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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). Illustration of the Thomas test.
Named after the British orthopedic surgeon Hugh Owen Thomas, the Thomas Test is a physical examination used to determine if patients suffer from psoas syndrome or hip flexion contractures (the ...
Thomas test illustration. From Hugh Thomas Owen's "Diseases of the hip, knee, and ankle joints: with their deformities, treated by a new and efficient method", 1875. The 'Thomas's wrench' was designed for reducing fractures. [9] and correct clubfeet. The club foot would be rolled between the two shorter cylinders to forcibly correct it. [14]
Thomas test: Hugh Owen Thomas: Orthopaedics: Fixed flexion deformity of hip: Supine patient flexes one hip whilst keeping other leg flat; back arches if flexion deformity is present Throckmorton's reflex: Tom Bentley Throckmorton: neurology: pyramidal tract lesions: The Babinski sign – a reappraisal Neurol India 48 (4): 314–8.
Hugh Thomas (choral conductor), American choral conductor, pianist and educator; Hugh Thomas (coach), Australian rules football coach; Hugh Hamshaw Thomas (1885–1962), British paleobotanist; Hugh Owen Thomas (1834–1891), Welsh surgeon; Hugh Thomas (priest) (c. 1706–1780), Dean of Ely and Master of Christ's College, Cambridge
Patrick's test or FABER test is performed to evaluate pathology of the hip joint or the sacroiliac joint. [1] The test is performed by having the tested leg flexed and the thigh abducted and externally rotated. If pain is elicited on the ipsilateral side anteriorly, it is suggestive of a hip joint disorder on the same side.
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