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Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
Pediatric Primitive Reflexes ... Asymmetric Tonic Neck ... holding jaw over shoulder ... Pediatrics #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis

Severe neck stiffness causes the patient's knees and hips to flex when the
Meningitis Severe neck ... the patient's knees ... and hips to flex ... when the neck is ... clinical #video #physicalexam
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis

Severe neck stiffness causes the patient's knees and hips to flex when the
Meningitis Severe neck ... the patient's knees ... and hips to flex ... when the neck is ... clinical #video #physicalexam
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
flexion of the knees ... following passive neck ... Passive neck flexion ... an involuntary reflex ... Clinical #Video #PhysicalExam
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
Axillary Nerve Shoulder ... Gluteal Nerve Knee ... Tibial Nerve Knee ... MuscleGroups #MSK #Orthopedics ... #Neurology #Diagnosis
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 ... #PhysicalExam # ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Diagnostic Testing for Meningitis
History:
 • Triad: Fever, neck stiffness, and altered mental status
 • Sens: 44%
Diagnostic Testing ... Sign • Passively flex ... flex • Sens: ... #Meningitis #diagnosis ... #testing #physicalexam
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
and Myotomes Reflexes ... : • Knee - L2 ... nerve at fibular neck ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... sensory #motor #leg #physicalexam
Landau's Reaction (Reflex)  on Physical Exam

Landau's reaction is investigated holding the baby firmly under the
Landau's Reaction (Reflex ... First the neck extension ... 5th month and should ... Landaus #Reaction #Reflex ... #PhysicalExam #
Orthopedic Dislocations (Shoulder, Elbow and Hip) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Shoulder Dislocation
 • Fall on the
Orthopedic Dislocations ... and Hip) - Diagnosis ... Bigelow method: FLEX ... Affected hip and knee ... #Elbow #Hip #Diagnosis