Chinese Whispers: A brief history of eponymous orthopaedic examinations
| Autor: | Peter Smitham, Kirsty MacLeod, Andy Goldberg, Simon Grange, Felix Allen, Emily L Humphries |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
030222 orthopedics
medicine.medical_specialty Science & Technology business.industry Rehabilitation 1103 Clinical Sciences Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 030229 sport sciences orthopaedic lcsh:RD701-811 Clinical 03 medical and health sciences Orthopedics 0302 clinical medicine lcsh:Orthopedic surgery Family medicine medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine eponymous business Life Sciences & Biomedicine examinations |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rehabilitation, Vol 27 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2210-4925 2210-4917 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/2210491720953605 |
| Popis: | Eponymous orthopaedic examinations frequently appear in modern clinical examinations, yet their original description and cause for change are often omitted from medical education today. This is important to appreciate in order to understand their diagnostic relevance in modern medicine and subsequent interpretation of results by fellow clinicians. This article reviews the original description of these tests by their namesakes, how they have evolved over time and their relevance in orthopaedics today. An online literature review (PubMed) was conducted of the original descriptions and other published literature detailing their history, evolution, sensitivity and specificity. While elements of these tests have been lost naturally over time to the ‘Chinese Whispers’ effect, most have evolved positively secondary to a deepening anatomical and pathological understanding of their target conditions. They retain some usefulness in clinical medicine, however it is recognized that their diagnostic value is invariably supplanted by improvements in diagnostic imaging. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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