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Thomas' Test for Hip Flexure Contracture

Thomas' Test assesses for hip flexure contracture.
One hip is maximally flexed
Thomas' Test for Hip ... Test assesses for hip ... flattening the lumbar ... contralateral leg ... #clinical #video
Ely's Test for Rectus Femoris Tightness

Patient lies prone on the table. The examiner flexes the leg
buttock, if the hip ... irritation or lumbar ... #clinical #video ... #hip #physicalexam ... #msk #orthopedics
Ely's Test for Rectus Femoris Tightness

Patient lies prone on the table. The examiner flexes the leg
buttock, if the hip ... irritation or lumbar ... #clinical #video ... #hip #physicalexam ... #msk #orthopedics
Passive Straight Leg Raise Test for Low Back Pain and Sciatica

A passive straight leg raise should
to evaluate for lumbar ... 70 degrees of hip ... radiculopathy #Spine #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Thomas' Test for Hip Flexibility

Patient lays supine, one hip is maximally flexed to the patient's chest,
Thomas' Test for Hip ... lays supine, one hip ... flattening the lumbar ... contralateral leg ... #clinical #video
Hoover's Sign for Functional Lower Extremity Paralysis

Used to distinguish organic from functional leg hemiparesis.

Ask the patient
Ask the patient ... at the hip. ... #hemiparesis #clinical ... #video #physicalexam ... #neurology #psychiatry
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
with: - Thymic tumors ... weakness, arms > legs ... immunologic assay - MuSK ... Gravis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... flexors of the legs ... Enhancement - TM and tumor ... , Hep A/B/CMV, TB ... #neurology #differential