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Thomas' Test for Hip Flexure Contracture

Thomas' Test assesses for hip flexure contracture.
One hip is maximally flexed
Thomas' Test for Hip ... Test assesses for hip ... flattening the lumbar spine ... #Contracture #PhysicalExam ... video #sports #msk
Kernig's Sign in Meningitis

Kernig's sign is present if the patient, in the supine position with the
patient, in the supine ... position with the ... hip and knee flexed ... Clinical #Video #PhysicalExam ... Pediatrics #Peds #neurology
Mallet Finger
Absence of a fracture does NOT exclude Mallet finger, the extension function of the DIP
function of the DIP ... distal to the DIP ... Swollen and tender DIP ... Extension splint of DIP ... #Orthopedics #MSK
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver for BPPV

Procedure:
1. Make the patient sit on examination table, such that the shoulders would
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver ... his/her eyes on ... from a sitting to supine ... affected ear #Dix ... Instructions #Diagnosis #neurology
Epley Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient begins in an upright sitting posture, and the
lowered into a supine ... patient rolls onto his ... #vertigo #neurology ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #management
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
Pathology of the Hip ... • Congenital hip ... Chondrodysplasia Neurologic ... Pain • Valgus position ... signs #diagnosis #msk
Thomas' Test for Hip Flexibility

Patient lays supine, one hip is maximally flexed to the patient's chest,
Thomas' Test for Hip ... Patient lays supine ... flattening the lumbar spine ... #contracture #PhysicalExam ... video #sports #msk
The asphyxia escape reflex is assessed by placing the child in the prone position on the
child in the prone position ... newborn should turn his ... face freeing his ... escape #Reflex #PhysicalExam ... clinical #video #Neurology
Interphalangeal Joint Dislocation
Interphalangeal joint dislocations almost always occur dorsally, look for associated avulsion fractures! Here's a
usually dorsal • DIP ... hyperextension) • DIP ... deformity (if volar DIP ... tendon) • ED Management ... #Orthopedics #MSK
"Appropriate patient positioning for lumbar puncture and location of the L4/L5 intercostal space"-McMaster Textbook of Internal
lateral decubitus position ... flexed at knees and hips ... flexion of the spine ... guidance in a prone position ... LumbarPuncture #Management