1. X-ray of C spine can find pathology of the 1. rib, clavicle, processus megatransversus or it can find congenital fusion of the ribs
2. arteriography and flebography have a debatable meaning, they are tunelessly positive and also negative
3. Doppler can find an origin of the murmur from the area of a. subclavia
| Syndrome | provocative manoeuvre |
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Scalene (Adson test) |
a sitting patient takes a deep breath, he/she rotates and bends back his/her head on the side of the affected limb which is freely lain on the knee |
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Costoclavicular (stressed soldierly bearing) |
back and neck are stretched most, and hands are adducted most strongly to the patient's body |
| Hyperabductive | a patient is sitting freely with hands along the body, his/her limb is abducted by the doctor to the maximal position |