Publications by authors named "Shawn P Jorgensen"
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- * The text highlights key musculoskeletal mimickers like facet arthropathy, myofascial pain syndrome, and hip pathology, emphasizing the importance of recognizing specific examination features for accurate diagnosis.
- * Treatment for these mimickers usually involves conservative methods such as physical therapy and anti-inflammatory medications, with surgery being a rare option, and diagnostic injections often necessary for confirmation.
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- - The diagnosis of lumbosacral radiculopathy requires ruling out other musculoskeletal conditions with similar symptoms, using patient history and physical exams to create a differential diagnosis.
- - Various diagnostic tests, like MRI and EMG, help confirm the diagnosis but have different strengths: MRI is highly sensitive but less specific, while EMG is highly specific but less sensitive.
- - The presence of multiple disorders in patients can complicate diagnosis and treatment, as up to 25% may have overlapping conditions, which will be discussed in a companion paper focusing on common musculoskeletal mimics.
Occupational nerve injuries span a broad array of pathologies and contribute toward functional limitation, disability, and economic impact. Early and accurate recognition, treatment, and management of workplace factors rely on a thorough understanding of the anatomic and biomechanical factors that drive nerve injury. This review explores the interplay between anatomy, biomechanics, and nerve pathology common to occupational nerve injury and provides the treating physician with a rational, evidence-based approach to diagnosis and to occupational aspects of management.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeuromuscular Ultrasound: Indications in the Electrodiagnostic Laboratory.
Am J Phys Med Rehabil
January 2022
Accurate assessment of neuromuscular disorders is critical to facilitate timely treatment and achieve the best outcomes. Historically, electrodiagnostic studies have filled this role, but recently, neuromuscular ultrasound is being used in the electrodiagnostic laboratory. This review discusses the uses of neuromuscular ultrasound in the electrodiagnostic laboratory that have strong evidence, emphasizing those that could be adopted in a typical electrodiagnostic laboratory with a reasonable level of equipment and training.
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