Wright's maneuver
Encyclopedia
Wright's maneuver is a clinical sign
in which the radial pulse
weakens or disappears when the arm is abducted
and externally rotated
. It occurs in some patients with thoracic outlet syndrome
.
Medical sign
A medical sign is an objective indication of some medical fact or characteristic that may be detected by a physician during a physical examination of a patient....
in which the radial pulse
Pulse
In medicine, one's pulse represents the tactile arterial palpation of the heartbeat by trained fingertips. The pulse may be palpated in any place that allows an artery to be compressed against a bone, such as at the neck , at the wrist , behind the knee , on the inside of the elbow , and near the...
weakens or disappears when the arm is abducted
Abduction (kinesiology)
Abduction, in functional anatomy, is a movement which draws a limb away from the median plane of the body. It is thus opposed to adduction.-Upper limb:* of arm at shoulder ** Supraspinatus** Deltoid* of hand at wrist...
and externally rotated
External rotation
External rotation is rotation away from the center of the body.The muscles of external rotation include:* of arm/humerus at shoulder** Deltoid muscle** Infraspinatus** Teres minor* of thigh/femur at hip ** Gluteus maximus...
. It occurs in some patients with thoracic outlet syndrome
Thoracic outlet syndrome
Thoracic outlet syndrome is a syndrome involving compression at the superior thoracic outlet involving compression of a neurovascular bundle passing between the anterior scalene and middle scalene...
.