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Ely's Test for Rectus Femoris Spasticity

Ely's Test assesses rectus femoris spasticity.
With the patient prone, the examiner
Ely's Test for Rectus ... Spasticity Ely's ... Test assesses rectus ... If the buttocks ... #Test #Rectus #
Ely's Test for Rectus Femoris Tightness

Patient lies prone on the table. The examiner flexes the leg
Ely's Test for Rectus ... heel to touch the buttock ... to flex to the buttock ... with pain in the back ... #Test #Rectus #
Ely's Test for Rectus Femoris Tightness

Patient lies prone on the table. The examiner flexes the leg
Ely's Test for Rectus ... heel to touch the buttock ... to flex to the buttock ... with pain in the back ... #Test #Rectus #
In a patient in the supine position, raising the leg with the knee extended stretches the
A positive test ... radiates from the buttock ... diffuse than in sciatica ... , sciatic pain is ... #Sciatica
Pace Maneuver for Piriformis Syndrome

With the patient's hips and needs flexed to 90 degrees, the patient
The test is positive ... is pain in the buttocks ... Pace #Maneuver #Test ... #hip #lumbar #sciatica
Low Back Pain (Lumbago) - Common Differential Diagnosis and Patterns

Mechanical Low Back Pain:
Aching pain in the
Low Back Pain (Lumbago ... Mechanical Low Back ... Sciatica (Radicular ... improves with rest ... Unrelieved by Rest
FABER Maneuver: Flexion, ABduction, External Rotation 

Tips to distinguish SI joint pain from other areas of
other areas of back ... Buttock pain (classically ... How good is this test
Passive Straight Leg Raise Test for Low Back Pain and Sciatica

A passive straight leg raise should
Straight Leg Raise Test ... for Low Back Pain ... and Sciatica ... #Low #Back #Pain ... #Sciatica #Lumbar
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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• Severe low back ... pain (LBP) • Sciatica ... - decreased rectal ... • Provocative Tests ... absent anal wink test
Black and Bloody Stools - Melena and Hematochezia
Melena - Refers to passage of black, tarry (sticky
Black and Bloody ... to passage of black ... Occult blood tests ... occult blood tests ... in the colon, rectum