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

Flex the hip to 90 degrees, then
Adduction, and Internal ... compress the sciatic nerve ... Test #sciatica #lumbar ... #clinical #video ... physicalexam #msk #sports
Ely's Test for Rectus Femoris Tightness

Patient lies prone on the table. The examiner flexes the leg
are unable to flex ... tightness, femoral nerve ... irritation or lumbar ... 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 ... tightness, femoral nerve ... irritation or lumbar ... Femoris #clinical #video ... #orthopedics #sports
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
compression of nerve ... cord infarct • HIV ... - decreased rectal ... wink test - reflex ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Orbital Apex Syndrome secondary to Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus (HZO)

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

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Campylobacter jejuni - HIV ... respiratory and bulbar ... • Weakness: Starts ... Decreased / Absent Reflexes ... management #treatment #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
infection that cross-reacts ... immunodeficiency virus (HIV ... depressed deep tendon reflexes ... DIAGNOSIS: • Lumber ... diagnosis #management #neurology