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Piriformis Test (FAIR Test - Flexion, Adduction, and Internal Rotation)

Flex the hip to 90 degrees, then
Piriformis Test ... potentially compress the sciatic ... Pain in the sciatic ... #sciatica #lumbar ... clinical #video #physicalexam
Freiberg's Test for Piriformis Syndrome

Flex the hip to 90 degrees, internally rotate the hip.
Pain in the
Freiberg's Test ... Pain in the sciatic ... is a positive test ... #sciatica #lumbar ... clinical #video #physicalexam
Slump Test for Sciatica

A variant of the Straight Leg Raise (SLR) and the Lasègue's tests, the
Slump Test for Sciatica ... designed to place the sciatic ... #Slump #Test #Sciatica ... #Lumbar #Spine ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Slump Test for Sciatica

A variant of the Straight Leg Raise (SLR) and the Lasègue's tests, the
Slump Test for Sciatica ... designed to place the sciatic ... #Slump #Test #Sciatica ... #Lumbar #Spine ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Pace Maneuver for Piriformis Syndrome

With the patient's hips and needs flexed to 90 degrees, the patient
The test is positive ... Pace #Maneuver #Test ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #hip #lumbar #sciatica
Passive Straight Leg Raise Test for Low Back Pain and Sciatica

A passive straight leg raise should
Back Pain and Sciatica ... to evaluate for lumbar ... Low #Back #Pain #Sciatica ... #Lumbar #radiculopathy ... #Spine #PhysicalExam
Low Back Pain (Lumbago) - Common Differential Diagnosis and Patterns

Mechanical Low Back Pain:
Aching pain in the
) - Common Differential ... Sciatica (Radicular ... improves with rest ... Unrelieved by Rest ... #Differential #
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
pain (LBP) • Sciatica ... constipation Differential ... • Provocative Tests ... absent anal wink test ... Equina #syndrome #differential
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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biphasic illness with bulbar ... Enterovirus 71, Bulbar ... encephalitis, West ... Rhombencephalitis #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #Neurology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Bulbar- 15%: Dysphagia ... life-threatening Differential ... Bedside: ice pack test ... /Edrophonium test ... diagnosis #management #neurology