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Passive Straight Leg Raise Test for Low Back Pain and Sciatica

A passive straight leg raise should
straight leg raise should ... hip flexion. ... radiculopathy #Spine ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #msk #orthopedics
Ankylosing Spondylitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical findings
 • Pain in lumbar area and gluteal region: (Dull, insidious
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... spine flexion, ... complication: ankylosed spine ... (bamboo spine) ... -> Fracture of spine
Thomas' Test for Hip Flexure Contracture

Thomas' Test assesses for hip flexure contracture.
One hip is maximally flexed
flattening the lumbar ... spine. ... knee and rises off ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #msk #orthopedics
Stork Test 

The stork test evaluates for a stress fracture of the pars interarticularis in the
spine. ... hyper-extends the spine ... #Lumbar #spine ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #msk #orthopedics
Thomas' Test for Hip Flexibility

Patient lays supine, one hip is maximally flexed to the patient's chest,
flattening the lumbar ... spine. ... knee and rises off ... #video #sports ... #msk #orthopedics
"Appropriate patient positioning for lumbar puncture and location of the L4/L5 intercostal space"-McMaster Textbook of Internal
positioning for lumbar ... the patient’s back ... head at maximum flexion ... of the spine; it ... The back and shoulders
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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lumbar spine • ... spine L1-L5 ... • Severe low back ... sexual dysfunction SPINE ... • Provocative Tests
Low Back Pain (Lumbago) - Common Differential Diagnosis and Patterns

Mechanical Low Back Pain:
Aching pain in the
Low Back Pain (Lumbago ... Common Differential Diagnosis ... Lumbar Spinal Stenosis ... , lumbar flexion ... which decompresses spinal
Seated Flexion Test for Sacroiliac Dysfunction

In the seated flexion test the patient should have their feet
Seated Flexion Test ... should have their ... superior iliac spine ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #msk #orthopedics
Apley Scratch Test of Internal Rotation - Shoulder Examination

Combine adduction and internal rotation with the Appley
- Shoulder Examination ... reach behind the back ... and up the spine ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #msk #orthopedics