31

investigation for cauda equina

Answer 31

PR urgent MRI

Question 32

management of cauda equina

Answer 32

dissectomy

Question 33

someone is trying to lift something up and all of a sudden gets bad back pain numbness muscle spasm

Answer 33

slipped disc

Question 34

investigation for slipped disc

Answer 34

MRI

Question 35

management of slipped disc

Answer 35

rest analgesia physio surgery

Question 36

burning/tingling down a leg straight leg raise ilicits pain

Answer 36

sciatica

Question 37

investigation for sciatica

Answer 37

MRI

Question 38

management of sciatica

Answer 38

physio amitriptyline surgery

Question 39

pain in legs while walking burning pain pain is not severe when walking uphill peripheral pulses normal

Answer 39

spinal stenosis = narrowing of the spinal canal resulting in compression of the spinal cord

Question 40

investigation for spinal stenosis

Answer 40

MRI

Question 41

management of spinal stenosis

Answer 41

exercise weight loss analgesia physiotherapy