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Ely's Test for Rectus Femoris Tightness

Patient lies prone on the table. The examiner flexes the leg
Ely's Test for Rectus ... table, or with pain ... in the back or ... #msk #orthopedics ... #sports
Ely's Test for Rectus Femoris Tightness

Patient lies prone on the table. The examiner flexes the leg
Ely's Test for Rectus ... table, or with pain ... in the back or ... #msk #orthopedics ... #sports
Passive Straight Leg Raise Test for Low Back Pain and Sciatica

A passive straight leg raise should
Raise Test for Low Back ... Pain and Sciatica ... 70 degrees of hip ... #Spine #PhysicalExam ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Thomas' Test for Hip Flexure Contracture

Thomas' Test assesses for hip flexure contracture.
One hip is maximally flexed
flattening the lumbar ... spine. ... contralateral leg ... Video via @open_michigan ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Stork Test 

The stork test evaluates for a stress fracture of the pars interarticularis in the
places hands on hips ... stands on one leg ... Pain in the lumbar ... #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 ... spine. ... contralateral leg ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
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 ... Differential Diagnosis ... cord infarct • HIV ... Palpation - lower back ... - decreased rectal
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
• Weakness: Starts ... in legs and ascends ... Reflexes: Arms or legs ... Hands or feet • Pain ... Back or extremities