Cervical spondylosis is a common degenerative condition of the cervical spine. It is most likely caused by age-related changes in the intervertebral disks. Clinically, several syndromes, both overlapping and distinct, are seen. These include neck and shoulder pain, suboccipital pain and headache, radicular symptoms, and cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). As...

The glenoid labrum is a triangular fibrocartilaginous structure that serves to deepen the glenoid. While tears of the anteroinferior labrum have long been known to be associated with significant shoulder pathology, injuries of the superior labrum have really only been appreciated as a potential pathological lesion since the advent of...

The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) was formed in 1993. Our objective is to improve the quality of health care for patients in Scotland by reducing variation in practice and outcome, through the development and dissemination of national clinical guidelines containing recommendations for effective practice based on current evidence. Highly Reputable

The Surgical Implant Generation Network (SIGN) was established in January of 1999 as a humanitarian, nonprofit corporation in the State of Washington, USA. SIGN's goal is to provide for improved health-care and proper orthopaedic treatment of fractures at little or no cost to people in need throughout the world. Expert

Antithrombotic Therapy. SIGN Guideline. SIGN Publication No. 36 ISBN 1899893 76 8 Published March 1999

Cervical spondylosis is a chronic degenerative condition of the cervical spine that affects the vertebral bodies and intervertebral disks of the neck (in the form of, for example, disk herniation and spur formation), as well as the contents of the spinal canal (nerve roots and/or spinal cord). Some authors also...

Soft tissue injuries of the knee are some of the most common and clinically challenging musculoskeletal disorders in patients presenting to the ED. Therefore, establishing clear-cut diagnostic and therapeutic objectives for these injuries is important. Knee pain and related symptoms may derive from damage to 1 or more of the soft...

Management of Early Rheumatoid Arthritis. SIGN Guideline
SIGN Publication No. 48 ISBN 1899893 37 7 Published December 2000 Highly Reputable

Early Management of Patients with a Head Injury. SIGN Guideline
SIGN Publication No. 46 ISBN 1899893 27 X Published August 2000

Account of the Pivot Shift sign for ACL deficiency

Wimberger sign

Idiopathic Scoliosis As a Presenting Sign of Familial Neurologic Abnormalities from Spine 28(1):40-45, 2003 Posted 02/05/2003 Masatoshi Inoue, MD, Yoshinori Nakata, MD, Shohei Minami, MD, Hiroshi Kitahara, MD, Yoshinori Otsuka, MD, Keijiro Isobe, MD, Masashi Takaso, MD, Makoto Tokunaga, MD, Takashi Itabashi, MD, Shinsuke Nishikawa, MD, Hideshige Moriya, MD
Conclusions: It is suggested that...

J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1983 Aug;65(4):472-3. Progressive scoliosis as the first presenting sign of syringomyelia. Report of a case.Baker AS, Dove J.

Brief bio of Jules Froment and account of Froment's sign - we hold out a folded newspaper to the patient; he is asked to pull it hard with the strong hand and then with the affected hand, while we pull it fairly firmly away. This is what is observed: on...

lemon sign

Terry Thomas sign

Illustrated account of Trendelenberg sign including quantitation by timing.

Author: Harold Chen, MD, MS, FAAP, FACMG, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Chief, Genetic Laboratory Services, Louisiana State University Medical Center
Synonyms and related keywords: Marfan's syndrome, Marfan disease, Marfan's disease, inherited connective tissue disorder, fibrillin-1 gene, FBN1 gene, ectopia lentis, mitral valve prolapse, mitral regurgitation, aortic root dilatation, aortic dissection, chronic...

SIGN Guideline Contents - Introduction, Diagnosis of early rheumatoid arthritis, Principles of treatment, Pharacological management, Role of the multidisciplinary team

Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a collective group of inherited noninflammatory but progressive muscle disorders without a central or peripheral nerve abnormality. The disease affects the muscles with definite fiber degeneration but without evidence of morphologic aberrations.
Synonyms and related keywords: MD, dystrophinopathies, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Duchenne MD, Becker muscular dystrophy,...

Progressive pes planus, or flatfoot, deformity in adults is a common entity that is encountered by orthopedic surgeons. Despite the significant incidence of this condition, the pathophysiology is still debated. The failure of one anatomic entity alone is unlikely to explain the clinical presentation of adult-acquired flatfoot deformity (AAFD). Instead,...

SIGN Publication No. 45 ISBN 1899893 22 9 Published July 2000

Guidelines proposed by the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network on care and management of specific orthopaedic topics.

Painful rib hump: a new clinical sign for detecting intraspinal rib displacement in scoliosis due to neurofibromatosis Andreas Gkiokas1 , Socratis Hadzimichalis2 , Elias Vasiliadis1 , Marina Katsalouli3 and Georgios Kannas2
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Spinal cord compression and associate neurological impairment is rare in patients with...

Account of anatomy, nerve supply and injuries to the hand resulting in instrinsic deformity.
Synonyms and related keywords: claw hand deformity, claw-hand deformity, clawhand deformity, contractures of the hand, extrinsic tightness, Froment sign, Froment's sign, hand contractures, hand therapy, intrinsic muscles of the hand, intrinsic tightness test, median nerve injury,...