by iOrtho Admin | Jan 27, 2021 | News, Orthopedic Clinical Tests
The Patella – More than Just a Sesamoid Bone Although the patellofemoral joint is not a true articulation, is serves a very important purpose. As the largest sesamoid bone in the body, it forms the least congruent joint in the body. The patella is stabilized by...
by iOrtho Admin | Jan 20, 2021 | News, Orthopedic Clinical Tests
Quantifying Pectoralis Muscle Tightness The pectoralis is the fan-shaped muscle that covers the upper part of the chest. The pectoralis major has a clavicular and a sternocostal head. The clavicular head arises from the anterior, medial half of the clavicle,...
by iOrtho Admin | Jan 13, 2021 | News, Orthopedic Clinical Tests
Functional Lower Extremity Tests Clinicians have been known to struggle, on occasion, with the criteria for an individual to safely return to activity after an injury. What tests are the best ones to use? Are there are statistics to confirm the value of a...
by iOrtho Admin | Jan 6, 2021 | News, Orthopedic Clinical Tests
Can You Identify Subtle Motor Deficits? Anyone who has gone through medical training has thought s/he has had at least one of the diseases studied. You learn the signs and symptoms and suddenly you realize you have some or all of them. In most cases, it is a...
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