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Piriformis Test (FAIR Test - Flexion, Adduction, and Internal Rotation)

Flex the hip to 90 degrees, then
Adduction, and Internal ... Rotation) Flex ... compress the sciatic nerve ... lumbar #clinical #video ... physicalexam #msk #sports
Orbicularis Reflex in an Alzheimer's Patient on Physical Exam

Alzheimer's is a degenerative, progressive and irreversible disease.
present in the video ... strike the upper lip ... The nerves involved ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video ... #neurology
Thigh adductor reflex

Researched with the patient seated (also in the supine position) by tapping the adductor
by the internal ... obturator nerve ... semiologianeurologica #Thigh #Hip ... #clinical #video ... #neurology
Orbital Apex Syndrome secondary to Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus (HZO)

This 81 yo male was referred to our
shingles around his ... was treated by his ... acetate to help with ocular ... HZO #clinical #video ... #physicalexam #neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Campylobacter jejuni - HIV ... • Weakness: Starts ... Decreased / Absent Reflexes ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
irreversible muscle and nerve ... tibia/fibula) and hip ... surgery - Intense ... cord function and reflex ... bulbocarvenosus reflex
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
with peripheral nerve ... immunodeficiency virus (HIV ... depressed deep tendon reflexes ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Ely's Test for Rectus Femoris Tightness

Patient lies prone on the table. The examiner flexes the leg
are unable to flex ... buttock, if the hip ... tightness, femoral nerve ... Femoris #clinical #video ... #orthopedics #sports
Ely's Test for Rectus Femoris Tightness

Patient lies prone on the table. The examiner flexes the leg
are unable to flex ... buttock, if the hip ... tightness, femoral nerve ... Femoris #clinical #video ... #orthopedics #sports
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Spasticity - Reflexes ... brain and/or optic nerve ... , Hep A/B/CMV, TB ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential