Physical Examination of the Spine and Extremities, Volume 798This clear, concise manual fills the growing need for a text covering the process of physical examination of the spine and extremities. Serving students and clinicians as a functional guidebook, this text incorporates three important features: a tight consistent organization, an abundance of constructive illustrations, and an effective teaching method. |
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... elbow joint . As you palpate the cubital fossa , note any tenderness elicited over the joint capsule's attachment to the lower end of the humerus . Tenderness in this area . can be caused by a hyperextension injury to the elbow ...
... elbow joint . As you palpate the cubital fossa , note any tenderness elicited over the joint capsule's attachment to the lower end of the humerus . Tenderness in this area . can be caused by a hyperextension injury to the elbow ...
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... elbow into his waist , and stabilize his arm in this position by cupping the olecranon process in your hand and holding his elbow against his body . Place your other hand just above the wrist to support it . Then flex and extend the ...
... elbow into his waist , and stabilize his arm in this position by cupping the olecranon process in your hand and holding his elbow against his body . Place your other hand just above the wrist to support it . Then flex and extend the ...
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... ELBOW TEST . This test is designed to reproduce the pain of tennis elbow . Stabilize the patient's forearm and instruct him to make a fist and to extend his wrist . When he has done so apply pressure with your other hand to the dorsum ...
... ELBOW TEST . This test is designed to reproduce the pain of tennis elbow . Stabilize the patient's forearm and instruct him to make a fist and to extend his wrist . When he has done so apply pressure with your other hand to the dorsum ...
Contents
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF THE ELBOW | 55 |
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF THE CERVICAL | 107 |
EXAMINAtion of Gait | 133 |
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Physical Examination of the Spine and Extremities Stanley Hoppenfeld,Richard Hutton No preview available - 1976 |
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abduction active Adductor ankle anterior artery Ask the patient aspect become biceps bone bony border brevis bursa carpi cause cervical crest crosses deep deltoid determine distal edge elbow examination extension extensor external rotation extremity feel femoral fingers flexed flexion flexor foot forearm function gait greater groove hand head hold iliac increase indicate insertion instruct internal interphalangeal joint involved knee lateral lies ligament limited located longus lower lumbar medial move movement muscle Muscle Testing neck nerve neurologic level normal Note opposite origin pain palmaris longus palpable palpate pathology patient phase plantar plantar flexion portion position posterior pressure prominent proximal radial range of motion reflex resistance result rotation scapula secondary sensation shoulder side skin soft tissue spine stabilize stand styloid superior supine supplied surface swelling tenderness tendon thumb tibial tion toes tubercle tunnel ulnar upper wrist Zone
References to this book
Muscles: Testing and Function with Posture and Pain Florence Peterson Kendall No preview available - 2005 |