NBCE Part 4 Clinical & Set-Ups Latest Update Exam 280 Questions with 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+

NBCE Part 4 Clinical & Set-Ups Latest Update
2025-2026 Exam 280 Questions with 100%
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*Beever's Sign* Abdominal Reflex - CORRECT ANSWER:


*Braggard's (Pl)* - CORRECT ANSWER: LBP:



Supine, *SLR, down 5 degrees, dorsiflex foot involved side*



(+ radiculopathy) (S-1, L/S, lumbars)


*Burn's bench* - CORRECT ANSWER: Kneeling on table, *bend forward* (+ refusal)
(for "low back pain")


*Cervical Compression Test (P)* - CORRECT ANSWER: Cervical:



Seated, *direct compression*


(IVF encroachment) - Look for radicular pain



*Cervical Distraction (P)* - CORRECT ANSWER: Cervical:


seated, *lift head avoiding face & TMJ* (Nerve root - decrease pain), ( muscle - increase
pain)

,*Hoover's (A1)* - CORRECT ANSWER: Supine, *place hands under heels & patient
attempts to raise weakened leg*



(+ no downward pressure on uninvolved side) (for "leg paresis/paralysis")



*Kemp's (A/P2)* - CORRECT ANSWER: LBP:


Seated or standing, *rotate, laterally flex, & extend trunk*



(Localized pain = facet)



(Radiculopathy = nerve root; Ipsilateral pain = Lateral disc, Contra pain = Medial disc)



*Lindner's (P)* - CORRECT ANSWER: LBP:


Supine, *flex upper trunk into a "C "*



(+ radiculopathy) (esp. Lateral disc)



*Magnuson's (A)* - CORRECT ANSWER: *Ask patient to locate pain, distract, ask
again* ( + change in location)



*Mannkopf's (P)* - CORRECT ANSWER: *Monitor pulse & press into painful site* (+ no
increase in pulse)



Objective, normal= increase 10 bpm


*Milgram's (A)* - CORRECT ANSWER: SOL

,Supine, raise & hold legs 3" off the table (may help patient raise legs)



*Patrick FABERE (P)* - CORRECT ANSWER: Supine, rest heel on opposite knee (aka
sign of 4) (Hip)



*Schepelmann's (A2)* - CORRECT ANSWER: Seated or standing, *laterally flex,
clasping hands over head*


Ipsilateral pain = intercostal neuritis



Contralateral pain = pleurisy/ rnyofascitis



*SLR (Lasegue's) (P1)* - CORRECT ANSWER: LBP:



Supine, *flex hip involved side*


(+ radiculopathy) (S-I, L/S, lumbars)


*Soto Hall (P)* - CORRECT ANSWER: Cervical:



Supine, *cross arms on chest with passive neck flexion & sternum stabilization*
(General)



*Spinous percussion (P)* - CORRECT ANSWER: Seated or prone, *percuss SP's*


(for fracture or nerve if radiating)

, *Sternal compression (P)* - CORRECT ANSWER: Cervical:



Supine, *cross arms on chest & apply pressure on sternum* (Rib or thorax lesion)


*Valsalva's sign (A)* - CORRECT ANSWER: SOL



Seated, take a deep breath, hold, & bear down



*Yeoman's (P)* - CORRECT ANSWER: *Extend hip with S-I stabilization* (S-I)



+ Graphesthesia (P2) - CORRECT ANSWER: Seated, doctor draws familiar
letter/number on patient's hand (PC & cortex)



+ Position sense (P2) - CORRECT ANSWER: holding the sides of the digit (fingers &
toes), patient attempts to determine "up"

or "down" placement of digit (PC)


+ Two point discrimination (P2) - CORRECT ANSWER: Apply 2 pins on skin, from far
apart to closer until patient only feels 1 point (PC)


10. Patient seated, use lateral index contact (push) on pillar for a C3 spinous right (PR)
body left - CORRECT ANSWER: LOD: P-A & 1-S



11. Patient seated, use thumb-index contact on olecranon for a posterior right ulna
(push) - CORRECT ANSWER: LOD: P-A



12. Patient seated, use pisiform on mastoid (push) for a PSR occiput - CORRECT
ANSWER: LOD: P-A & S-1