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Thomas' Test for Hip Flexure Contracture

Thomas' Test assesses for hip flexure contracture.
One hip is maximally flexed
flattening the lumbar spine ... flexes at the knee ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #sports ... #msk #orthopedics
Positive Varus Stress Test in LCL Injury

Interesting knee injury in a young basketball player who landed
Positive Varus Stress Test ... rupture and our final ... #Positive #Clinical ... #Video #PhysicalExam ... #Sports #Orthopedics
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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cord infarct • HIV ... infection/abscess ... cord • Guillain-Barre ... • Provocative Tests ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
immunodeficiency virus (HIV ... transplantation CLINICAL ... depressed deep tendon reflexes ... and sensitive tests ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Brissaud's Sign

If the patient did not have his toes ... is there a sign that can
patient did not have his ... response reflects injury ... to the cortico-spinal ... #Neurology #clinical ... #video #physicalexam
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... Infarction - Infection ... syphilis, and HIV ... involved) - Tendon reflex ... in deep tendon reflexes
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
response preceding infection ... Clinical Features ... Decreased / Absent Reflexes ... of intrathecal spinal ... management #treatment #neurology
Thomas' Test for Hip Flexibility

Patient lays supine, one hip is maximally flexed to the patient's chest,
flattening the lumbar spine ... flexes at the knee ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #sports ... #msk #orthopedics
Triple Flexion Reflex (TFR) on Neurological Examination

Triple flexion reflex (TFR) is a sign of upper motor
not volitional), spine ... flexion of the knee ... flexion of the hip ... #clinical #video ... #neurology #physicalexam
Inverted Supinator Test

Useful for identifying a lesion at the C5-C6 spinal cord level.  Tapping the
Inverted Supinator Test ... lesion at the C5-C6 spinal ... #Reflex #neurology ... #clinical #video ... #physicalexam #orthopedics