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Psoas Sign

Psoas Sign is a clinical examination maneuver categorized among abdominal signs, wherein pain upon passive extension of the right thigh with the patient on their left side or with the patient supine and the leg flexed at the hip indicates irritation of the psoas muscle, typically due to retroperitoneal inflammation such as in appendicitis.

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Cope's Psoas Sign

Parents

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Does this patient have appendicitis?

James M. Wagner · JAMA · 1996 · 255 citations

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Acute Appendicitis: Efficient Diagnosis and Management.

Matthew Snyder, Marjorie Guthrie, Stephen Cagle · PubMed · 2018 · 246 citations

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Does This Patient Have Appendicitis?

James M. Wagner · JAMA · 1996 · 246 citations

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Ipsilateral atrophy of paraspinal and psoas muscle in unilateral back pain patients with monosegmental degenerative disc disease

Avraam Ploumis, Nikolaos Michailidis, Pavlos Christodoulou et al. · British Journal of Radiology · 2011 · 154 citations

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Asymmetry of the cross-sectional area of paravertebral and psoas muscle in patients with degenerative scoliosis

Hyoungmin Kim, Choon‐Ki Lee, Jin S. Yeom et al. · European Spine Journal · 2013 · 104 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. VJ
    Vinay Jasani

    Royal Stoke University Hospital, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 113 citations

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  2. TM
    Tosihito Mori

    National Sagamihara Hospital, Japan

    2 publications · 38 citations

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  3. CW
    Charles Wynn-Jones

    Royal Stoke University Hospital, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 113 citations

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  4. PR
    Patricia Richards

    University of Georgia, United States

    2 publications · 113 citations

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  5. TM
    Takumi Matsumoto

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    2 publications · 38 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Staffordshire

    Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    339 citations

  2. Royal Stoke University Hospital

    Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    339 citations

  3. National Sagamihara Hospital

    Zama, Japan

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    114 citations

  4. Hadassah Medical Center

    Jerusalem, Israel

    1 h-index

    8 publications

    168 citations

  5. University of North Texas

    Denton, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    66 citations

  6. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  7. Center for Clinical Studies

    Houston, United States

    1 h-index

    7 publications

    140 citations

  8. Azienda Ospedaliera G.Rummo

    Benevento, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 5 publications · 355 citations

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  2. British Journal of Radiology

    BJR · 3 publications · 178 citations

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  3. European Spine Journal

    3 publications · 228 citations

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  5. World Neurosurgery

    2 publications · 54 citations

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