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UNIT 6 THORAX SPECIAL TEST
Unit 6 Thorax Special Test PTAP 125 Winter 2010
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
02/28/2010

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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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