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Kernig's sign is one of the physically demonstrable symptoms of meningitis. Severe stiffness of the hamstrings causes an inability to straighten the leg when the hip is flexed to 90 degrees. | |||
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Manmohan Mehndiratta, Rajeev Nayak, Hitesh Garg, Munish Kumar, and Sanjay Pandey. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3548367/ Appraisal of Kernig's and Brudzinski's sign in meningitis]. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2012 Oct-Dec; 15(4): 287–288. | Manmohan Mehndiratta, Rajeev Nayak, Hitesh Garg, Munish Kumar, and Sanjay Pandey. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3548367/ Appraisal of Kernig's and Brudzinski's sign in meningitis]. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2012 Oct-Dec; 15(4): 287–288. | ||
Thirunavukkarasu Arun Babu. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3788317/ Improved sensitivity of Kernig's and Brudzinski's sign in diagnosing meningitis in children]. <span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2013 Jul-Sep; 16(3): 460–461.</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span> | Thirunavukkarasu Arun Babu. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3788317/ Improved sensitivity of Kernig's and Brudzinski's sign in diagnosing meningitis in children]. <span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2013 Jul-Sep; 16(3): 460–461.</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span> | ||
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Description[edit | edit source]
Kernig's sign is one of the physically demonstrable symptoms of meningitis. Severe stiffness of the hamstrings causes an inability to straighten the leg when the hip is flexed to 90 degrees.
Purpose[edit | edit source]
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Manmohan Mehndiratta, Rajeev Nayak, Hitesh Garg, Munish Kumar, and Sanjay Pandey. Appraisal of Kernig's and Brudzinski's sign in meningitis. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2012 Oct-Dec; 15(4): 287–288.
Thirunavukkarasu Arun Babu. Improved sensitivity of Kernig's and Brudzinski's sign in diagnosing meningitis in children. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2013 Jul-Sep; 16(3): 460–461.
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