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Kaplan-Kennedy test
Also known as:
Kaplan-Kennedy sign
Kaplan-Kennedy phenomenon
Kaplan-Kennedy symptome
Associated persons:
Lawrence Kaplan
Robert Foster Kennedy
Description:
A diagnostic test for recognising a beginning compression of the lower cervix (German: Halsmarke) particularly in cervical spondylosis. It is a modification of Queckenstedt's test/phenomenon.
Bibliography:
- L. Kaplan, F. Kennedy:
The effect of head posture on the manometrics of the cerebrospinal fluid in cervicallesions: a new diagnostic test.
Brain, 1950, 73; 337-345.
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