Different tests Flashcards
Thompson test
Squeeze calf
+=no plantarflexion →achilles tendon
Homan’s sign
Dorsiflex foot
+=pain → DVT
Moses sign
Compression of calf muscles
+=pain→ posterior tibial v. (DVT)
Plantar fasciitis
Worse with first few steps and improves throughout day. Tender on calcaneous.
Morton’s neuroma
Thickening of tissues that surrounds nerve between toes. Common between 3rd and 4th toes
Turf toe
Inflammation and pain at base of 1st MTP. Caused by hyperextension of toe.
Achilles tendonitis
Cause: tight calf muscles, sudden change in activity causes microtears
Empty can test
Press down on forearms as patient resists
+=pain → supraspinatus
Drop-arm test
Arms out front and slowly drop
+=sudden drop→supraspinatus
Apprehension test (“baseball”)
Force arm into external rotation
+=apprehensive of repeat dislocation → glenohumeral instability
Sulcus sign
Grab their elbow and pull it down
+=Indention below acromion → glenohumeral instability
Yergason Test
Supinate and externally rotate
+=pain → bicipital tendonitis
Speed’s Test
Arms out front and you resist their arm raising
+=Pain in bicipital groove → bicipital tendonitis
Neer impingement
Flex their shoulder
+=pain → rotator cuff impingement
Hawkins test
Internally rotate their shoulder (like a hawk)
+=pain → rotator cuff or subacromial bursa impingement
