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Thomas' Test for Hip Flexure Contracture

Thomas' Test assesses for hip flexure contracture.
One hip is maximally flexed
flattening the lumbar ... flexes at the knee and ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #sports ... #msk #orthopedics
Thomas' Test for Hip Flexibility

Patient lays supine, one hip is maximally flexed to the patient's chest,
flattening the lumbar ... flexes at the knee and ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #sports ... #msk #orthopedics
Positive Hoffmann's sign (finger flexor reflex)

Flexion and adduction of the thumb and flexion of the index
(finger flexor ... #finger #flexor ... #reflex #clinical ... #hand #video #physicalexam ... #msk #orthopedics
Flexor Digitorum Profundus Test

Isolate the distal interphalangeal joint over the edge of the table and observe
to flex at the DIP ... known as Jersey finger ... #Hand #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
This is a suprasternal notch view demonstrating an aortic flap in a patient with a Stanford
lumbar area. ... the linear or fine ... with suspicious signs ... Delta Hospital #Clinical ... SuprasternalNotch #AorticFlap #Aorta
Dermatomyositis (DM) and Polymyositis (PM): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Elevated Antinuclear Antibodies: Anti-Jo-1, Anti-OJ, Anti-Mi2, Anti-SRP, Anti-EJ,
clinical findings ... tachyarrhythmias, dilated cardiomyopathy ... hip flexors affected ... Polymyositis #PM #Diagnosis ... Pathophysiology #Signs
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
bulbar muscles ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... • Weakness: Starts ... Paresthesias: Hands ... tachycardia, reversible cardiomyopathy
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... preferentially affects the flexors ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... • Bilateral signs ... /or optic nerve