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Medical condition

Mulder's sign

A photo conveying mulder's sign being performed on the right foot.
Differential diagnosis	Morton's neuroma

Mulder's sign is a physical exam finding associated with Morton's neuroma, which may be elicited while the patient is in the supine position on the examination table. The pain of the neuroma, as well as a click, can be produced by squeezing the two metatarsal heads together with one hand, while concomitantly putting pressure on the interdigital space with the other hand. With this technique, the pain of the Morton's neuroma will be localized strictly to the plantar surface of the involved interspace, with paresthesias radiating into the affected toes.

Eponym

It is named after the Dutch surgeon and podiatrist, Jacob D. Mulder (1901–1965).

Footnotes

Mulder, Jacob D.; "The causative mechanism in Morton's metatarsalgia", Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 1951, 33B (British volume), pp. 94-95
Bencardino, Jenny; Rosenberg, Zehava S.; Beltran, Javier; Liu, Xiang; and Marty-Delfaut, Emmanuelle; "Morton's Neuroma: Is It Always Symptomatic?" American Journal of Roentgenology, September 2000, vol. 175, no. 3, pp. 649-653
"The Mulder Test for Morton Neuroma" Archived 2006-11-01 at the Wayback Machine, in Waldman, Steven; Physical Diagnosis of Pain, Saunders, October 2005, p. 381, ISBN 1-4160-0112-3

Musculoskeletal examination

Leg

Hip examination	Barlow maneuver Galeazzi test Allis test Ober's test Ortolani test Patrick's test Thomas test Trendelenburg's sign
Knee examination	Ballottement Clarke's test Drawer test Lachman test Meniscus Apley grind test McMurray test Ligament and meniscus Unhappy triad Patellar tap Pivot-shift test Valgus stress test
Foot and ankle	Hubscher's maneuver Mulder's sign Thompson test
General	Gait abnormality Lasègue's sign Trendelenburg gait Gower's sign Straight leg raise Unequal leg length

Arm

Shoulder examination	Apprehension test Jobe's test Neer impingement test Yergason's test Rotator cuff Hawkins–Kennedy test Watson's test
Elbow examination	Cozen's test Elbow extension test
Hand and wrist	Durkan's test Finkelstein's test Froment's sign Lunotriquetral shear test Phalen maneuver Tinel sign Watson's test
General	Bethlem sign

Spine

Gaenslen's test
Low back pain
Lower back flexibility
- Schober's test
- Waddell's signs
Sacroiliitis
- Larrey's sign

Other

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