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Gaenslen’s sign
With the patient on
his back on the operating table, the
knee and hip of one leg are held in
flexed position by the patient, while the
other leg, hanging over the edge of the
table, is pressed down by the examiner
to produce hyperextension of the hip;
pain occurs on the affected side in lumbosacral disease.
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Galeazzi’s sign
In congenital dislocation of the hip, the dislocated side is
shorter when both thighs are flexed 90
degrees.
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Goldthwait’s sign
With the patient lying supine, his leg is raised by the examiner with one hand, the other hand
being placed under the patient’s lower
back. Leverage is then applied to the
side of the pelvis. If pain is felt by the
patient before the lumbar spine is
moved, the lesion is a sprain of the sacroiliac joint. If pain does not appear
until after the lumbar spine moves, the
lesion is in the sacroiliac or lumbosacral articulation.
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Gower’s sign
Abrupt intermittent oscillation of the iris under the influence
of light; seen in certain stages of tabes
dorsalis. Called also Gower’s maneuver and Gower’s phenomenon.
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Guilland’s sign
Brisk flexion at the hip
and knee joint when the contralateral
quadriceps muscle is pinched; a sign
of meningeal irritation.
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