Examination Technique: ensure the patient is relaxed. for assessment in the upper extremities, the patient may be lying or sitting. In the lower extremities, tone is best assessed with the patient lying down. explain the examination technique to the patient before...
Deep Tendon Reflexes Examination Technique: Queen Square hammer preferred to shorter tomahawk hammer. the patient should be relaxed. explain to the patient the examination technique. before concluding that reflexes are absent, have the patient re-enforce by performing...
Examination Technique: power or strength is tested by comparing the patient’s strength against your own. start proximally and move distally. compare one side to the other. grade strength using the Medical Research Council (MRC)...
Some textbooks and neurologists include co-ordination as a separate category of the neurological exam whereas here it is included as part of the motor exam. To perform tasks of co-ordination one requires normal motor, sensory, and cerebellar systems. Lesions affecting...
Abnormal Involuntary Movements Posture Muscle Bulk Tone Power Co-ordination Deep Tendon Reflexes
