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rsvv79 · Credits: 5334 My Scrapbook

thomas test is for identifying which deformity
1.fixed flexion deformity
2.fxd extn def
3.spinal def
4.rotational def

where at all in the body is this test applied???

drsmita_s · Credits: 18659 My Scrapbook

answer is fixed flexion deformity of the hip joint. check out page no. 296 , see the diagram.

rushikeshkute · Credits: 720 My Scrapbook My Reading List 2 Books

ya fixed flexion deformity by reducing lordosi

seerat83 · Credits: 598 My Scrapbook

fixed flexion deformity of hip

anor · Credits: 378 My Scrapbook

do you guys know how it works?
when the patient extent his fixed flexion hip, he is actually using his spine which increase in lordosis.
so, when you obliterate the lordosis by asking him to flex his normal hip, the fixed flexion hip can be seen and measured.

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