Sentences with phrase «using palpation»

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they would rather not use U / S or even a VE in order to rule out a breech baby — they would rely on palpation and fetoscopes.

Ultrasound and sometimes palpation can be used to determine if there are two or more inside.

Subjects were randomized to technique used to determine HR (auscultation or palpation) and scenario order.

The goal with MRE is to eliminate the need for painful biopsies and offer a sort of virtual palpation that could even be used to examine organs including the heart and the brain, which doctors can not reach without major surgery.

In order to provide the benefits of palpation to minimally invasive surgery, a team of engineers and doctors at Vanderbilt University headed by Pietro Valdastri, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and medicine, has designed a special - purpose wireless capsule equipped with a pressure sensor that fits through the small ports that surgeons use for what is also called «keyhole» surgery.

I used to have heart palpations every time I was on a plane and there was turbulence.

With thorough examination using postural evaluation, observation of walking patterns, extensive muscle testing, inquiry into my medical history and palpation, Dr. Rob found that one of my cervical vertebra was out of position (something he helped me discover was related to an injury I'd suffered in 2005!)

Dr. Arnold Kegel started teaching pelvic floor contraction exercises in the 1940s by using internal palpation to cue the proper muscles.

In the workshop weekends, you learn something called the Functional Evaluation (FE), which is a series of palpations on the body that are used for further assessment with clients.

This type of work, which is used by many doctors, including myself, who practice applied kinesiology techniques and various forms of manual muscle testing, also allows them to figure out precisely where the trigger points are as changes in muscle function can be detected immediately upon palpation (slight pressure) of the trigger point.

[1] «Palpation has shown diagnostic use in human neonates, but is controversial and may have little diagnostic or prognostic utility in the dog.

If your veterinarian suspects a dangerous hairball, he or she will use a combination of X-rays, blood work, ultrasound tests and physical palpation to diagnose the problem.

A ruptured knee ligament is diagnosed by palpation and x-ray, but MRI can be used in subtle cases with partial tears of the ACL.