{"id":3879,"date":"2020-06-03T11:40:59","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T18:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/up.physicaldiagnosispdx.com\/up\/?page_id=3879"},"modified":"2020-10-29T21:14:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T04:14:29","slug":"hoffmans-sign","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/up.physicaldiagnosispdx.com\/up\/neurology-m\/hoffmans-sign\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoffman&#8217;s Sign"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1592020879876{background-color: #fff9f9 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1592020820146{background-color: #fff9f9 !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Nail of middle finger is flicked downward, flexing the finger, causing it to rebound into extension; if their thumb and index finger flexes the Hoffman\u2019s sign is present, suggesting UMN disease.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1658\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1658\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/up.physicaldiagnosispdx.com\/up\/neurology\/neurology-t\/#Upper_motor_neuron_signs\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1658 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/up.physicaldiagnosispdx.com\/up\/wp-content\/uploads\/iconfinder_3_1250308-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/up.physicaldiagnosispdx.com\/up\/wp-content\/uploads\/iconfinder_3_1250308-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/up.physicaldiagnosispdx.com\/up\/wp-content\/uploads\/iconfinder_3_1250308-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/up.physicaldiagnosispdx.com\/up\/wp-content\/uploads\/iconfinder_3_1250308.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1658\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h1 id=\"patient1\">Patient 1:<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This is an older man who presented with progressive neck pain, numbness and weakness in the hands, and difficulty walking. He was diagnosed with severe cervical myelopathy from degenerative joint disease. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This patient also has<a href=\"https:\/\/up.physicaldiagnosispdx.com\/up\/neurology\/neurology-m\/hyperreflexia\/#patient1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> hyperreflexia<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/up.physicaldiagnosispdx.com\/up\/neurology\/neurology-m\/spastic-gait\/#patient1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spastic gait<\/a>.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1592020844932{background-color: #dcd9dd !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/472434101?loop=1\" width=\"320\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">&amp;lt;span data-mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221; style=&#8221;display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;&#8221; class=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221;&amp;gt;\ufeff&amp;lt;\/span&amp;gt;<\/iframe><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1592020879876{background-color: #fff9f9 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1592020820146{background-color: #fff9f9 !important;}&#8221;]Nail of middle finger is flicked downward, flexing the finger, causing it to rebound into extension; if their thumb and index finger flexes the Hoffman\u2019s sign is present, suggesting UMN disease. [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Patient 1: This is an older man who presented with progressive neck<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":1791,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page_PDXPDX-full-width.php","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3879","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/up.physicaldiagnosispdx.com\/up\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/up.physicaldiagnosispdx.com\/up\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/up.physicaldiagnosispdx.com\/up\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/up.physicaldiagnosispdx.com\/up\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/up.physicaldiagnosispdx.com\/up\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/up.physicaldiagnosispdx.com\/up\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3879\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/up.physicaldiagnosispdx.com\/up\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/up.physicaldiagnosispdx.com\/up\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}