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Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
Palmar Grasp Reflex ... The arms abduct ... The arms/legs on ... while the opposite arm ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Plantar Reflex (Babinski) Equivalents
Plantar toe reflex - Babinski - Move an object along the lateral aspect
Plantar Reflex ( ... Chaddock - Move ... Shin-toe reflex ... Calf-toe reflex ... #Alternatives #Tests
Drop Arm Test - Supraspinatus Tear

The drop arm test evaluates for a supraspinatus muscle tear.
Passively adduct
Drop Arm Test - ... Tear The drop arm ... test evaluates ... to 90 degrees, flex ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Abnormal Simmonds-Thompson Test (Positive) for Achilles Tendon Rupture

In this positive Simmonds-Thompson test, there is no plantar
Simmonds-Thompson Test ... Simmonds-Thompson test ... Simmonds #Thompson #Test ... #Sports #msk #ankle ... #orthopedics
Positive Hoffmann's sign (finger flexor reflex) in a patient with Multiple Sclerosis

The Hoffmann's reflex test itself
(finger flexor reflex ... The Hoffmann's reflex ... test itself involves ... individuals, and are ... slow, but these are
 The following #reflexes are routinely tested, and the response elicited is graded from zero to
extension of the arm ... is best elicited ... on a chair with ankles ... Angle clonus is ... be elicited at ankles
Normal Simmonds-Thompson Test (Negative) for Achilles Tendon Rupture

In this normal Simmonds-Thompson test, plantar flexion of the
Simmonds-Thompson Test ... Simmonds-Thompson test ... Simmonds #Thompson #Test ... #Sports #msk #orthopedics ... #ankle
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
Test downward eye ... Test if patient ... document response (tests ... Decorticate posturing: Arms ... Decerebrate posturing: Arms
Rotator Cuff Syndrome - SITS
Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Teres minor, and Subscapularis.
Causes: Calcific supraspinatus tendinitis 
Signs: painful abduction
painful abduction of arm ... , empty can test ... Cuff #Syndrome #orthopedics
Freiberg's Test for Piriformis Syndrome

Flex the hip to 90 degrees, internally rotate the hip.
Pain in the
Freiberg's Test ... Piriformis Syndrome Flex ... is a positive test ... syndrome #Freibergs #Test ... #msk #sports #orthopedics