Ortho Tests Flashcards
Adam’s sign indicates?
Scoliosis (structural)
Adson Test
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Braggard Test
Sciatic Nerve Irritation (Extradural)
- disc herniation, SIJ dysfunction, piriformis
Bechterew Test
Sciatic Nerve Irritation
Burns Bench Test
Malingering
Cervical Spine Compression Test
Nerve Root Compression or Irritation
Cervical Spine Distraction Test
Relieving: n. root compression
Painful: soft tissue injury
East Test (Roos Test)
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Hoover Test
Malingering
Kemp Test
Local pn: Facet Syndrome
Radiating pn: n. root irritation
Kernig Test
Meningitis
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Lasegue Test (SLR)
pn @ 30-70 degrees = ipsilateral disc herniation at L4-S1 n roots
Lindner Test
disc lesion @ level of pain
d/t stretching of dural sac
Milgram Test
Disc herniation
Lumbar Strain
Weak mm (ABd or hip flexor)
Minor Sign
Sciatica
SIJ dysfunction
Lumbosacral lesions or disc involvement
Shoulder Depression Test
Brachial plexus lesions
Soto Hall Test
Fracture
Herniation
Supraspinatus lig tear
Valsalva Test
Space Occupying Lesion
Tumor
Herniated disc
Vertebral Artery Test
vertebrobasilar insufficiency
Wright (HyperABduction) Test
brachial artery compression
d/t pec minor spasm
Apley Scratch Test
Rotator Cuff (tear or weakness) Tendinitis
Drop-arm Test (Codman)
Rotator cuff tear
GIH Apprehension Test
humeral head dislocation
rotator cuff damage
jt capsule detached from ligs
Impingement Tests
Hawkins-Kennedy
Neer Sign
Hawkins-Kennedy
supraspinatus tendon
- impingement or
- bursa
are cz of pn
Neer Sign
supraspinatus tendonitis or impingement
Lippman Test
Bicipital Tendonitis
Speed Test
Bicipital Tendonitis