by iOrtho Admin | Sep 23, 2020 | News, Orthopedic Clinical Tests
Structures Involved in Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS) is a term to describe a compression disorder. There are four areas that are potentially problematic: thoracic inlet, scalene triangle, coracopectoral loop, and pectoralis minor...
by iOrtho Admin | Sep 16, 2020 | News, Orthopedic Clinical Tests
Radiocarpal Joint The wrist, AKA the radiocarpal joint, is a synovial joint composed of the radius and proximal row of carpal bones (scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, and pisiform). Movement occurs along two planes to produce flexion, extension, adduction...
by iOrtho Admin | Sep 9, 2020 | News, Orthopedic Clinical Tests
Ankle Sprain Mechanisms Injuries to ankle ligaments typically fall into one of two buckets. Lateral ankle sprains are the result of an inversion with plantarflexion stress and syndesmotic, AKA high ankle sprains, are attributed to forceful dorsiflexion with...
by iOrtho Admin | Sep 2, 2020 | Joint Mobilizations, News
Hinge Joint The knee is a hinge joint with two-degrees of freedom: flexion/extension and rotation. With the concave tibial plateau and convex femoral condyles, open kinetic chain knee mobility involves rolling/gliding of a concave surface on a convex...
by iOrtho Admin | Aug 26, 2020 | News, Orthopedic Clinical Tests
In comparison with other joints of the body, the elbow has very few clinical tests. Aside from manual muscle testing, all of the elbow tests focus on the two collateral ligaments, the tendon attachments to the epicondyles, and the ulnar nerve. There is also...
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