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Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
The baby will flex ... Rooting Reflex ... open, and legs flex ... holding jaw over shoulder ... opposite arm/leg flex
Positive Hoffmann's sign (finger flexor reflex)

Flexion and adduction of the thumb and flexion of the index
reflex) Flexion ... the thumb and flexion ... #sign #finger #flexor ... #reflex #clinical ... #physicalexam #msk
Bunnel-Littler PIP Joint Test on Physical Exam
For intrinsic vs joint capsule cause of restriction or tightness
preventing full flexion ... joint & passively flex ... finger at PIP 2) Flex ... MCP & passively flex ... clinical #video #msk
Chronic Shoulder Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
4 tests for the AC joint:
1. Direct palpation
2. Cross-arm shoulder
Chronic Shoulder ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cross-arm shoulder ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #MSK
Hoffman's sign. Even in this specific case, accompanied by a clonus outline (rhythmic contractions). The median
middle finger. 2) Ask ... the patient to relax ... phalanx of the flexed ... 4) Observe the flexion ... Hoffmanns #Sign #Reflex
Moro Reflex on Newborn Physical Exam

The Moro reflex is obtained by holding the baby’s head and
Moro Reflex on Newborn ... Exam The Moro reflex ... baby’s head and shoulders ... the arms held in flexion ... The arms should
Drop Arm Test - Supraspinatus Tear

The drop arm test evaluates for a supraspinatus muscle tear.
Passively adduct
Passively adduct the shoulder ... to 90 degrees, flex ... Supraspinatus #Tear #Shoulder ... video #sports #msk
 The following #reflexes are routinely tested, and the response elicited is graded from zero to
and left side should ... The examiner should ... patient's elbow is flexed ... the knees can be flexed ... inversion and flexion
Mytomes - Segmental Innervation of Muscles
Shoulder	Abduction	C5	Axillary Nerve
Shoulder	Adduction	C6-C8	Thoracodorsal Nerve
Elbow	Flexion	C5	Musculocutaneous Nerve
Elbow	Extension	C7	Radial Nerve
Wrist	Extension	C6	Radial Nerve
Fingers	Flexion	C8	Median Nerve
Fingers	Abduction	T1	Ulnar Nerve
Hip	Flexion	L2	Nerve to Psoas
Hip	Extension	S1	Inferior Gluteal
Innervation of Muscles Shoulder ... Axillary Nerve Shoulder ... Nerve Fingers Flexion ... Ulnar Nerve Hip Flexion ... #MuscleGroups #MSK
Piriformis Test (FAIR Test - Flexion, Adduction, and Internal Rotation)

Flex the hip to 90 degrees, then
Test (FAIR Test - Flexion ... Internal Rotation) Flex ... #physicalexam #msk