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test name-test action
Ortho Test Name | Ortho Test Action |
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Eden's Costoclavicular | monitor radial pulse |
Wright's Hyperabduction | radial pulse, active to 180 repeat passively |
Bakody's | arm on head |
Lasegue's/Straight Leg Raise | Hold heel, raise leg |
Braggard's | Lower leg to below pt of px and dorsiflex foot |
Fajersztajn/Well L R | Unaffected leg is raised |
Goldthwait | Lift affected leg, palp l-s jt |
Millgram's | pt actively raise both legs off table 2-3" |
Patrick Faebre's Test | Lat mal. on oppo knee and depress flexed knee |
Hibb's Test | Thigh ext push femur into buttock then push leg laterally |
Thomas Test | Max flex of knee and thigh on abdomen |
Adson's Test | radial pulse, arm at 45 in ext; pt rotate head to examiner and breath in |
Compression Test | Press down on top of head |
Distraction Test | Upward traction is applied to the head |
Spurling's Foraminal Encroachment Test | Pt max rotates and extends head to affected side; down press applied |
Shoulder Depression | Depress shoulder on oppo side as head is lat flexed |
Soto Hall | Passive flex of neck of supine pt; stabilize sternum |
Jackson's | Just lat flex while Dr. pushes down |
Max Cervical Compression | Rot, L Flex, extend |
Allen's | Pt. pumps hand, occlude radial or ulnar, open hand watch for flushing |
Adson's Scalenus Anticus | Abd arm, ext, and lat rotate while radial pulse is monitored. Pt rotates head to side and takes deep breath |
Kernig's Test | Flex thigh and knee, then ext knee |
Brudzinski (Soto Hall) | Dr. elev chin to chest |
Ganeslen's Supine Test | flex one thigh and hold, hyperext other by lowering it off table, apply down pressure to ext thigh |
True Leg Length | ASIS to medial malleolus |
Apparent Leg Length | Umbilicus to medial malleolus |
Ely's Test | Heel is brough to the oppo buttock |
Nachlas | Max flex of knee to same buttock with stabilization of ipsi hip |
Yeoman's Test | With knee flexed, hyperext thigh while down pressure on si jt |
Bechterew | Pt ext one leg at a time |
Minor's Sign | Pt holds back for support on rising from chair |
Gower's Sign | Pt climbs up legs on rising from chair |
Supported Adam's | Pt exp px on flex; flex is performed again with dr. bracing sacrum w/ hip |
Neri's Bowing Sign | Ask pt to bend over with straight legs |
Kemp's | Stabilize pelvis with one hand and with oter, bring oppo shoulder back and down |
Trendelenberg | Pt stands on one leg |
Gillet Test | One thumb on S2 tubercle, one on PSIS; ask pt to flex thigh. Compare w/ other side |
Lewin-Gaenslen's | Involved side up; dr. behind pt; hyperext thigh while stabilizing hip |
Iliac Compression | Affected side up; pressure is applied down on superior ilium |
Ober's Test | Abd and ext thigh, then drop it |
Burn's Bench | Pt attempts to bend over and touch flr while kneeling on bench, dr. holds heels |
Hoover's Sign | Supine; pt. raises affected leg while dr. has hands under heels |
O'Donohue Test | Pt actively moves part against resistance, then is passively moved thru full ROM |
Dejerine's Triad | Cough, sneeze, strain |
Valsalva | Bear down as in bowel mvmt |
Apley's Scratch Test | Touch oppo shoulder with affected arm, reach behind head to touch superior angle of oppo scap, reach behind back to touch inf angle of oppo scap |
Codman's Drop Arm | Arm passively abd to above shoulder level then remove support suddenly |
Apprehension | Flex, abd, ext rotate pt's arm |
Dawbarn | Abd pt's arm while deep palp of pxful area on shoulder |
Dugas | Pt touches other shoulder with hand |
Yergason's Test | Flex elbow 90; dr. palp over bicip groove while int and ext rotating arm against resistance |
Cozen's Test | Ext and pronate arm and ext wrist; stabilize elbow and ext wrist against resistance |
Mill's Test | Arm ext; max pronate, make a fist ext? wrist; dr. supinate against resistance |
Stability Tests | Valgus, varus, flex and ext of elbow |
Tinel's Sign | Tap over ulnar n. in ulnar n. sulcus |
Phalen's Test | Dorsum of wrists are pressed together in max flex, hold 30-60 sec |
Finkelstein's Test | With thumb tucked in fist, bring wrist into ulnar deviation |
Tinel's | Percuss over median n. |
Froment's Paper Sign | Paper is placed betw thumb and index finger |
Pinch Grip Test | Pt is asked to touch tips of thumb & index finger together; pad to pad contact is made, not tip to tip |
Drawer Sign | Knee flexed and foot on table, apply A-P stress then P-A stress on prox tibia |
Bounce Home Test | Flex knee, then while holding ankle, passively ext knee |
McMurray's Test | Ext leg from fully flex position in lat rotation while palp jt space, repeat in medial rotation |
Reduction Click Test | Flex knee while int and ext rotating it, continue to rotate while ext the leg |
Effusion Test - Major | Press down on patella and quickly release |
Effusion Test - Minor | Milk knee from suprapatellarpouch, tap medial side of knee post to patella |
Grinding Test for Patella | Push patella distally, pt contracts the quads while exerting down pressure on patella |
Apprehension Test | Push patella inf and lat |
Stress Tests | W/ knee slightly flexed, apply valgus and then varus stress |
Apley's Compression Test | Knee is flexed 90, apply down pressure to bottom of foot while rotating knee medially and laterally |
Apley's Distraction Test | Same as compression but with distraction |
Homan's Sign | Dorsiflex ankle |
Anterior Foot Drawer | Pt foot hanging freely, sheering force is applied; distal tibia post, calc ant |
Stability Test | Passively invert calc and passivley evert calc |
Thompson's/Simmond's/Achille's Continuity Test | Feet dangling off table, squeeze calf muscle |