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Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
extend, hands open ... , and legs flex ... Peds #Diagnosis #Neurology ... #PhysicalExam ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Piriformis Test (FAIR Test - Flexion, Adduction, and Internal Rotation)

Flex the hip to 90 degrees, then
, Adduction, and ... , then adduct and ... lumbar #clinical #video ... #physicalexam # ... msk #sports #orthopedics
Thomas' Test for Hip Flexure Contracture

Thomas' Test assesses for hip flexure contracture.
One hip is maximally flexed
flexes at the knee and ... Video via @open_michigan ... Contracture #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Pace Maneuver for Piriformis Syndrome

With the patient's hips and needs flexed to 90 degrees, the patient
and needs flexed ... patient abducts and ... Syndrome #clinical #video ... #physicalexam # ... #msk #orthopedics
Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (ATNR)

This primitive reflex found in newborn babies that normally vanishes around 4
the arm and leg ... #PhysicalExam # ... clinical #video ... #Neurology #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Normal
Hoffmann's Sign

Hoffman's sign means upper motor neuron injury.  The Hoffmann's reflex test itself involves loosely
test itself involves ... middle finger and ... there is flexion and ... thumb on the same hand ... #neurology #physicalexam
Orbicularis Reflex in an Alzheimer's Patient on Physical Exam

Alzheimer's is a degenerative, progressive and irreversible disease.
present in the video ... strike the upper lip ... #PhysicalExam # ... clinical #video ... #neurology
Kernig's Sign in Meningitis

Kernig's sign is present if the patient, in the supine position with the
position with the hip ... and knee flexed ... extension of the knee, and ... #PhysicalExam # ... #neurology
Drop Arm Test - Supraspinatus Tear

The drop arm test evaluates for a supraspinatus muscle tear.
Passively adduct
to 90 degrees, flex ... to 30 degrees, and ... Tear #Shoulder #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
cord movement and ... and knee flexion ... reflex to create ... #PhysicalExam # ... Pediatrics #Peds