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Sarbo’s sign
Analgesia of the peroneal
nerve; sometimes noted in tabes dorsalis.
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Schlesinger’s sign
In tetany, if the
patient’s leg is held at the knee joint and
flexed strongly at the hip joint, there
will follow within a short time an extensor spasm at the knee joint, with
extreme supination of the foot. Called
also Pool’s phenomenon.
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Simmons test
See Thompson test.
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Slocum test
For rotary instability of the
knee. The examiner pulls on the upper
calf of a supine patient with the knees
flexed 90 degrees.
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Somatic sign
Any sign presented by
trunk or limbs rather than sensory apparatus.
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Soto-hall sign
With the patient flat
on his back, on flexion of the spine be-
ginning at the neck and going down-
ward, a pain will be felt at the site of
the lesion in back abnormalities.
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Spurling test
For cervical spine and
foraminal nerve encroachment. Compression on the head with extension on
the neck causes radicular pain into the
upper extremities.
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Straight leg raising (SLR) test
For de termining nerve root irritation. The supine patient elevates his leg straight
until there is ipsilateral extremity pain
or until the pain is increased with dorsiflexion of the foot. Also called
Lasegue sign.
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Strumpell’s sign
Dorsal flexion of
the foot when the thigh is drawn up to-
ward the body; seen in spastic paralysis of the lower limb. Called also tibialis sign.
2. Inability to close the fist without marked dorsal extension of the wrist. Called also radialis sign.
3. Pronation sign, passive flexion of the forearm caused by pronation; seen in
hemiplegia.
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Strunsky’s sign
A sign for detecting
lesions of the anterior arch of the foot.
The examiner grasps the toes and
flexes them suddenly. This procedure
is painless in the normal foot but
causes pain if there is inflammation of
the anterior arch.
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