Hoffman sign evaluates for cervical myelopathies and upper motor neuron lesions. The examiner repeatedly flicks the volar or dorsal surface of the middle finger and observes the response. A positive test is identified by reflex contraction of the thumb and index finger. Sensitivity for cervical myelopathy is 58%, specificity 78% 🔗👇 Link Below 👇🔗 -- Read: https://wikism.org/Hoffman_Sign -- Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN6rlE9FZY8 -- #SportsMedicine #Orthopedics #PhysicalTherapy #Ath

Hoffman’s sign is an involuntary movement of the thumb or index finger in response to flicking or tapping the middle finger, most often used for identifying upper motor neuron disorders. While a positive Hoffman’s sign can indicate multiple sclerosis, it doesn’t necessarily prove you have MS. Other conditions that can also cause a positive Hoffman’s sign include: - Amtitriophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) - Anxiety - Hyperthyroidism - Spinal cord injury - Tumors #chronicillness #chronicillnessawaren

HOFFMANN'S SIGN OR REFLEX FOR CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY (CSM) Next to fractures, another red flag we have to screen for in the cervical spine is cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM), which is an encroachment of the spinal cord at cervical level by degenerative changes (uncinate process and facet joint osteophytosis, ossification or hypertrophy of the posterior longitudinal ligament and the ligamntum flavum or subluxations of the vertebral body). If the spinal cord is compressed, our patie