by on February 27, 2025
Lower-pitched ones, usually at C128, are additionally used to check vibration sense as part of the examination of the peripheral nervous system. 128) to assess injuries where bone fracture is suspected. They hold the end of the vibrating fork on the skin above the suspected fracture, progressively nearer to the suspected fracture. If there is a fracture, the periosteum of the bone vibrates and fires nociceptors (ache receptors), inflicting a neighborhood sharp pain. This can indicate a fracture,...
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