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. 2010 Mar;8(1):13-7.
doi: 10.3121/cmr.2010.862.

Josef Brudzinski and Vladimir Mikhailovich Kernig: signs for diagnosing meningitis

Michael A Ward  1 , Tonia M Greenwood, David R Kumar, Joseph J Mazza, Steven H Yale
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Josef Brudzinski and Vladimir Mikhailovich Kernig: signs for diagnosing meningitis

Michael A Ward et al. Clin Med Res. 2010 Mar.
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Kernig’s sign. Flexing a patient’s hip, then extending the knee causes pain at angles less than 135° with the popliteal fossa as the inner angle.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Brudzinski’s sign. After passive flexion of the patient’s neck, there is flexion of the hips and knees.
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