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

Flex the hip to 90 degrees, then
Test (FAIR Test - Flexion ... Test #sciatica #lumbar ... clinical #video #physicalexam
Passive Straight Leg Raise Test for Low Back Pain and Sciatica

A passive straight leg raise should
to evaluate for lumbar ... degrees of hip flexion ... Pain #Sciatica #Lumbar ... radiculopathy #Spine #PhysicalExam
Diagnostic Testing for Meningitis
History:
 • Triad: Fever, neck stiffness, and altered mental status
 • Sens: 44%
stiffness with neck flexion ... ; Spec: 60-80% Lumbar ... diagnosis #testing #physicalexam
Thomas' Test for Hip Flexibility

Patient lays supine, one hip is maximally flexed to the patient's chest,
flattening the lumbar ... positive for hip flexor ... #Hip #Flexure #Flexor ... #contracture #PhysicalExam
A normal plantar reflex response involves toe flexion, or even no movement. A positive test, also
response involves toe flexion ... all other toes flexing ... motor neurone lesion ... Reflex #Plantar #PhysicalExam
Ankylosing Spondylitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical findings
 • Pain in lumbar area and gluteal region: (Dull, insidious
findings • Pain in lumbar ... tuberosity • Decr Lumbar ... spine flexion, ... Decr Lumbar lordosis
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis

Forced flexion of the neck elicits a reflex flexion of the hips. It
Meningitis Forced flexion ... elicits a reflex flexion ... Signs #Meningitis #PhysicalExam
Hernia of the Superior Lumbar Triangle

"Grynfeltt-Lesshaft hernia" is a herniation of abdominal contents through the back,
of the Superior Lumbar ... through the superior lumbar ... abdominalwallhernias #Lumbar ... clinical #video #physicalexam
Brudzinski's sign is a physically demonstrable symptom of meningitis. It is characterized by reflexive flexion of
characterized by reflexive flexion ... following passive neck flexion ... neurology #meningitis #physicalexam
Flexor Tenosynovitis (FTS)

The clinical diagnosis of FTS is made using Kanavel’s Signs:
 - Fusiform swelling.
 -
Flexor Tenosynovitis ... Tenderness over the flexor ... held in slight flexion ... Pickens, MD #Flexor