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He had numbness, no "long track" signs.

Posted By: MSMT on 2009-02-26
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Subject: He had numbness, no "long track" signs.

Ortho reprot. 


He had pain in his neck and left arm with mild numbness, no s/l "long track" signs.


Doesn't make sense to me




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Dedication
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Foreword, Second Edition
Foreword, First Edition
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Section I: Temporomandibular
Chvostek's Sign
Loading Test
Palpation Test


Section II: Cervical Spine
Vertebral Artery Test
Foraminal Compression Test (Spurling)
Foraminal Distraction Test
Valsalva's Maneuver
Swallowing Test
Tinel's Sign


Section III: Shoulder
Empty Can (Supraspinatus) Test
Yergason Test
Speed's Test
Ludington's Sign
Drop Arm Test
Apley's Scratch Test
Cross-Over Impingement Test
Neer Impingement Test
Hawkins-Kennedy Impingement Test
Sternoclavicular (SC) Joint Stress Test
Acromioclavicular (AC) Joint Distraction Test
Acromioclavicular (AC) Joint Compression Test (Shear)
Piano Key Sign
Apprehension Test (Anterior)
Apprehension Test (Posterior)
Sulcus Sign
Anterior Drawer Test
Posterior Drawer Test
Jobe Relocation Test
Feagin Test
Load and Shift Test
Grind Test
Clunk Test
O'Brien Test
Brachial Plexus Stretch Test
Shoulder Abduction Test
Adson's Maneuver
Allen's Test
Roos Test
Military Brace Position
Pectoralis Major Contracture Test


Section IV: Elbow
Resistive Tennis Elbow Test (Cozen's Test)
Resistive Tennis Elbow Test
Passive Tennis Elbow Test
Golfer's Elbow Test
Hyperextension Test
Elbow Flexion Test
Varus Stress Test
Valgus Stress Test
Tinel's Sign
Pinch Grip Test


Section V: Wrist and Hand
Tap or Percussion Test
Compression Test
Long Finger Flexion Test
Finkelstein Test
Phalen Test
Tinel's Sign
Froment's Sign
Wrinkle Test (Shrivel Test)
Digital Allen's Test
Bunnel Littler Test
Murphy's Sign
Watson Test
Valgus Stress Test
Varus Stress Test
Section VI: Thoracic Spine
Kernig/Brudzinski Signs
Lateral Rib Compression Test
Anterior/Posterior Rib Compression Test
Inspiration/Expiration Breathing Test


Section VI: Thoracic Spine
Kernig/Brudzinski Signs
Lateral Rib Compression Test
Anterior/Posterior Rib Compression Test
Inspiration/Expiration Breathing Test


Section VII: Lumbar Spine
Valsalva's Maneuver
Stoop Test
Hoover Test
Kernig/Brudzinski Signs
90-90 Straight Leg Raise Test
Bowstring Test (Cram Test)
Sitting Root Test
Unilateral Straight Leg Raise Test (Lasegue Test)
Bilateral Straight Leg Raise Test
Well Straight Leg Raise Test
Slump Test
Thomas Test
Spring Test
Trendelenburg's Test
Stork Standing Test


Section VIII: Sacral Spine
Sacroiliac (SI) Joint Fixation Test
Gillet Test
Sacroiliac (SI) Joint Stress Test
Squish Test
Yeoman's Test
Gaenslen's Test
Patrick or FABER Test
Long-Sitting Test


Section IX: Hip
Hip Scouring or Quadrant Test
Nélaton's Line
Craig's Test
90-90 Straight Leg Raise Test
Patrick or FABER Test
Trendelenburg's Test
Ober's Test
Piriformis Test
Thomas Test
True Leg-Length Discrepancy Test
Apparent Leg-Length Discrepency Test
Ely's Test
Tripod Test
Femoral Nerve Traction Test


Section X: Knee
Patella Tendon/Patella Ligament Length Test
Patellar Apprehension Test
Ballotable Patella or Patella Tap Test
Sweep Test
Quadriceps or Q-Angle Test
Medial-Lateral Grind Test
Bounce Home Test
Patellar Grind Test (Clarke's Sign)
Renne Test
Noble Test
Hughston's Plica Test
Godfrey 90/90 Test
Posterior Sag Test (Gravity Drawer Test)
Reverse Pivot Shift (Jakob Test)
Anterior Lachman's Test
Anterior Drawer Test
Slocum Test With Internal Tibial Rotation
Slocum Test With External Tibial Rotation
Pivot Shift Test
Jerk Test
Posterior Drawer Test
Hughston Posteromedial Drawer Test
Hughston Posterolateral Drawer Test
Posterior Lachman's Test 27
External Rotation Recurvatum Test
Valgus Stress Test
Varus Stress Test
McMurray Test
Apley Compression Test
Steinman's Tenderness Displacement Test
Rectus Femoris Contracture Test


Section XI: Ankle and Foot
Homans' Sign
Anterior Drawer Test
Talar Tilt Test (Inversion)
Talar Tilt Test (Eversion)
Thompson Test
Tap or Percussion Test
Feiss Line 30
Interdigital Neuroma Test
Compression Test
Long Bone Compression Test
Swing Test
Kleiger's Test
Tinel's Sign



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Section X: Knee
Patella Tendon/Patella Ligament Length Test
Patellar Apprehension Test
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