Lab FInal: Test B Flashcards
Mental Status: Calculations test
i.e. 5 + 5 - 3 = 7
Mental Status: Apraxia test
“Pretend to brush your teeth”
Testing complex motor functions.
Sensory Exam: Vibration test
AKA?
AKA Pallesthesia
Place handle of 128 Hz tuning fork on 5 bony prominences per extremity (test all 4).
“Say ‘NOW’ when you feel something.”
“Say ‘NOW’ when you feel it stop.
Sensory Exam: Light Touch Test
Stroke patient w/ sterile cotton swab; have them say “NOW” when they feel something.
Motor Exam: Passive Wrist Motion
Dr. moves wrist through: Flexion, Extension, Ulnar/Radial Deviation, Pronation & Supination
Motor Exam: Muscle Test Quadriceps
Patient prone, bring straight leg up, Dr. pushes down patient resists.
Coordination & Gait: Heel Shin Test
AKA?
AKA- dysmetria
Patient seated and runs their heel from their knee to foot.
Coordination &; Gait: Finger Nose Test
AKA-dysmetria
Patient touches their nose then Dr.’s finger in all 4 quadrants.
Superficial Reflex: Abdominal Test
Stroke abdomen with brush starting at umbilicus and going out diagonally into all 4 quadrants w/ smooth edge of hammer.
response: Umbilicus should deviate to stroked side, absence is normal only if bilateral
afferent: upper T7-10 lower T11-12
integrating: spinal cord T7-T12
efferent: upper T7-10 lower T11-12
Visceral Reflex: Accommodation Test
Move an object towards/away from patient while they focus on it. Eyes should converge with pupillary constriction.
response: convergence of eyes with pupillary constriction
afferent: optic nerve
integrating: occipital cortex
efferent: oculomotor
Deep Tendon Reflex: Biceps
response: elbow flexion
innervation: musculocutaneous
integrating: C5 spinal cord
Pathological: Hoffman Test
Support back of their hand while flicking their index finger into full extension then releasing quickly.
C.N. Exam: A patient complains of dizziness and loss of balance when turning and looking over left shoulder. Additionally, the patient complains of difficulty hearing with the left ear when on the phone.
-STATE THE APPROPRIATE C.N.’S TO BE TESTED AND STATE THE SENSORY, MOTOR & INTEGRATION CENTERS FOR REFLEXES IF APPLICABLE
cochlear—
- Finger Rub - Whisper Test - Weber Test - Rinne
Vestibular Portion
- Fukuda Step Test (Mittlemeyer) - Hallpike Dix Maneuver - Barnary Whirling Chair - - Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex -
Nerve Root Eval: A patient complains of tingling sensations running down the inside of his right leg and foot, with weakness of knee extension and ankle that rolls outward.
- State the appropriate nerve root
- State the appropriate disc level
- Perform the related muscle tests (stating muscles and peripheral nerve
innervations) , deep tendon reflex and sensory exam
Nerve root: L4
Disc lvl: L3
Muscle test: Foot inversion w/ slight dorsiflexion = Tibialis anterior (Deep fibular nerve)
Reflex: Patellar Tendon
Sensory: Medial aspect of leg (L3), Medial Foot (L4), Medial big toe (L5)
Ortho Exam: A patient complains of a weakness of thumb opposition with tingling in the first 3 fingers.
-STATE & PERFORM AN APPROPRIATE ORTHO TEST TO EVALUATE THIS PATIENT.
Phalens
Reproduction of pain and/or parasthesia in the median nerve distribution area. (1,2,3 and lateral 1/2 of 4th digits)
Median neuritis, possible carpal tunnel syndrome