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Flexor Tenosynovitis (FTS)

The clinical diagnosis of FTS is made using Kanavel’s Signs:
 - Fusiform swelling.
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Flexor Tenosynovitis ... (FTS) The clinical ... held in slight flexion ... Pickens, MD #Flexor ... Criteria #Sign #Hand
Thomas' Test for Hip Flexure Contracture

Thomas' Test assesses for hip flexure contracture.
One hip is maximally flexed
' Test for Hip Flexure ... assesses for hip flexure ... hip is maximally flexed ... at the knee and ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Infantile Spasms 
Associated with Tuberous Sclerosis 
1) Flexor spasms: Sudden flexion of neck, trunk, arms, and
Sclerosis 1) Flexor ... spasms: Sudden flexion ... legs 3) Mixed flexor-extensor ... spasms: Flexion ... of the legs Clinical
Bunnel-Littler PIP Joint Test on Physical Exam
For intrinsic vs joint capsule cause of restriction or tightness
preventing full flexion ... unaffected side and ... MCP & passively flex ... to do with both hands ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Thomas' Test for Hip Flexibility

Patient lays supine, one hip is maximally flexed to the patient's chest,
hip is maximally flexed ... contralateral leg flexes ... at the knee and ... #Flexor #contracture ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Posterior Ankle Impingement (Os Trigonum) Syndrome - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Os trigonum which has marrow
worse upon plantar flexion ... Tenosynovitis flexor ... limits plantar flexion ... OsTrigonum #Syndrome #clinical ... #mri #clinical
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis

Severe neck stiffness causes the patient's knees and hips to flex when the
patient's knees and ... hips to flex when ... the neck is flexed ... Sign #Meningitis #clinical
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis

Severe neck stiffness causes the patient's knees and hips to flex when the
patient's knees and ... hips to flex when ... the neck is flexed ... Sign #Meningitis #clinical
Positive Hoffmann's sign (finger flexor reflex) in a patient with Multiple Sclerosis

The Hoffmann's reflex test itself
Hoffmann's sign (finger flexor ... middle finger and ... Any flexion of the ... ipsilateral thumb and ... Positive #Abnormal #Clinical
Kernig's Sign in Meningitis

Kernig's sign is present if the patient, in the supine position with the
position with the hip and ... knee flexed at ... extension of the knee, and ... /or there is flexion ... Sign #Meningitis #Clinical