NBCE Part 4 Clinical & Set-Ups Latest Update 2025-2026 Exam 280 Questions with 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+
*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)
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*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 2 / 4
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)
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*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)
- Patient seated, use lateral index contact (push) on pillar for a C3 spinous right (PR)
body left - CORRECT ANSWER: LOD: P-A & 1-S
- Patient seated, use thumb-index contact on olecranon for a posterior right ulna
(push) - CORRECT ANSWER: LOD: P-A
- Patient seated, use pisiform on mastoid (push) for a PSR occiput - CORRECT
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ANSWER: LOD: P-A & S-1