Homans Sign
- Homans Sign is used To test the presence of Deep Vein Thrompophlebitis / Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Patient supine with the knee extended
- Patient’s foot is passively dorsiflexed
- POSITIVE TEST: ( Medical Emergency)
- pain deep in the calf during dorsi flexion
- tenderness elicited on palpation of the calf
- pallor and swelling in leg,
- loss of dorsalis pedis pulse
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