A treatise on orthopedic surgery . essure on the dis-eased vertebral bodies andwhich necessitates muscular ten-sion and strain in regaining theerect position, is always avoidedby the patient if the disease isat all acute. For example, whenthe child is asked to pick up anobject from the floor, it either refuses or it squats on the heelsor drops upon the knees (Fig. 14) instead of flexing the spineas in health. The erect attitude is then regained by pushingthe body up by the pressure of the hands on the thighs. If thechild who refuses to stoop is placed upon the floor it will, ifpossible, seize
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . essure on the dis-eased vertebral bodies andwhich necessitates muscular ten-sion and strain in regaining theerect position, is always avoidedby the patient if the disease isat all acute. For example, whenthe child is asked to pick up anobject from the floor, it either refuses or it squats on the heelsor drops upon the knees (Fig. 14) instead of flexing the spineas in health. The erect attitude is then regained by pushingthe body up by the pressure of the hands on the thighs. If thechild who refuses to stoop is placed upon the floor it will, ifpossible, seize the mothers skirts or it will crawl to a chair orother object upon which the body may be drawn up by thearms, so that the discomfort caused by contraction of the backmuscles may be avoided. After the inspection of the movements and attitudes of thepatient, the direct examination of the range of passive motionis made. The patient is placed at full length, face downward,on a table, and the range of extension and of lateral motion is. Lumbar disease. The picking up an object manner of TUBERCULOUS DISEASE OF THE SPINE. 43 tested by lifting the legs and swaying the body gently fromside to side (Fig. 15). The spine is so flexible in childhood Fig. 15.
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