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2.
Patient needs to be completely relaxed with wrist dependent over the edge of the
armrest and both feet planted firmly on the ground. To obtain a better reflex from
patient, have patient make eye contact with you and use distraction techniques
(asking patient to count backwards from 100 in serial sevens or say the ages of
their children, etc.) right before the hammer is triggered.
3.
Re-cock the hammer and test patient reflexes until you have obtained 3 good
reflexes. You can test up to 5 times, but it is not necessary.
Section 7: Marker Placement
There is a connectivity button on the bottom right had corner of the screen called
“Device” and “Server.” If the USB of the hammer and linkbox are not connected
then it will show in red,
“No Device”
or, if it is connected it will show in green
“Device.”
If you are connected to the Internet it will show “Server” in green. If you
are not connected to the Internet it will show “No Server” in red.
1.
The Thyroflex will automatically set the reflex markers for you on valid reflex
result (see graph 1-3).
2.
Invalid test results will be indicated by the RED highlight (see graph 5)
and will need to be cleared. Hit
“Clear”
so not to be included in the
calculation of the results.
Note: Graph 4. Hand sensor on upside Down.
