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The Barlow maneuver is a physical examination performed on infants to screen for developmental dysplasia of the hip. It is named for Dr. Thomas Geoffrey Barlow (September 25, 1915 – May 25, 1975), an English orthopedic surgeon , who devised this test.
The Ortolani test is part of the physical examination for developmental dysplasia of the hip, along with the Barlow maneuver. [1] Specifically, the Ortolani test is positive when a posterior dislocation of the hip is reducible with this maneuver. [citation needed] This is part of the standard infant exam performed preferably in early infancy.
Eponymous medical signs are those that are named after a person or persons, usually the physicians who first described them, but occasionally named after a famous patient. This list includes other eponymous entities of diagnostic significance; i.e. tests, reflexes, etc.
The Galeazzi test, also known as the Allis sign, is used to assess for hip dislocation, primarily in order to test for developmental dysplasia of the hip.It is performed by flexing an infant's knees when they are lying down so that the feet touch the surface and the ankles touch the buttocks.
Waddell's signs are a group of physical signs, first described in a 1980 article in Spine, and named for the article's principal author, Professor Gordon Waddell (1943–2017), a Scottish Orthopedic Surgeon. [1] [2] Waddell's signs may indicate non-organic or psychological component to chronic low back pain.
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