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Myelopathy - Injury to the entire spinal cord - Signs and Symptoms
 • Ataxia (early sign)
spinal cord - Signs ... Ataxia (early sign ... Hyperreflexia (deep-tendon reflex ... weakness (late sign ... #symptoms #msk
Positive Hoffmann's sign (finger flexor reflex) in a patient with Multiple Sclerosis

The Hoffmann's reflex test itself
Positive Hoffmann's sign ... are not useful signs ... to cerebellar signs ... Positive #Abnormal #Clinical ... #Video #Signs #
Clarke's Test (Patellar Grind Test)

Indicates Patellofemoral dysfunction.
 - Patient with knee in extension. Push posterior on
- Patient with knee ... of patella then ask ... - Positive sign ... Patellar #Grind #clinical ... Patellofemoral #msk
Positive J-Sign - Maltracking Patella on Knee Physical Exam

The J sign correlates with poor patellar tracking
Positive J-Sign ... Maltracking Patella on Knee ... #Knee #PhysicalExam ... #Patella #clinical ... #video #msk #orthopedics
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis

Forced flexion of the neck elicits a reflex flexion of the hips. It
Brudzinski's Sign ... neck elicits a reflex ... #Brudzinskis #Signs ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical
Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (ATNR)

This primitive reflex found in newborn babies that normally vanishes around 4
Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex ... This primitive reflex ... found in newborn ... as the "fencing reflex ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
flexion of the knees ... pathophysiology for the hip/knee ... is that hip and knee ... an involuntary reflex ... #Meningitis #Clinical
Bilateral Patellar Clonus on Physical Exam
 
Clonus Associated w/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis. 

#Knee #Patellar #Clonus #PhysicalExam #Clinical
#Knee #Patellar ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... Neurology #NEJM #reflex
Normal (Negative) Babinski / Plantar Reflex

The plantar reflex is a reflex elicited when the sole of
The plantar reflex ... is a reflex elicited ... response or Babinski sign ... Negative #Normal #Clinical ... #Video #Signs #
The asphyxia escape reflex is assessed by placing the child in the prone position on the
asphyxia escape reflex ... few seconds, the newborn ... asphyxia #escape #Reflex ... #PhysicalExam #clinical