Test Signs
Test Signs
Test Signs
Maneuvers Guide
Achilles Squeeze test: For Achilles
Adson's test
Adson's test: For thoracic outlet
drawer sign.
Anterior tibial sign: Involuntary
Brudzinski's sign
Contralateral straight leg raising
test: For sciatica. When the leg is
Circumduction maneuver: A
skin just above the patella, indicative of fracture of the femur with
overriding of fragments.
Codman's sign: In rupture of the
sign.
Drawer sign: For ligamentous
sign.
Keens sign: Increased diameter of
the leg at the malleoli in Potts
fracture of the fibula.
the patient can easily and completely extend the leg; in the
sitting position, or when lying with
the thigh flexed upon the abdomen. the leg cannot be completely
extended it is a sign of meningitis.
i ng postoperative thrombosis,
indicated by tenderness when
pressure is placed over the inner
side of' the foot.
Peroneal sign: Dorsal flexion and
the anterior tibialis muscle prod uces dorsal flexion and supination of' the foot. When this reflex
is excessive it indicates organic
disease of the central nervous
system. Called also anticus sign or
reflex.
cancer of the upper cervical vertebrae, the patient supports his head
with his hands when rising from or
assuming a lying position.
Sarbos sign: Analgesia of the
peroneal nerve; sometimes noted
in tabes dorsalis.
Schlesingers sign: In tetany, if the
test.