• Perform a general spinal examination.
ItemProcedureWeightMarks
Opening• Introduction, Privacy, Permission & Exposure2
• General Position & Deformity1
Look• Skin, Muscles, and bony landmarks1
• Shoulder height from back1
• front, back, side: Standing OR Sitting1
• Tenderness, Temperature1
Feel• Landmarks and muscles (central and paraspinal)1
• Sacro-iliac joints / Coccyx1
• Forward flexion / Backward extension1
Move• R and L lateral flexion1
• R and L rotation1
• Hoffmann’s sign: sitting1
Special Test
(Ask to perform it
& interpretation)
• Spurling’s test: sitting1
• Adam Foreword test: standing2
• Straight Leg Raise test: supine
• SLR Confirmatory test
1
• Patrick / FABER test: supine1
• Femoral Stretch test: lateral or prone1
General• Attitude towards patient1
Total Marks20