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Ely's Test for Rectus Femoris Tightness

Patient lies prone on the table. The examiner flexes the leg
are unable to flex ... tightness, femoral nerve ... #Femoris #clinical ... #video #hip #physicalexam ... #msk #orthopedics
Ely's Test for Rectus Femoris Tightness

Patient lies prone on the table. The examiner flexes the leg
are unable to flex ... tightness, femoral nerve ... #Femoris #clinical ... #video #hip #physicalexam ... #msk #orthopedics
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
infection that cross-reacts ... immunodeficiency virus (HIV ... transplantation CLINICAL ... depressed deep tendon reflexes ... specific therapy, the clinician
Hoover's Sign for Functional Lower Extremity Paralysis

Used to distinguish organic from functional leg hemiparesis.

Ask the patient
Ask the patient ... leg at the hip. ... In normal people ... #hemiparesis #clinical ... #video #physicalexam
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... flexors of the legs ... extensors of the arms (pyramidal ... Spasticity - Reflexes ... brain and/or optic nerve