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Kaltenborn test or Hip Lag Sign for hip abductor function. To perform the Kaltenborn test, the patient has to lie in a lateral, neutral position with the affected leg being on top. The examiner then positions one arm under this leg to have good hold and control over the relaxed extremity, whereas the other hand stabilizes the pelvis.
An abductor wedge is designed to separate the legs of a patient. It is often used after hip surgery to prevent the new hip from "popping out".. It can also be used to support the legs of an individual with spinal cord injury or severe physical or neurological disabilities in abduction (legs apart position) while seated in a wheelchair.
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The Thomas test is a physical examination test, named after the Welsh orthopaedic surgeon, Hugh Owen Thomas (1834–1891), to rule out hip flexion contracture (fixed partial flexion of the hip) and psoas syndrome (injury to the psoas muscle).
The ThighMaster was invented in Sweden by then-physical medicine intern (later "Dr.") Anne Marie Bennstrom (Prescott) as the "V-Bar" physical therapy device. [9] It later received US design patent number 343882S as "physical exerciser."
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The machine had a database of 10,000 similar operations, and so, in the words of its designers, was "more than qualified to operate on any patient". [ 32 ] [ 33 ] In August 2007, Dr. Sijo Parekattil of the Robotics Institute and Center for Urology (Winter Haven Hospital and University of Florida) performed the first robotic-assisted ...
Abductor may refer to: Abductor, someone performing a kidnapping (abduction) Abductor muscle, a muscle which draws a limb away from the median plane of the body; Abductor wedge, a medical device that separates the legs of a patient; The Abductors, a 1957 film directed by Andrew McLaglen