 Percussion (medicine): Encyclopedia - PalpationPalpation is a method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the examiner is a health professional). Palpation is used by medical doctors and chiropractic doctors for particularly for thoracic and abdominal examinations, but also for examination of edema and palpation of pulses.
See also:.
Physical examination
Inspection (medicine)
Percussion (medicine)
Auscultation
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