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Mannkopf’s sign
Increase in the frequency of the pulse of pressure over a
painful spot; not present in simulated
pain.
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McMurray sign
Occurrence of a cartilage click during manipulation of the
knee; indicative of meniscal injury.
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McMurray’s test
For torn meniscus. As
the patient lies supine with knee fully
flexed, the examiner rotates the
patient’s foot fully outward and the knee
is slowly extended; a painful “click” indicates a tear of the medial meniscus
of the knee joint. If the click occurs
when the foot is rotated inward, the tear
is in the lateral meniscus.
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Mill’s test
For tennis elbow. With the
wrist and fingers fully flexed and the
forearm pronated, complete extension
of the elbow is painful.
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Minor’s sign
The method of rising
from a sitting position characteristic of
the patient with sciatica; he supports
himself on the healthy side, placing one
hand on the back, bending the affected
leg and balancing the healthy leg.
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Moro reflex
For testing normal early neurologic development or the failure
to progress neurologically. The infant
is placed on a table, then the table is
forcibly struck from either side, causing the infants arms to be thrown out
as in an embrace; should disappear as
infancy progresses.
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Morton sign
For metatarsalgia or neuroma. Transverse pressure across
heads of the metatarsals causes sharp
pain in the forefoot.
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