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Pace Maneuver for Piriformis Syndrome

With the patient's hips and needs flexed to 90 degrees, the patient
degrees, the patient abducts ... The test is positive ... Pace #Maneuver #Test ... Syndrome #clinical #video ... #lumbar #sciatica
Thomas' Test for Hip Flexure Contracture

Thomas' Test assesses for hip flexure contracture.
One hip is maximally flexed
Thomas' Test for ... Thomas' Test ... flattening the lumbar ... Video via @open_michigan ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video
Freiberg's Test for Piriformis Syndrome

Flex the hip to 90 degrees, internally rotate the hip.
Pain in the
Freiberg's Test ... Syndrome Flex the hip ... internally rotate the hip ... #sciatica #lumbar ... #clinical #video
Piriformis Test (FAIR Test - Flexion, Adduction, and Internal Rotation)

Flex the hip to 90 degrees, then
Piriformis Test ... Rotation) Flex the hip ... internally rotate the hip ... #sciatica #lumbar ... #clinical #video
Relative Afferent Pupillary Defect

This maneuver of intermittent light stimulus is called the alternating light test or
Afferent Pupillary Defect ... alternating light test ... swinging-flashlight test ... #Neurology #Clinical ... #Video #Pupils
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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constipation Differential ... cord infarct • HIV ... • Provocative Tests ... absent anal wink test ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Dropped Foot Gait - Paralysis of Dorsal Flexion of the Foot.
When trying to walk the tip
trying to walk the tip ... of the leg and deficit ... the thigh on the hip ... DroppedFoot #Gait #Neurology ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video
Thomas' Test for Hip Flexibility

Patient lays supine, one hip is maximally flexed to the patient's chest,
Thomas' Test for ... flattening the lumbar ... the table, the test ... PT_yuu_mizu628 #Thomas #Test ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video
Stork Test 

The stork test evaluates for a stress fracture of the pars interarticularis in the
places hands on hips ... Pain in the lumbar ... Video via @open_michigan ... #Lumbar #spine ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video
PUNISH Mnemonic - Indications for Head CT before Lumbar Puncture (LP)

P - Papilledema
U - Unconsciousness
N -
Head CT before Lumbar ... Unconsciousness N - Neurologic ... deficit (focal) ... Immunocompromised (HIV ... #Puncture #LP #Neurology