Many relevant diagnostic signs are not performed deliberately by the examiner or by the patient at the examiner’s direction. They are observed as the patient reacts to their condition. Fortin’s finger sign, Minor’s sign, and Vanzetti’s sign are three examples of this principle.
D. Ranier Pavilek, DC, ACT, DACRB
Dr. D. Ranier Pavilek graduated as a certified athletic trainer from BYU in 1991, and from Palmer College in 2001. He is currently a faculty clinician in the Chiropractic Rehabilitation and Sports Injury Department, Palmer Chiropractic Clinics. He also teaches Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries and Kinesiology courses in Palmer's undergraduate program and developed the Advanced Soft Tissue course in Palmer's elective program.