Clinical Skills - examining nervous reflexes and dermatomes

Question 1

What the neuro exam?

Answer 1

Also called the peripheral nerval examination.
An assessment of motor and sensory responses

Question 2

What sort of questions does a neuro exam answer?

Answer 2

Is the problem motor, sensory ot both?
Is the CNS or PNS or both?
In the CNS is it the brain, spinal cord, pyramidal tracts, basal ganglia or cerebellum?
In the PNS is it distal, proximal, symmetrical or asymmetrical, what nerve root is involved?

Question 3

What are the two different neurological examinations?

Answer 3

Upper limb neurological examination
lower limb neurological examination.

Question 4

What pattern do neurological exams often follow?

Answer 4

I saw two pwoplw riding camels slowly
Inspection
Special Tests
Tone
Power (myotomes)
Reflexes
Coordination
Sensation