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Spurling's Test for Cervical Nerve Root Compression

With the neck in slight extension, ipsilateral flexion and rotation,
Spurling's Test ... Cervical Nerve Root ... The test is positive ... Cervical #Nerve #Root ... clinical #video #physicalexam
Abnormal Simmonds-Thompson Test (Positive) for Achilles Tendon Rupture

In this positive Simmonds-Thompson test, there is no plantar
Simmonds-Thompson Test ... Simmonds-Thompson test ... flexion of the foot ... Simmonds #Thompson #Test ... Clinical #Video #PhysicalExam
In a patient in the supine position, raising the leg with the knee extended stretches the
stretches the nerve root ... A positive test ... dorsiflexion of the foot ... This test is 90% ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Diabetic Foot Guidelines: Test patients w diabetes for peripheral neuropathy using the Semmes-Weinstein test
JAMA. 2017;318(14):1387-1388. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.11700

#Diagnosis
Diabetic Foot Guidelines ... : Test patients ... Semmes-Weinstein test
Diabetic Foot Ulcer - Peripheral Arterial Disease Assessment Algorithm

Early Revascularization vs Conservative Care

Workup:
 • Arterial doppler
Diabetic Foot Ulcer ... Disease Assessment Algorithm ... #Diabetic #Foot ... PAD #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Normal Simmonds-Thompson Test (Negative) for Achilles Tendon Rupture

In this normal Simmonds-Thompson test, plantar flexion of the
Simmonds-Thompson Test ... Simmonds-Thompson test ... flexion of the foot ... Simmonds #Thompson #Test ... Clinical #Video #PhysicalExam
Dropped Foot Gait - Paralysis of Dorsal Flexion of the Foot.
When trying to walk the tip
Dropped Foot Gait ... Flexion of the Foot ... the tip of the foot ... muscles of the foot ... Gait #Neurology #PhysicalExam
Myasthenia Gravis
Signs, Symptoms and Testing - Likelihood Ratios
Does this patient have myasthenia gravis?
JAMA. 2005 Apr 20;293(15):1906-14.
pubmed/15840866 - Food ... - Ice Test - ... Rest Test - Anticholinesterase ... Test - Quiver ... LikelihoodRatios #PhysicalExam
Approach to treating a diabetic patient with a foot wound #diabetic #diabeticfootinfection #diabeticfootulcer #footwound #algorithm #assessment
patient with a foot ... diabeticfootulcer #footwound #algorithm
Plantar Reflex (Babinski) Equivalents
Plantar toe reflex - Babinski - Move an object along the lateral aspect
lateral side of the foot ... surface of the foot ... Diagnosis #Neurology #PhysicalExam ... #Alternatives #Tests