Thursday, January 21, 2010

Patrick sign

pain from hip disease may mimic pain of lumbar spine disease.Hip pain can be reproduced by internal and external rotation at the hip with the knee and hip in flexion(patrick sign) and by tapping the heel with the examiner's palm while the leg is extended.

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