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Boyes' Test - Flexor Digitorum Superficialis Finger Examination

Evaluate the injured finger for flexion.
Inability to flex the
Inability to flex ... #hand #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video ... #sports #msk #orthopedics ... #flexor #digitorum
Flexor Digitorum Profundus Test

Isolate the distal interphalangeal joint over the edge of the table and observe
Flexor Digitorum ... Inability to flex ... #Flexor #Digitorum ... #Hand #PhysicalExam ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Positive Hoffmann's sign (finger flexor reflex)

Flexion and adduction of the thumb and flexion of the index
flexor reflex) ... Flexion and adduction ... #flexor #reflex ... #video #physicalexam ... #msk #orthopedics
Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
The baby will flex ... , and legs flex ... Asymmetric Tonic Neck ... Pediatrics #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam
Interphalangeal Joint Dislocation
Interphalangeal joint dislocations almost always occur dorsally, look for associated avulsion fractures! Here's a
Complications include swan neck ... splint • Ortho ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Management #Hand ... #Orthopedics #MSK
Hoffman's sign. Even in this specific case, accompanied by a clonus outline (rhythmic contractions). The median
. 2) Ask the patient ... to relax the hand ... phalanx of the flexed ... Abnormal #clinical #video ... #neurology #PhysicalExam
Bunnel-Littler PIP Joint Test on Physical Exam
For intrinsic vs joint capsule cause of restriction or tightness
joint & passively flex ... flex at the PIP ... to do with both hands ... #clinical #video ... #msk #PIP
Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (ATNR)

This primitive reflex found in newborn babies that normally vanishes around 4
Asymmetrical Tonic Neck ... classically trained fencer ... opposite side flex ... #Reflex #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video
Inverted Supinator Test

Useful for identifying a lesion at the C5-C6 spinal cord level.  Tapping the
wrist extension and ... consisting of finger ... flexion is known ... #physicalexam # ... orthopedics #msk
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
C8 Elbow: • Flexion ... , C8 (radial) Finger ... , T1 (median) Reflexes ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... sensory #motor #arm #physicalexam