Percussion is a method of tapping on a surface to determine the underlying structures, and is used in clinical examinations to assess the condition of the thorax or abdomen. It is one of the four methods of clinical examination, together with inspection, palpation, auscultation, and inquiry.

2023年2月2日 · Percussion is a method of tapping body parts with fingers, hands, or small instruments as part of a physical examination. It is done to determine: The size, consistency, and borders of body organs; The presence or absence of fluid in body areas ; Percussion of a body part produces a sound, like playing a drum.

Percussion involves tapping the body to elicit sounds and determining whether the sounds are appropriate for a particular organ or area of the body. Try tapping different surfaces with your fingertips and compare the sounds: a firm hard surface like a wood desk or table, a thick textbook, a window, or even a drum.

1. in physical examination, striking a part of the body with short, sharp blows of the fingers in order to determine the size, position, and density of the underlying parts by the sound obtained. Percussion is most commonly used on the chest and back for examination of the heart and lungs.

While auscultation is most commonly practiced, both percussion and inspection are equally valuable techniques that can diagnose a number of lung abnormalities such as pleural effusions, emphysema, pneumonia and many others.

2023年10月20日 · Percussion, a fundamental method of clinical examination, involves the gentle tapping of a patient’s body with the examiner’s fingers. This technique generates specific sounds, revealing invaluable information about underlying tissues.

Percussion, in medicine, diagnostic procedure that entails striking the body directly or indirectly with short, sharp taps of a finger or, rarely, a hammer. The procedure was first described in 1761 by the Austrian physician Leopold Auenbrugger von Auenbrugg.

2006年4月1日 · Josef Leopold Auenbrugger invented the technique of percussing the patient’s chest in 1754, just two years before Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s birth in 1756. The son of an innkeeper, Auenbrugger is said to have tapped wine barrels in his father’s cellar as a boy to find out how full they were.

2024年4月1日 · Percussion can be performed to help break up thick fluids or mucus in your lungs. 1. Form a cup shape with your hand and wrist. 2. Clap your hand and wrist against your chest (or have someone clap your back, if your doctor tells you to). 3. You should hear a hollow or popping sound, not a slapping sound. 4. Do not clap so hard that it hurts.

Inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation are the four main foundation techniques of clinical examination. Percussion, as a clinical technique, was introduced by Leopold von Auenbrugger, an Austrian physician, in 1761, who described the method in his Latin book “Inventum Novum”.