Snapping scapula is a painful crepitus of the scapulothoracic articulation. This crepitus is a grinding or snapping noise with scapulothoracic motion that may or may not accompany pain. This condition is commonly seen in overhead-throwing athletes. Treatment of patients with this syndrome begins with nonoperative methods; when nonoperative treatment fails, several surgical options exist. This a...

PURPOSE To identify risk factors for tendon attrition after volar locking plate fixation of distal radius fractures. METHODS We prospectively assessed attrition of the flexor pollicis longus tendon at volar plate removal in 127 hands in 126 patients. We also evaluated preoperative lateral wrist radiographs, sonographs, and crepitus with flexor pollicis longus tendon motion and compared the de...

The agony that accompanies the incidence and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) is an important concern in the oral and maxillofacial region. The objective of this study was to explore the clinical findings after centric relation occlusal splint (CROS) treatment and intra-articular injection treatment with liquid phase concentrated growth factors (LPCGFs) in patients with disc displ...

was puffy and when palpated it gave a sensation of fine crackling crepitus. The case was diagnosed as surgical emphysema but there was no violence to the chest and there was neither any fracture of the ribs nor any external wound. The swelling gradually extended over whole of the chest within a day or two and wherever palpated it gave the same sensation of fine crackling crepitus. Slight temper...

On physical examination, he was a febrile with a pulse of 136, BP 135/68, respiratory rate 20, SpO2 96% on 3 liters nasal cannula. He was agitated and having visual hallucinations. His voice was muffled. He had abrasions on his hip and shoulder and marked crepitus throughout the neck and upper chest. Trachea was midline. There was a small skin defect overlying the larynx consistent with minor t...

The snapping scapula, also called "washboard syndrome" is a controversial condition attributed to bony and soft tissue abnormalities. The syndrome was understimated for long time and often associated only with specific osseous abnormalities. The nodal point in the overview of the syndrome is that crepitus associated with symptomatic bursitis may be physiologic and is not uncommon a clinical pre...

A case report of a missed appendicitis presenting with abdominal wall necrotising fasciitis which extended up to the right knee. This subcutaneous collection in the prepatella region of the right knee presented as a crepitus and mimicked an intraarticular pathology.

We retrospectively evaluated the effectiveness of prolotherapy in resolving pain, stiffness, and crepitus, and improving physical activity in consecutive chondromalacia patients from February 2008 to September 2009. Sixty-nine knees that received prolotherapy in 61 patients (33 female and 36 male) who were 18-82 years old (average, 47.2 years) were enrolled. Patients received 24 prolotherapy in...