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Acute limb ischaemia ( ALI) occurs when there is a sudden lack of blood flow to a limb, [1] within 14 days of symptoms onset. [2] It is different from another condition which is more chronic (more than 14 days) [3] called critical limb ischemia (CLD). CLD is the end stage of peripheral vascular disease where there is still some collateral ...
Piriformis syndrome is often left undiagnosed and mistaken with other pains due to similar symptoms with back pain, quadriceps pain, lower leg pain, and buttock pain. These symptoms include tenderness, tingling and numbness initiating in low back and buttock area and then radiating down to the thigh and to the leg.
Hyperreflexia. Hyperreflexia is overactive or overresponsive bodily reflexes. Examples of this include twitching and spastic tendencies, which indicate disease of the upper motor neurons and the lessening or loss of control ordinarily exerted by higher brain centers of lower neural pathways (disinhibition). Spinal-cord injury is the most common ...
A positive test occurs with inability to adduct the leg due to iliotibial band shortening. The Thomas test is used to detect excessive tightness of the iliotibial band. In this test the patient holds the unaffected leg to their chest while the examiner straightens and lowers the other leg to a horizonal position, inability to fully straighten ...
Chronic limb threatening ischemia ( CLTI ), also known as critical limb ischemia ( CLI ), is an advanced stage of peripheral artery disease (PAD). It is defined as ischemic rest pain, arterial insufficiency ulcers, and gangrene. The latter two conditions are jointly referred to as tissue loss, reflecting the development of surface damage to the ...
Compartment syndrome is a condition in which increased pressure within one of the body's anatomical compartments results in insufficient blood supply to tissue within that space. [6] [7] [8] There are two main types: acute and chronic. [6] Compartments of the leg or arm are most commonly involved. [3]
Monoplegia is paralysis of a single limb, usually an arm. Common symptoms associated with monoplegic patients are weakness, numbness, and pain in the affected limb. Monoplegia is a type of paralysis that falls under hemiplegia. While hemiplegia is paralysis of half of the body, monoplegia is localized to a single limb or to a specific region of ...
Spinal muscular atrophy with lower extremity predominance 2B. Spinal muscular atrophy with lower extremity predominance 2B is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. Spinal muscular atrophy with lower extremity predominance 2B ( SMALED2B) is a rare neuromuscular disorder characterised by generalised muscle weakness.