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Drop Arm Test - Supraspinatus Tear

The drop arm test evaluates for a supraspinatus muscle tear.
Passively adduct
Supraspinatus Tear ... Passively adduct the shoulder ... to 90 degrees, flex ... The test is positive ... #Shoulder #PhysicalExam
Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
Palmar Grasp Reflex ... holding jaw over shoulder ... Pediatrics #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam ... GrepMed Recommended Text
A normal plantar reflex response involves toe flexion, or even no movement. A positive test, also
normal plantar reflex ... A positive test, ... A positive response ... #Plantar #PhysicalExam ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
Differential Diagnosis ... If ok with ICU team ... caseyalbin #PhysicalExam ... #neurology #comatose ... #diagnosis
Drop Arm Test - Supraspinatus Tear

The drop arm test evaluates for a supraspinatus muscle tear.
Passively adduct
Supraspinatus Tear ... Passively adduct the shoulder ... to 90 degrees, flex ... The test is positive ... #Shoulder #PhysicalExam
O'Brien's Test - Labral Tear

To perform O'Brien's Test point the thumb down and flex the shoulder
Labral Tear ... thumb down and flex ... the shoulder to ... is considered a positive ... #Shoulder #PhysicalExam
O'Brien's Compression Test - Labral Tear

To perform O'Brien's Test point the thumb down and flex the
- Labral Tear ... thumb down and flex ... the shoulder to ... is considered a positive ... #Shoulder #PhysicalExam
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver for BPPV

Procedure:
1. Make the patient sit on examination table, such that the shoulders would
such that the shoulders ... 45° towards the test ... throughout the test ... #Instructions #Diagnosis ... #neurology
Epley Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient begins in an upright sitting posture, and the
of the affected ear ... rolls onto his/her shoulder ... positional #vertigo #neurology ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #management
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
, T1 (median) Reflexes ... "waiter's tip" position ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... #neurology #sensory ... #motor #arm #physicalexam