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Thomas' Test for Hip Flexure Contracture

Thomas' Test assesses for hip flexure contracture.
One hip is maximally flexed
Flexure Contracture ... flattening the lumbar ... flexes at the knee ... clinical #video #sports ... #msk #orthopedics
Thessaly Test for Knee Meniscal Tear

The test is positive if there is medial or lateral joint
Thessaly Test for Knee ... medial or lateral joint ... #Meniscal #Injury ... #physicalexam #msk ... #orthopedics #sports
Thomas' Test for Hip Flexibility

Patient lays supine, one hip is maximally flexed to the patient's chest,
flattening the lumbar ... flexes at the knee ... #Flexure #Flexor ... clinical #video #sports ... #msk #orthopedics
Interphalangeal Joint Dislocation
Interphalangeal joint dislocations almost always occur dorsally, look for associated avulsion fractures! Here's a
joint hinge joint ... enable extension; flexor ... joint = hinge joint ... Hyperextension injury ... #MSK
Gaenslen's Test (Gaenslen's maneuver) for Sacroiliac Joint Injury

The patient dangles the symptomatic leg over the side
for Sacroiliac Joint ... of the table, knee ... maneuver #Sacroiliac #Joint ... #Injury #SIJoint ... #orthopedics #sports
Sacroiliac Distraction Test

The examiner applies downward and lateral pressure to the bilateral ASIS , the effect
anterior sacroiliac joint ... indicating SI Joint ... injury dysfunction ... #Joint #clinical ... #msk #sports #orthopedics
Thessaly Test for Knee Meniscal Tear

The test is positive if there is medial or lateral joint
Thessaly Test for Knee ... medial or lateral joint ... #Meniscal #Injury ... #physicalexam #msk ... #orthopedics #sports
Thessaly Test for Knee Meniscal Tear

The test is positive if there is medial or lateral joint
Thessaly Test for Knee ... medial or lateral joint ... #Meniscal #Injury ... #physicalexam #msk ... #orthopedics #sports
Distinguishing between Inflammatory and Degenerative joint disease
Inflammatory Joint Disease
 • Swelling stimulates joint nociceptors -> Pain
commonly affects the knee ... hip and L/C-spine ... > Stiffness is short-lived ... #Degenerative #Comparison ... #Versus #MSK #JointDisease
FABER (Patrick's) Test for Hip and Sacroiliac Pathology

Patrick's or Faber Test can be performed to evaluate
foot on the other knee ... flexor contracture ... or sacroiliac joint ... clinical #video #sports ... #msk #orthopedics