He had numbness, no "long track" signs.
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Subject: He had numbness, no "long track" signs.
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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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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
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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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