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  2. Percussion (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Percussion was at first used to distinguish between empty and filled barrels of liquor, and Dr. Leopold Auenbrugger is said to be the person who introduced the technique to modern medicine, although this method was used by Avicenna about 1000 years before that for medical practice such as using percussion over the stomach to show how full it is ...

  3. Non-invasive procedure - Wikipedia

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    A medical procedure is defined as non-invasive when no break in the skin is created and there is no contact with the mucosa, or skin break, or internal body cavity beyond a natural or artificial body orifice. For example, deep palpation and percussion are non-invasive but a rectal examination is invasive.

  4. Chest physiotherapy - Wikipedia

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    Techniques include chest percussion using clapping: the therapist lightly claps the patient's chest, back, and area under the arms. Percussion, while effective in the treatment of infants and children, is no longer used in adults due to the introduction of more effective and self-management focused treatments.

  5. Pleximeter - Wikipedia

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    A Pleximeter is a device used in medical percussion, as part of a clinical examination, to absorb the energy generated by the strike from the plexor. During percussion the middle finger of examiner's hand is routinely used as pleximeter.

  6. Macewen's sign - Wikipedia

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    Macewen's sign or Macewen sign (/ m ə ˈ k j uː ə n / mə-KEW-ən) is a sign used to help to diagnose hydrocephalus [1] (accumulation of excess cerebrospinal fluid) and brain abscesses.

  7. Ballance's sign - Wikipedia

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    Ballance's sign is used in medical diagnosis. Its indications are dullness to percussion in the left flank LUQ and shifting dullness to percussion in the right flank seen with splenic rupture/hematoma. [1] During trauma assessment of the abdomen, "Ballance's sign" may be observed upon exam.

  8. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Medicine-related articles

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    In cases when a medical- or anatomy-related term is a secondary use for a more common usage, only the medical (or anatomical) article requires a disambiguation. Most commonly, "percussion" is used to describe an instrument that makes sound when struck, so Percussion links directly to the article about the instrument; the medical usage of the ...

  9. Palpation - Wikipedia

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    Palpation is the process of using one's hands to check the body, especially while perceiving/diagnosing a disease or illness. [1] Usually performed by a health care practitioner, it is the process of feeling an object in or on the body to determine its size, shape, firmness, or location (for example, a veterinarian can feel the stomach of a pregnant animal to ensure good health and successful ...