The most sensitive sign of meningeal irritation: Heel-drop jarring test for meningitis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1084-

  Han, Dong Gyun ^a   Jeon, Mi Kyung ^a   Kim, Hwa Ja ^a  

^a DaeJeon HanKook Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEVER; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETTER; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MENINGITIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NECK MUSCLE; PLEOCYTOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM;

HEEL; HUMANS; MENINGITIS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION;

EID: 77951622869     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2010.01.012     Document Type: Letter

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