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14 Cards in this Set
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Babinski
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Test for an upper motor neuron lesion usually associated with brain damage after tramua or with expanding brain tumor
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Hoover
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Test for possible malingering
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Slump Test
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Tests for sciatica
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Straight Leg Raise Test
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Test for sciatica
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Well Straight Leg Raise Test (Cross Over sign)
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Tests for space-occupying lesion such as a alumbar herniated nucleus pulposus
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Waddell's Sign
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Tests for non-organic physcial signs which suggest that the problem may not be muscloskeletal. In some cases, the problem may be genuinely psychological. In other cases, the problem may be malingering due to secondary gains such as medical leave from work or a financial settlement from litigation
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KERNIG TEST
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test for meningeal irritation, nerve root involvement, or irritnation of dural coverings of nerve root
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MILGRAM TEST
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test for intrathecal, extrathecal pathology
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NAFFZIGER TEST
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test for pathology pressing on theca
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VALSALVA MANEUVER
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test for space occupying lesion such as a herniated disc or tumor within the cervical canal
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PELVIC ROCK TEST
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test for pain in the sacroiliac joint
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GAENSLEN'S SIGN
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Test for pain in the sacroiliac joint
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PATRICK OR FABERE TEST
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test for pain in the sacroiliac joind or hip
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BEEVOR'S SIGN
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test for weakness of the rectus abdominus muscle
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