Jacques Courseault, M.D., CAQSM, Author at Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Qbank Review

About Jacques Courseault, M.D., CAQSM

Dr. Courseault is the CEO/Co-Founder of Medical Board Review, LLC. He is a W. Kennon McWilliams Professor of Sports Medicine at Tulane University, Medical Director of the Tulane Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit, and practices sports medicine and electromyography at the Tulane Institute of Sports Medicine. He has a passion for educating medical students and residents in the "art of physiatry."

Should I Learn MSK Ultrasound

MSK Ultrasound: A Good Investment? PM&R News • February, 2018 When it comes to MSK ultrasound, are you an early innovator or prefer to wait until this modality becomes more mainstream? I wrestled with deciding to become proficient at MSK ultrasound. Being a physiatrist, I think we take a certain amount of pride in performing the best and most comprehensive MSK physical exams. In addition, we know our landmarks and are certain that our intervention is targeted towards our desired anatomical area. While that has some merit (cough...cough... no bias here!), no physical exam is 100% sensitive and specific, anomalies do exist, and [...]

Should I Learn MSK UltrasoundJacques Courseault, M.D., CAQSM2018-02-01T22:50:35+00:00

Reasons to Take the SAE Exam Seriously

Reasons to Take the SAE Exam Seriously PM&R QBank • January 18, 2018 January is such a lovely time of the year. You are half way through another year as a resident and looking forward to the longer days of spring. This month tends to go by fast because of a few days off around the holiday season and the SAE exam is right around the corner. You feel the pressure of the SAE test date and it’s coming quick! In speaking with multiple Chief Residents and Program Directors over the years, residency programs use the information gathered from the SAE exam for different [...]

Reasons to Take the SAE Exam SeriouslyJacques Courseault, M.D., CAQSM2018-01-18T19:38:10+00:00

Doctor, Can You Help Santa?

Can You Fix Santa Before Christmas!? PM&R Case • December 2017 T'was a few days before Christmas and Santa Claus (and the world) desperately need your help! He presents to your clinic hoping you can save him. A 1700-year-old male presents to your clinic with a 3 month history of right buttock pain without inciting event. He describes a 9/10 right buttock pain that is characterized as stabbing and occasionally radiates in the right lower leg. Pain is worse when sitting in his sleigh or at the mall. He notes that children sit on his right leg when taking pictures. He has an elf [...]

Doctor, Can You Help Santa?Jacques Courseault, M.D., CAQSM2017-12-18T20:32:19+00:00

What Nerve Root is Involved?

What is the Etiology? PM&R Image • November, 2017 Here we present a case of a 63-year-old woman who presented with severe 10/10 right neck, trapezius and shoulder pain after changing out all of the light bulbs in her 8,000 square foot home. She states that she woke up with severe pain described as burning and stabbing. All movement makes the pain worse, she gets minimal relief with heat. On exam, she is guarded. The right cervical paraspinals, trapezius, rhomboids, infraspinatus, supraspinatus and deltoid are sensitive to touch. She is reluctant to move. Upper extremity reflexes are intact and there are no long [...]

What Nerve Root is Involved?Jacques Courseault, M.D., CAQSM2017-11-25T02:39:04+00:00

First CTE Case in Living Ex-NFL Player

CTE - Identify in the Living? PM&R News • November 2017 The ability to finally identify chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in a living person now seems to be a possibility on the horizon. New technology may help to identify CTE, which was only previously able to be diagnosed after death. Dr. Bennet Omalu led the team of researchers who developed a new modality for identifying CTE in ex-NFL player Fred McNeil. Fifty-two months prior to his death, Dr. Omalu performed an in vivo [F-18] FDDNP-PET scan assessing for patterns of tau and amyloid proteins that are seen with CTE. At [...]

First CTE Case in Living Ex-NFL PlayerJacques Courseault, M.D., CAQSM2017-11-25T13:57:08+00:00