Technique
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Patient prone - use pillows or table break
to position patient in lumbar flexion
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Place palpating finger on the side (toward
the examiner) of two adjacent spinous processes
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Hold lower extremity as illustrated and abduct
hip until lower spinous process begins to move
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Begin with lowest segment (L5-S1) an proceed
cephaled to examine each segment
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Comments
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Be sure patient is relaxed (no muscle activity)
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