VCP 411: Medicine Section

TACTILE PERCUSSION

• It is the combination of palpation and percussion. It is practiced by placing the index finger on the back of hammer.
• It is commonly designated the sense of resistance felt by the pleximeter/finger during percussion and the sense of resistance is greater in areas that are dull and greatest when there is flatness.
• This technique will provide valuable information in regard to the boundaries and consistency of otherwise unavailable organs or part.