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Athletic Training & Sports Medicine Center

Examination Links:

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Alphabetical Listing
of Examinations
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Head

Cervical Spine

Thoracic Spine

Lumbar Spine

Shoulder

Elbow & Radioulnar

Wrist

Hand & Fingers

Sacroiliac Joint

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Ipsilateral Prone Kinetic Test
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FABER Test
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Passive Extension & Internal 
Rotation of Ilium on Sacrum

Passive Flexion & External 
Rotation of Ilium on Sacrum

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Passive External Rotation 
of Hip
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Pelvic Rocking Test
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Gapping Test
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Prone Gapping (Hibb's) Test
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Approximation Test
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Squish Test
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Sacroiliac Rocking Test
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Sacral Apex Pressure Test
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Torsion Stress Test
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Femoral Shear Test
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Superoinferior Symphysis
Pubic Stress Test

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Piedallu's Sign
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Flamingo Maneuver or Test
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Gaenslen's Sign
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Mazion's Pelvic Maneuver
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Yeoman's Test
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Sit-up Test
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Hip & Thigh

Knee

Lower Leg

Ankle

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Foot
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Morton Test
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Range of Motion
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Goniometry
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Manual Muscle Testing
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Reflexes
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Vital Signs
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Body Composition
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Cranial Nerve Assessment: IV. Trochlear

Examination type

Neurological

Patient & Body Segment Positioning

Patient needs to be in a comfortable position, either sitting or standing

Examiner Position

The examiner needs to be anterior to (in front of) the patient

Performing the Test

Ask the patient to lookstraight ahead and follow your finger with his eyes as you move the finger in all planes of motion (lateral motions, up, down, in, out, and diagonally). The patient should not move his head.

Tissues Being Tested

Cranial nerve IV. Trochlear nerve; Dorsal midbrain; eye muscles

Positive Test

Inability to follow finger with eyes without moving head

Interpretation

Intracranial involvement

Common errors in performing exam

Not coming bringing finger forward toward the patient's nose; allowing the patient to move his head

Factors possibly resulting in misinterpretation

Make sure that the athlete understands what you are doing when performing the test

Related tests

Cranial nerve assessment

References

Booher M. James. Athletic Injury Assessment. 4^th edition. McGraw Higher Education 2000

Links:

http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/GrossAnatomy/h_n/cn/cn1/cn5.htm

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