Clinical guides Gastrointestinal assessment: The complete IAPP guide for nurses Gastrointestinal assessment: What it is and why it matters? Most missed GI diagn... Tanja Lepcheska July 23, 2026
Clinical guides Hand elevation test: How to perform, interpret, and compare Most clinicians reach for Phalen’s test by default when they suspect carpa... Tanja Lepcheska July 23, 2026
Physical Therapy Illinois Agility Test: Protocol, norms, and scoring guide Coaches and rehabilitation clinicians need a way to measure how fast an athlete ... Tanja Lepcheska July 23, 2026
Practice Management Tips Alar ligament test: How to perform, interpret, and document Upper cervical instability is one of the most consequential findings a physiothe... Tanja Lepcheska July 23, 2026
Clinical guides Foot stress fracture test: clinical tests, home checks, and imaging A positive single-leg hop test and point tenderness point to a foot stress fract... Tanja Lepcheska July 23, 2026
Clinical guides Kernig’s sign: What it is, how to perform it, and what it means A patient arrives febrile, with a pounding headache and a stiff neck. Before any... Katy Piper July 23, 2026
Physical Therapy Manual muscle testing: Grades, technique, and clinical use Most physiotherapy students learn the 0-5 scale in their first semester. Applyin... Katy Piper July 23, 2026
Clinical guides Finkelstein test: Procedure, interpretation, and clinical workflow Radial-sided wrist pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal presentations ... Katy Piper July 23, 2026
Clinical guides Cardiac output formula: CO = HR x SV explained Most cardiac arrests follow a period of hemodynamic decline that clinicians had ... Tanja Lepcheska July 23, 2026
Clinical guides Malaria test: Types, how they work, and how to read results Malaria kills an estimated 600,000 people per year, yet it is curable when diagn... Katy Piper July 22, 2026
Clinical guides Resisted external derotation test: How to perform and interpret Lateral hip pain accounts for a substantial share of musculoskeletal presentatio... Katy Piper July 22, 2026
Patient engagement and experience Hearing test frequency: What Hz ranges mean in audiometry One in eight Americans over age 12 has hearing loss in both ears, according to t... Katy Piper July 22, 2026