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Pronator Drift Testing for Stroke
Subtle extensor weakness - Sign of Upper motor neuron lesion
In detecting CT/MRI
extensor weakness - Sign ... Upper motor neuron lesion ... 9.2, LR- 0.09 Best ... test characteristics ... Testing #Stroke #physicalexam
A normal plantar reflex response involves toe flexion, or even no movement. A positive test, also
A positive test, ... as a Babinski sign ... motor neurone lesion ... #Babinski #Sign ... Reflex #Plantar #PhysicalExam
Clinical features of focal cortical brain lesions in a right-handed individual

Frontal, either:  
Intellectual impairment, 
Personality
cortical brain lesions ... or neglect, Agraphaesthesia ... Cortex #Cortical #Lesion ... Localization #Symptoms #Signs
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis

Forced flexion of the neck elicits a reflex flexion of the hips. It
Brudzinski's Sign ... Meningitis Forced flexion ... elicits a reflex flexion ... #Brudzinskis #Signs ... #Meningitis #PhysicalExam
Symptoms and Sign of Congestive Heart Failure.

#Congestive #HeartFailure #CHF #Signs #Symptoms #PhysicalExam

** GrepMed Recommended Text: Bates'
Symptoms and Sign ... HeartFailure #CHF #Signs ... #Symptoms #PhysicalExam ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Myasthenia Gravis
Signs, Symptoms and Testing - Likelihood Ratios
Does this patient have myasthenia gravis?
JAMA. 2005 Apr 20;293(15):1906-14.
Myasthenia Gravis Signs ... speaking - Sleep Test ... - Ice Test - ... Rest Test - Anticholinesterase ... LikelihoodRatios #PhysicalExam
Positive J-Sign - Maltracking Patella on Knee Physical Exam

The J sign correlates with poor patellar tracking
Positive J-Sign ... Exam The J sign ... shaped path with flexion ... #J #Sign #Knee ... #PhysicalExam #Patella
Hoffmann's Sign

Hoffman's sign means upper motor neuron injury.  The Hoffmann's reflex test itself involves loosely
Hoffmann's Sign ... Hoffman's sign ... Hoffmann's reflex test ... when there is flexion ... video #neurology #physicalexam
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Paresthesia of 5th and medial half of 4th
pain • + elbow flexion ... test • + Tinel ... sign over cubital ... • + Froment's sign ... + Wartenbergs sign
Romberg's Test for Proprioception
History: First described in the 19th century in patients with tabes dorsalis (later
Romberg's Test for ... Meaning: Positive test ... (Romberg's sign ... the side of the lesion ... proprioception #physicalexam