The document describes the "Tripod sign", which is elicited when a child who is asked to sit up supports themselves by placing their hands behind their back like legs of a tripod. This tripod position involves flexed knees and hips, an arched back, extended neck, and arms brought back behind the pelvis to help hold up the chest. The presence of the Tripod sign may indicate an underlying neurological condition in the child.
The document describes the "Tripod sign", which is elicited when a child who is asked to sit up supports themselves by placing their hands behind their back like legs of a tripod. This tripod position involves flexed knees and hips, an arched back, extended neck, and arms brought back behind the pelvis to help hold up the chest. The presence of the Tripod sign may indicate an underlying neurological condition in the child.
The document describes the "Tripod sign", which is elicited when a child who is asked to sit up supports themselves by placing their hands behind their back like legs of a tripod. This tripod position involves flexed knees and hips, an arched back, extended neck, and arms brought back behind the pelvis to help hold up the chest. The presence of the Tripod sign may indicate an underlying neurological condition in the child.
Tripod sign: The child when asked to sit up tries to sit up by supporting himself with his hands placed behind him like a tripod
The child with positive
Tripod sign assuming a tripod position i.e. knees and hips flexed, the back arched lordotically, the neck extended, and the arms brought back in a plane posterior to the pelvis to support the thorax Suvarna J C, Keskar V S. Tripod sign. J Postgrad Med 2009;55:211-3 Jamir P. Rissardo (2022)