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== Introduction | == Introduction == | ||
This test was designed to assess radicular pain at the C4-C6 level. It is otherwise known as the shoulder abduction test. This test can be suggestive of cervical nerve involvement, but however isn't diagnostic of it.<ref>Davis FA. Bakody sign [Internet]. Tabers online, Unbound medicine. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773522/all/Bakody_sign</ref> | This test was designed to assess radicular pain at the C4-C6 level. It is otherwise known as the shoulder abduction test. This test can be suggestive of cervical nerve involvement, but however isn't diagnostic of it.<ref>Davis FA. Bakody sign [Internet]. Tabers online, Unbound medicine. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773522/all/Bakody_sign</ref> | ||
== Purpose | == History == | ||
Dr John Bakody, a neurosurgeon developed this technique, in1977 and published the same in the Surgical Neurology. | |||
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It is used to diagnose cervical radiculopathy, it is as definitive as the spurlings test however is less painful. | It is used to diagnose cervical radiculopathy, it is as definitive as the spurlings test however is less painful. | ||
== Procedure | == Procedure == | ||
== Importance | == Importance == | ||
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Revision as of 12:51, 1 March 2021
Introduction[edit | edit source]
This test was designed to assess radicular pain at the C4-C6 level. It is otherwise known as the shoulder abduction test. This test can be suggestive of cervical nerve involvement, but however isn't diagnostic of it.[1]
History[edit | edit source]
Dr John Bakody, a neurosurgeon developed this technique, in1977 and published the same in the Surgical Neurology.
Purpose[edit | edit source]
It is used to diagnose cervical radiculopathy, it is as definitive as the spurlings test however is less painful.
Procedure[edit | edit source]
Importance[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Davis FA. Bakody sign [Internet]. Tabers online, Unbound medicine. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/773522/all/Bakody_sign
