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Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
into the baby's hands ... The arms abduct ... Peds #Diagnosis #Neurology ... #PhysicalExam ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Drop Arm Test - Supraspinatus Tear

The drop arm test evaluates for a supraspinatus muscle tear.
Passively adduct
Drop Arm Test - ... to 30 degrees, and ... Tear #Shoulder #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Inverted Supinator Test

Useful for identifying a lesion at the C5-C6 spinal cord level.  Tapping the
extension and wrist ... #Reflex #neurology ... #clinical #video ... #physicalexam # ... orthopedics #msk #sports
Parkinsonian Gait 

Parkinson's gait is very characteristic: Standing, the patient tends to tilt the trunk forward,
making your steps short ... and staggering ... There are specific ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video
Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (ATNR)

This primitive reflex found in newborn babies that normally vanishes around 4
arm on the same ... the arm and leg ... #PhysicalExam # ... clinical #video ... #Neurology #Peds
Phalen's Test for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Phalen's test evaluates for carpal tunnel syndrome. 
Fully flex wrists and
Fully flex wrists ... surfaces of hands ... #PhysicalExam # ... clinical #video ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Phalen's Test for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Phalen's test evaluates for carpal tunnel syndrome. 
Fully flex wrists and
Fully flex wrists ... surfaces of hands ... #PhysicalExam # ... clinical #video ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Positive Hoffmann's sign (finger flexor reflex) in a patient with Multiple Sclerosis

The Hoffmann's reflex test itself
test itself involves ... are not useful ... slow, but these are ... Positive #Abnormal #Clinical ... #Video #Signs #PhysicalExam
Hoffmann's Sign

Hoffman's sign means upper motor neuron injury.  The Hoffmann's reflex test itself involves loosely
The Hoffmann's reflex ... test itself involves ... Positive #Abnormal #clinical ... #video #neurology ... #physicalexam
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
Decorticate posturing: Arms ... Decerebrate posturing: Arms ... extended; wrists ... caseyalbin #PhysicalExam ... #neurology #comatose