III. Regular self-examinations, monthly breast checks, annual mammograms after 40, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle are ...
Examination of ticklish patients may be difficult. Strategies for examining ticklish patients have been reported in the fields of pediatric neurology (i.e., using the Chaddock maneuver in preference ...
Doctors palpate the abdomen to check certain organs and feel for atypical masses or tenderness. Palpating the abdomen is often part of an abdominal physical examination. A doctor may perform a ...
Background—Palpation is an important clinical test for jumper's knee. Methods—In 326 junior symptomatic and asymptomatic athletes' tendons, palpation was performed by a single examiner before ...
THE purpose of this paper is to reawaken interest in a long neglected simple tool in physical diagnosis and to provide graphic evidence of the phenomenon involved. When the examiner palpates the ...
Correspondence to Phil Newman, University of Canberra, Department of Physiotherapy, 12D52, Monana Street, Bruce, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia; phillip.newman{at}canberra.edu.au ...
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2.1 Lead-I electrocardiogram (ECG) devices can be used in primary care to help detect atrial fibrillation in people presenting with signs or symptoms of the condition, who have an irregular pulse on ...
Screening individuals for atrial fibrillation (AF) using wearable devices is more cost-effective than screening using conventional methods such as 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) and pulse palpation, ...