Better descriptions for ortho test
For orthopedic test you should have more specific descriptions. So instead of just a positive test for what ever the description is, we should be able to pick level of pain (+ mild/ ++mod / +++marked pain), and if it for neck or upper extremity or both. For example a positive test for neck compression is only with radicular pain (pain in arms) but many times the pt will just have severe pain in left neck (This shoud be an option, otherwise you are saying the test is negative for someone that has a lot of neck pain during the test. (test is ONLY positive by the book, with arm pain)
2 comments
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tina
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a example Kemps is negative on the right but caused moderate pain in the in the low back
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Anonymous
commented
Use standardized pain ratings that are already being used.