SHORT STATURE OF PATIENT—A CAUSE OF ERROR IN PERFORMING PLUMMER'S TEST FOR QUADRICEPS WEAKNESS IN EXOPHTHALMIC GOITRE*
| Autor: | Israel H. Marcus |
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| Rok vydání: | 1936 |
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| Zdroj: | Endocrinology. 20:109-109 |
| ISSN: | 1945-7170 0013-7227 |
| DOI: | 10.1210/endo-20-1-109 |
| Popis: | Muscular weakness is of frequent occurrence in exophthalmic goitre. Plummer1 called attention to the diagnostic value and to the ease of demonstrating this myasthenia in the case of the quadriceps muscles. He suggested that the physician observe with what facility or difficulty the patient was able to mount upon the examining table, and that thus the physician could learn the strength of the quadriceps muscles. Jackson2 considers the test as one of the four most important diagnostic signs in exophthalmic goitre. Many modifications of the test have been employed. The usual method of performing the test at the Jewish Hospital is the following: An ordinary chair is placed before the patient, the physician steadying the back of the chair with his hands. The patient is instructed to step up on to the chair, but while doing so not to touch the chair or any part of her body with her hands. The result is rated simply either negative or positive, depending on her ability or inability to thus get up on the chair. I... |
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