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Thompson's Test for Achilles Tendon Injury

In a prone position, Achilles tendon stability can be assessed using
stability can be ... Flex the knee to ... plantarflexion of the foot ... #Injury #ankle ... #msk #orthopedics
Intraoperative Thompson Test - Assessing the Achilles’ tendon following a surgical repair for rupture. The calf
the Achilles’ tendon ... rupture than the inability ... plantar flex the foot ... #surgery #msk #sports ... #ankle #orthopedics
 The following #reflexes are routinely tested, and the response elicited is graded from zero to
bedridden, the knees ... having the patient kneel ... on a chair with ankles ... Wrist clonus is ... extension of the wrists
Orthopedic Splints, Casts, Plasters, Traction and Frames
Upper Limb and Spine 
 • DUNLOP TRACTION: Used in
The wrist is held ... open fracture of ankle ... deformity of hip and knee ... with rotational instability ... applied to the foot
Posterior Knee Dislocation Injury
Specifically, POSTERIOR KNEE DISLOCATIONS can have significant associated injury that needs unique approach
DISLOCATION: ~25% cases ... nerve injury (25%) TEST ... Dorsiflexion of foot ... CLINICAL: instability ... trauma/vascular/orthopedic