Full Can Test – Supraspinatus pathology- The patient can be seated or standing for this test, holding their arm in 90° of elevation in scapular plane (30° anterior to the frontal plane) with full external rotation of the glenohumeral joint. In this position, the patient’s thumb should be pointing up. The Read more…
The patient is tested best when relaxed in the sitting position beside the clinician. The patient will be in either a sitting or standing position. The clinician holds the patient’s upper extremity at 90 degrees of abduction, with the patient’s forearm over the clinician’s shoulder and elbow extended. The Read more…
The patient lies supine on a plinth with their hips flexed to 45 degrees, his/her knees flexed to 90 degrees, and feet flat on the plinth. The examiner sits on the toes of the tested extremity to help stabilize it. The examiner grasps the proximal lower leg, just below the Read more…
There’s a collection of nerve roots at the bottom of your spinal cord that affects your legs and bladder. When an injury or herniated disk or other problem compresses those nerves, then that causes pain, weakness, and incontinence. Cauda equina syndrome is a medical emergency. What is cauda equina Read more…
The main difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes is that type 1 diabetes is a genetic condition that often shows up early in life, and type 2 is mainly lifestyle-related and develops over time. With type 1 diabetes, your immune system is attacking and destroying the insulin-producing cells Read more…
A heart transplant is surgery to replace a diseased heart with a healthy one from an organ donor. Organ donors are adults or children who have become critically ill, often because of injury. They will not live because of their illness or injury. If the donor is an adult, he Read more…
The exact cause of Hodgkin lymphoma is not known. Genes and viral infections may increase a child’s risk of Hodgkin lymphoma. Conditions that are linked to Hodgkin lymphoma are listed below. But because Hodgkin lymphoma is so rare, the risk is still very low. Epstein-Barr virus, which causes mononucleosis (mono) Read more…
Psoriasis is a skin disease that causes a rash with itchy, scaly patches, most commonly on the knees, elbows, trunk, and scalp. Psoriasis is a common, long-term (chronic) disease with no cure. It can be painful, interfere with sleep, and make it hard to concentrate. The condition tends to go Read more…
Infectious arthritis, also called septic arthritis, is a painful infection in a joint that can come from germs that travel through your bloodstream from another part of your body. Septic arthritis can also occur when a penetrating injury, such as an animal bite or trauma, delivers germs directly into the Read more…
Bell’s palsy is a condition that causes sudden weakness in the muscles on one side of the face. In most cases, the weakness is temporary and significantly improves over weeks. The weakness makes half of the face appear to droop. Smiles are one-sided, and the eye on the affected side Read more…