CONO Physical Medicine Flashcards
Ober’s
IT Band Contracture
Empty Can
Supraspinatus tendon tear
Cross arm test
AC jt pathology
Impingement test
rotator cuff impingement
Ballotement, bulge test
knee joint effusion
Kemp’s
nerve root irritation
valgus/varus
elbow or knee lateral or medial epicondyle
Anterior & Posterior drawer sign
ankle
Retinacular - DIPs negative
tight retinacular ligaments or capsule
Retinacular DIP flex while PIP flex
retinacular ligaments are tight, capsule are normal
Tinel
carpal tunnel, or ulnar palsy
Phalen’s
carpal tunnel
Cozen’s
tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis)
Finkelstein’s
DeQuervain’s
Mill’s
lateral epicondylitis
Ely’s
tight rectus femoris, contracture of tensa fascia
Patella femoral grinding test
chrondromalacia patella
Lachman’s
ACL/PCL tear
McMurray’s
Torn meniscus
Cervical spine compression
nerve root compression - unilater
nerve root contracture - contralateral
nerve root inflammation - straight down
Betchterew’s
tension on the sciatic nerve
Adson’s
tight anterior scalene or cervical rib impingement on brachial a
Braggard’s
sciatica due to disc herniation, piriformis, SI joint dysfunction
Adam’s sign
scoliosis
East’s & Roo’s
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Lasegue’s
30 degrees = acute spondylothesis, gluteal abscess, disc protrusion or extrusion, tumor of buttocks, dural inflammation
30 - 70 degrees = same side disc herniation L4-S1
Apprehension test
patellar dislocation
Apley’s distraction
injury to collateral ligaments
Kernig’s
meningeal irritation
Anterior/posterior drawer sign
cruciate ligament of knee
dorsiflexion test
hypertonic soleous,
if can dorsiflex while in knee flexion then hypertonic gastros
Morton’s forefoot squeeze test
stress fractures, morton’s neurome
Homan’s sign
DVT
Thompson’s test
ruptured achilles tendon
Yeoman’s test
SI joint pathology
Trendelenberg test
weak gluteal medius on the standing leg
Thomas test
tight hip flexor muscles, ant/lat capsular restrictions
Pelvic Rock Test
SI joint pathology
Patrick Faber’s test
+groin pain = iliopsoas strain/bursitis, intraarticular hip disorder, hip impingement
+buttocks pain = SI joint dys sacroilitis
Hibb’s
hip jt or SI jt
Gaenslen’s test
SI lesion, hip pathology, L4 nerve root lesion
Yergason’s
Biceps tendonitis, slipped tendon
Speed’s
bicepital tendinitis
Wright’s (hyperabduction)
thoracic outlet syndrome
Apley’s scratch test
rotator cuff tear, tendinitis
Drop arm test/Codman’s
rotator cuff tear
Glenohumeral apprehension test
dislocation, rotator cuff damage, detachment of joint
Minor’s sigh
sciatica, SI lesions, lubosacral lesions, disc involvement
shoulder depression test
brachial plexus lesion
Soto hall/linder
fracture, discopathy, herniation, supraspinatus tear, dural sleeve adhesions
