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Special Procedures
Assessment of special procedures
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fluid Wave - liver disease, ascites | Pt supine, raise straight R leg against resistance |
| Rosving's Sign - appendicitis | Palpate LLQ and pain is felt in RLQ |
| Psoas Test - appendicitis | supine, hand on R knee, pt raise against force, + tenderness |
| Obtuator Test - Inflammation | Examiner flex pt thigh at hip, rotates int/ext at the hip. Check for pain |
| Murphy's sign - cholecystitis/appendicitis | supine, Liver Palpation wtih inspiration - pain |
| Blumberg's Sign | supine, compress abd wall slowly, quick release, +pain |
| Indirect fist percussion | supine, L palm on R ribs, give blow to L hand with R fist, +pain b/n sides |
| UPPER EXTREMITY Tinel's Sign- carpel tunnel | Percuss over nerve, +tingle |
| Phalen's Sign- carpel tunnel | flex both wrists 90o, fingers point down, +ache, tingle |
| Allen Test - vascular compromise | pt make fist, compress ulnar/radial aa, pt release fist, see pale, release ulnar, blood return, + blood return |
| Drop Arm Test - rotator cuff | Abduct arm 90o, let go, have pt slowly lower, +pt not able to slowly lower |
| MUSCULOSKELETAL Snuffbox Test - Scaphoid fx | palpate hollow space distal to radial styloid bone, thumb extensor and abductor tendons, +tenderness |
| Bulge Sign - effusion knee | supine, stroke up lateral edge of knee, +fluid move to medial side |
| Ant Drawer Sign - ACL (ant cruciate ligament) | supine, flex knee 90o, cup hands around knee, apply post to ant force to draw tibia forward. + if tibia comes out like drawer |
| Post Drawer Sign - PCL | supine, flex knee 90o, cup hands around knee, apply ant to post force and note bckwrd mvmt, +if proximal tibia falls back, abscence of end feel |
| Lachman Test - ACL tear | supine, flex knee, grab above knee to stabilize femur, other hand around inside of upper tibia, pull forward on tibia, + if tibia moves forward excessively |
| Apley's Test - meniscus | prone, bend knee, push down on foot and rotate tibia medially/laterally, +pain |
| Lat Collateral Ligament Test - lat ligament tear | supine, leg extended, then slightly bent while ankle stabilized and lateral rotation |
| Medial Collateral Ligament Test -med ligament tear | supine, leg extended, then slightly bent while ankle stabilized and lateral rotation |
| Ballotte the Patella - Effusion | supine, push on patella and release quickly, +fluid wave |
| McMurrary Test - meniscal tests | supine, hyperflex knee, one hand on knee, one hand on foot and rotate in/out, +pop, click |
| NEURO Kernig's Sign - meningitis | supine, flex hip and knee, +pain in back |
| Brudzinski's Sign - meningitis | supine, lift head toward chest, +flexion of knees/hips |
| Straight Leg Raise - sciative nerve, disc impinge | supine, raise extended leg >45o, +back, buttock pain |
| Dix Hall-Pike Test - Benign Positional Vertigo | Patient is brought from sitting to a supine position, with the head turned 45 degrees to one side and extended about 20 degrees backward. Once supine, the eyes are typically observed for about 30 seconds. If no nystagmus ensues, the person is brought back to sitting. There is a delay of about 30 seconds again, and then the other side is tested. |
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