\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{Siffi (Siffi)} \pdfinfo{ /Title (djd-and-ddd.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (Siffi (Siffi)) /Subject (DJD \& DDD Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{21A4B8} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F1F9FA} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{DJD \& DDD Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{Siffi (Siffi)} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/122609/cs/22911/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Siffi (Siffi) \\ \uline{cheatography.com/siffi} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Not Yet Published.\\ Updated 30th January, 2021.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2 cm} x{6 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{DJD - General}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Can be:} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Primary}} & No specific cause can be identified \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Secondary}} & \seqsplit{Trauma/infection/developmental} anomaly \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Poor correlations between radiographic findings and symptoms} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Target sites}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Weight bearing joints} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{AC Joints} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{1st CMC} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{DIPs and PIPs} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{1st MTP} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{In Lx, common in L4/L5, L3/L4} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{S\&S}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Moderate, achy pain & Stiffness \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Occasional swelling & Crepitus \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Reduced ROM & Normal Bloodwork \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} +ve Spurlings, Shoulder abduction , +ve cervical distraction & Aggravated by extension, ipsilateral lateral flexion \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Consider myelopathy} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{DDD - Findings}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Decreased disc height (puts extra pressure on facet joints due to lack of impact absorption)} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Osteophyte formation} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Endplate sclerosis} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Vacuum phenomenon} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Subluxation} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Subchrondal cysts} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Consider MRI if conservative care does not improve symptoms after 3-6 weeks} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Annulus disease:}} - disc height remains the same - weakened Annulus pulls on VB - osteophyte formation \newline {\bf{Vacuum phenomenon:}} Area of nitrogen gas in annular fibres when injured \newline - Microtrauma in annulus = annular tears, seperation of annulus from vb endpplate} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.8 cm} p{0.8 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Presentation}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- \seqsplit{Radioculopathy/Encroachment} due to posterior osteophytes, facet and uncovertebral joint arthrosis, thickened bulging ligamentum flavum and a decreased in disc height} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Age (\textgreater{}50 yo)} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Flexion of the neck relieves arm pain} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Not trauma related} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- X-ray Changes} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- pain relieved by rest, aggravated by activity} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Muscle hypertonicity locally} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Tender over the involve segment} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Pain may refer over butt/hip/thigh} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Reduced ROM} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Gradual stiffness and loss of ROM} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Pain with ipsilateral LF / Ext} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- +ve Kemps, +ve Yeomans +ve SLR +ve Braggards +ve Slump} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- +ve Valsalva} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 1) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Assess for: Foot hyperpronation \{\{nl\}\} Breathing \{\{nl\}\} LCS \{\{nl\}\} Hip abductor weakness} \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 2) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- SMR changes - MYELOPATHY (UMNL - Clonus, Babinski, Hoffman, L'hermittes, Increased reflexes, Stiffness on gait/posture)} \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{DDD on X-ray}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/siffi_1589992924_dafdfdfd.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Osteophyte formation on the left image \newline Vacuum phenomenon circled on the right image} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.8 cm} p{0.8 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{DDD DDX}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Cx}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Disc lesion} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{SOL} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Tumour} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{TOS} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Inflammatory arthropathy} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Rotator Cuff pathology} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Heroes Zoster} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Peripheral nerve entrapment syndrome} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{CRPS} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Lx}}} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Disc lesion} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Strain/sprain} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Stenosis} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{DISH} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Fibromyalgia} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Hip OA} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) % Row 17 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Spondylolisthesis} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 1) % Row 18 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{F\#/Compression f\#} \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 1) % Row 19 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Infection} \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 1) % Row 20 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Neoplasm} \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 1) % Row 21 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{RA/Rheumatologicadisease} \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 1) % Row 22 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Viscerosomatic referral - AA, GI, GU} \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Hemispheric Spondylosclerosis}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/siffi_1589994645_dsdasdf.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{A semicircle shaped sclerosis at the endplate on the vertebral body - {\bf{can be similar to blastic mets}} \newline However, blastic mets are more likely to occur in the middle of the vertebral body and would be irregular} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.8 cm} p{0.8 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Red Flags}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Hx of trauma} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Corticosteroid use} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Osteoporosis} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Prior hx of cancer} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Unexplained weight loss} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Fever} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Chills} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Recent infection/surgery} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- S\&S of CES/myelopathy} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.8 cm} p{0.8 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{DDD Management}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{US} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Electrical stimulation} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Traction for radiculopathy} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Myofascial release of CX and shoulder girdle} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{CX and TX mobilisation/SMT (can be contraindicated by centtral /lateral recess stenosis} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Mckenzies in direction of centralisation} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Nerve mobilisation (gentle and slow)} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Home exercises for: LS, Traps, cervical rotators} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Cervical support pillow} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Avoid prolonged cervical extension , rotation, lateral flexion and axial loading , reading posture} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Big Three exercises} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Postural advice/breathing exercises} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Referral to specialist - if fails to show improvement, persistent motor weakness, progressive neuro deficit or myelopathy} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.584 cm} x{2.508 cm} x{2.508 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Phases of disc degeneration}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Phase I}} & {\bf{Phase II}} & {\bf{Phase III}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} - \seqsplit{Dysfunctional} phase & - Unstable Phase & - \seqsplit{Stabilisation} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} - Tears on the outer annulus by repetitive microtrauma & - Loss of mechanial integrity of the tri-joint complex & - Further disc resorption, disc space narrowing, disc fibrosis \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 5) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} - Interrupts blood supply to disc & - In Disc, multiple annular tears occurs, Internal disc disruption, \seqsplit{resorption/loss} of disc space height & - Endplate destruction \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 8) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} - Impairs nutritional supply and waste removal & - In \seqsplit{zygapophyseals} - cartilage degeneration, capsular laxity, subluxation & - Osteophyte formation \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 6) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & \seqsplit{Biomechanical} - segmental instability & - More likely to have discogenic pain \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.76 cm} x{6.24 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Modic Changes}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Type 1:}} & Marrow oedema - pain generator - Converts to Type II \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Type 2:}} & Occurs within 3-6 mths to 1 year. Fatty degeneration of subchondral marrow - chronic \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Type 3:}} & Rare - extensive bony sclerosis \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Causes}} & Local instability + inflammation, biomechanical changes to DDD \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Genetics \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Type 1}} Hyposignal on T1, Hypersignal on T2 \newline {\bf{Type 2}} Hypersignal on both \newline {\bf{Type 3}} Hyposignal on both} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Potential sites of impingement}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Central disc \seqsplit{herniation/posterior} osteophyte & Lateral disc herniation/uncinate hypertrophy \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Facet Hypertrophy & Thickening of the Ligamentum Flavum \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.8 cm} p{0.8 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Management}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{X-Ray/MRI for further investigations} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Mobilisation} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- PIR into the direction that does not cause peripheralisation} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Nerve Mobilisation - flossing \& Tensioning} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Ice} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- NSAID} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Anti- inflammatory nutritional advice} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Trp therapy} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Stabilisation exercises (if cervical)} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Sensorimotor Training} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Aerobic Exercise and Weight Training} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Graded Exposure for fear and pain provoking activities} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.32 cm} x{5.68 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Stenosis}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Locations}} & Spinal stenosis, Central canal \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & Foraminal \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Lateral Recess Stenosis \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Measurements}} & Normal = \textgreater{}15mm \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Stenosis = 13mm \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & Definite Narrowing = \textless{}10mm \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Causes}} & Posterior Bulges, herniations, osteophytes, ligamentum flavum \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{MRI}}} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Grade 1: loss of \textless{}50\% of subarachnoid space without cord deformity} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Grade 2: Denotes spinal cord deformity without signal change} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Grade 3: Spinal cord signal change at site of compression} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- MRI rules out non-degenerative causes of stenosis - tumour, syrinx, MND, MS} \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 2) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{CT myelography:}} Differentiation of osseous and SOL} \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{MRI/ CT Axial Gold Standard \newline Mainly affects the L5 NR} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.8 cm} p{0.8 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Types of Stenosis}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Congenital (short pedicles/small canal diameter)} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- {\bf{Acquired:}} Trauma, Disc Lesion, Spondy, Tumour, Bone disease, Abscess, Hematoma, Arthritis} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Symptoms}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Insidious Onset \textgreater{}50y & LBP, numbness, tingling, radicular pain \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Bilateral leg + low back symptoms - relieved by bending forward + sitting & Worse with extension, walking downhill + standing for long periods \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Chronic compression on the spinal cord - loss of fine motor skills of the hand, lower extremity pain, paresthesia, numbness, weakness, gait and balance disturbances, difficulty walking, loss of bowel/bladder control} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 5) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Face not usually affected} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{If presence of fasciculations, atrophy, signs of denervation - consider ALS} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Trefoil Canal}} A triangular shape on MRI due to the narrowing of the canal} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.8 cm} p{0.8 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Clinical Findings}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Decreased Cx ROM (extension can induce symptoms)} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- +ve L'hermittes, +ve Spurlings, +ve Cx distraction +ve Valsalva if central cord} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Mix of LMNL + UMNL signs (myelopathy)} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- UL and LL SMR should be done (long tract signs)} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- +ve Kemps (anything that requires extension)} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- +ve SLR (if foraminal/lateral recess stenosis)} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- {\bf{Assess for vascular claudication:}} 5 Ps : Pulsenessless, paralysis, paresthesia, palor and pain \{\{nl\}\} Pt report symptoms - provoked by walking, relieved by standing} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.8 cm} p{0.8 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{DDx}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- ALS, MS (younger patient), PLS (cranial nerve involvement)} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Vitamin B12 deficiency} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Tumour} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Abscess} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Neoplasm} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Syringomyelia} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Arnold-Chiari} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Vascular disease} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Cord infarction} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Radiation myelopathy} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Encephalitis} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Drug use} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- DDD/DJD} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Mechanical LBP} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 14 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Myofascial pain} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) % Row 15 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- F\#} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) % Row 16 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Hip pathology} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 1) % Row 17 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Rheumatological disease} \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.8 cm} p{0.8 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Management}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- No myelopathy or significant NR involvement, conservative care is considered} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- SMT/mobilisation (if more than moderate degenerative changes)} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Nerve mobilisation (home exercises) and cervical traction (reduce nerve adherance, facilitate nerve gliding, reduce intaneural swelling and improve axoplasmic flow)} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Heat, massage, US, electrical stimulation} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Stretching, STW of cervical and shoulder girdle musculature} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Cx strengthening} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- {\bf{Surgical referral if:}}} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Rapid deterioration} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Significant disability} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- \textgreater{}3mm instability on flex/ext views} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 1) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Abnormal findings on neurodiagnostic testing} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Significant concave cord deformity} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Criteria for successful management : \newline Lower initial VAS and disability score \newline Younger age \newline Radicular symptoms described as pain rather than paresthesia/weakness \newline Higher BMI} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.8 cm} p{0.8 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cervical Myelopathy}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Weakness, stiffness/clumsiness in the hands} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Urinary urgency - bladder + bowel incontinence in late stages} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Clinical S\&S}}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Clonus} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{+ve L'Hermitte's} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{UMNL signs below lesion} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{LMNL at level of compression} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Loss of vibration and joint position sense - Hands more than feet} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{+ve Babinskis + Hoffmans} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Hyperreflexia in the legs, gait changes, difficulty with tasks that require dexterity/fine movement} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Weakness in the legs, difficulty walking (spastic gait)} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- If presence of fasciculations, atrophy/denervation - ALS should be considered} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.88 cm} x{7.12 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Management}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} - MRI & - Check for Tumours, Central Disc Herniations, Atlanto-axial subluxation (in neck) \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Usually caused by cx spondylosis} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{- Immediate Neurosurgical evaluation} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}