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Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
- Place your fingers ... into the baby's hands ... all fingers to ... grasp your fingers ... Timeline #Pediatrics #Peds
Myelopathy - Injury to the entire spinal cord - Signs and Symptoms
 • Ataxia (early sign)
Hyperreflexia (deep-tendon reflex ... late sign) • Hand ... paresthesias, fine ... finger dexterity ... signs #symptoms #msk
Hoffman's sign. Even in this specific case, accompanied by a clonus outline (rhythmic contractions). The median
patient's middle finger ... to relax the hand ... flexed middle finger ... index finger. ... Hoffmanns #Sign #Reflex
Diffuse Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
 - Pulmonary Fibrosis -> Crackles, Abnormal CXR
 - Pulmonary Hypertension, Right Heart
esophageal dilation, reflux ... ) - Finger/hand ... friction rub - Red fingers ... there -> Blue fingers ... bushy - Finger
Positive Hoffmann's sign (finger flexor reflex)

Flexion and adduction of the thumb and flexion of the index
Hoffmann's sign (finger ... flexor reflex) ... flexion of the index finger ... Hoffmanns #sign #finger ... #physicalexam #msk
Grasp Primitive Reflex on Newborn Physical Exam 

Placement of the examiner’s finger in the palm of
the examiner’s finger ... the palm of the hand ... grasping of the fingers ... the back of the hand ... clinical #video #peds
Moro Reflex on Newborn Physical Exam

The Moro reflex is obtained by holding the baby’s head and
Moro Reflex on Newborn ... Exam The Moro reflex ... midline with the hand ... and the index finger ... #Moro #Reflex #Peds
Bunnel-Littler PIP Joint Test on Physical Exam
For intrinsic vs joint capsule cause of restriction or tightness
unaffected side and ... compare 1) Extend finger ... finger at PIP ... to do with both hands ... clinical #video #msk
Boyes' Test - Flexor Digitorum Superficialis Finger Examination

Evaluate the injured finger for flexion.
Inability to flex the
Superficialis Finger ... Evaluate the injured finger ... the isolated finger ... #Boyes #Test #finger ... video #sports #msk
Interphalangeal Joint Dislocation
Interphalangeal joint dislocations almost always occur dorsally, look for associated avulsion fractures! Here's a
• DIP joint hinge ... dislocation, due to EDS ... tendon), mallet finger ... reduction • Splint: Finger ... #Orthopedics #MSK