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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 ... flattening the lumbar spine ... #Contracture #PhysicalExam ... video #sports #msk ... #orthopedics
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 ... #MSK
Thomas' Test for Hip Flexibility

Patient lays supine, one hip is maximally flexed to the patient's chest,
Patient lays supine ... flattening the lumbar spine ... #contracture #PhysicalExam ... video #sports #msk ... #orthopedics
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
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 ... #Hand #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
Stork Test 

The stork test evaluates for a stress fracture of the pars interarticularis in the
in the lumbar spine ... places hands on hips ... #PhysicalExam # ... video #sports #msk ... #orthopedics
Dix-HaIlpike Maneuver
 • Turn head to 45° and then rapidly lay patient to a supine position
Dix-HaIlpike Maneuver ... lay patient to a supine ... position with head ... HaIlpike #Maneuver #neurology ... vertigo #bppv #management
Oppositional Grasp Weakness in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Dysfunction of the six- Opposition weakness-in carpal tunnel syndrome with
Oppositional Grasp ... Dysfunction of the six ... clinical #video #physicaleaxm ... #neurology #orthopedics ... #msk #CTS