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Thomas' Test for Hip Flexure Contracture

Thomas' Test assesses for hip flexure contracture.
One hip is maximally flexed
Flexure Contracture ... flattening the lumbar ... #PhysicalExam # ... clinical #video ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Pace Maneuver for Piriformis Syndrome

With the patient's hips and needs flexed to 90 degrees, the patient
for Piriformis Syndrome ... #clinical #video ... #physicalexam # ... hip #lumbar #sciatica ... #msk #orthopedics
Freiberg's Test for Piriformis Syndrome

Flex the hip to 90 degrees, internally rotate the hip.
Pain in the
Flex the hip ... Test #sciatica #lumbar ... #clinical #video ... #physicalexam # ... msk #sports #orthopedics
Thomas' Test for Hip Flexibility

Patient lays supine, one hip is maximally flexed to the patient's chest,
flattening the lumbar ... #Flexure #Flexor ... #contracture #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
External Snapping Hip Syndrome - Coxa Saltans

External snapping hip or coxa saltans: sliding of the iliotibial
Syndrome - Coxa ... #Syndrome #Iliotibial ... #clinical #video ... #physicalexam # ... msk #orthopedics
Piriformis Test (FAIR Test - Flexion, Adduction, and Internal Rotation)

Flex the hip to 90 degrees, then
Rotation) Flex the hip ... Test #sciatica #lumbar ... #clinical #video ... #physicalexam # ... msk #sports #orthopedics
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
nerve roots of lumbar ... • MCC- acute lumbar ... (CES) is usually ... cord infarct • HIV ... myelopathy • Transverse
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... Myelitis - Clinical ... preferentially affects the flexors ... simplex virus, HIV ... , Hep A/B/CMV, TB
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
salivary ducts Clinical ... Parotid swelling CNS ... nervous system (CNS ... peripheral neuropathy, transverse ... • 8%-27% for CNS
Stork Test 

The stork test evaluates for a stress fracture of the pars interarticularis in the
places hands on hips ... Pain in the lumbar ... #spine #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video ... #sports #msk #orthopedics