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A tilt table test (TTT), occasionally called upright tilt testing (UTT), is a medical procedure often used to diagnose dysautonomia or syncope. Patients with symptoms of dizziness or lightheadedness, with or without a loss of consciousness ( fainting ), suspected to be associated with a drop in blood pressure or positional tachycardia are good ...
Bielschowsky's head tilt test: Alfred Bielschowsky: neurology, ophthalmology: lesions of cranial nerve IV: test for palsy of superior oblique muscle: Bing's sign: Paul Robert Bing: neurology: pyramidal tract lesions: extension of the great toe on pricking the dorsum of the foot with a pin Biot's respiration: Camille Biot: neurology: brain stem ...
Tilt test may refer to: Tilt table test; in medicine the medical procedure often used to diagnose dysautonomia or syncope; Bielschowsky's head tilt test; Tilt test (geotechnical engineering); in geotechnical engineering, ground engineering, geotechnics; Tilt test (vehicle safety test); in vehicle testing
A positive Trendelenburg's sign is caused by weakness or ineffective action of the abductor muscles of the lower limb, the gluteus medius muscle and the gluteus minimus muscle. [ 2 ] Damage to the motor nerve supply of the lateral gluteal muscles (gluteus medius muscle and gluteus minimus muscle)
The bony arch formed by the tibial plafond and the two malleoli is referred to as the ankle "mortise" (or talar mortise). The mortise is a rectangular socket. [ 1 ] The ankle is composed of three joints: the talocrural joint (also called talotibial joint, tibiotalar joint, talar mortise, talar joint), the subtalar joint (also called ...
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The Parks–Bielschowsky three-step test, [1] also known as Park's three-step test or Bielschowsky head tilt test, [2] is a method used to isolate the paretic extraocular muscle, particularly superior oblique muscle and trochlear nerve (fourth cranial nerve), [3] in acquired vertical double vision. [4] It was originally described by Marshall M ...
The Hubscher maneuver (or Jack's test) is a method of evaluating the flexibility of a pes planus or flat foot type. The test is performed with the patient weight bearing, with the foot flat on the ground, while the clinician dorsiflexes the hallux and watches for an increasing concavity of the Arches of the foot. A positive result (arch ...