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1
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What area will a CNS pathology affect?

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Hemiplegia/ paraplegia

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What are will a PNS lesion affect?

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Peripheral or localised area

Can be a whole limb if due to a plexus

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3
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What area will a NMJ lesion affect?

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Ocular or bulbar

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What are will a muscle lesion affect?

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Proximal and symmetrical

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5
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What will the description of weakness be like in a CNS lesion?

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Heaviness

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What will the description of weakness be like in a PNS lesion?

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Positional/ with sleep

Ascending

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What will the description of weakness be like in a NMJ lesion?

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Fatiguable; worse after use of the muscles

Diurnal variation; worse towards the end of the day

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What will the description of weakness be like in a muscle lesion?

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Aching

Insidious

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What are the additional features of a CNS lesion?

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Spasms

Jerks

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What are the additional features of a PNS lesion?

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Cramp

Twitching (fasiculations)

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What are the additional features of a NMJ lesion?

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Bulbar: swallowing, speaking
Ocular: diplopia, ptosis
Resp: orthopnoea, SOBOE

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12
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What are the additional features of a muscle lesion?

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Myalgia

Cramp

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13
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Are sensory symptoms possible in a CNS lesion?

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Yes

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14
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Are sensory symptoms possible in a PNS lesion?

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Yes

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15
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Are sensory symptoms possible in a NMJ lesion?

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No

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Are sensory symptoms possible in a muscle lesion?

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No

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17
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Are there any specific difficulties associated with a CNS lesion?

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Cognitive involvement

Sphincter involvement

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18
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Are there any specific difficulties associated with a PNS lesion?

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Loss of grip
Tripping up
Unsteady with eyes closed

19
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Are there any specific difficulties associated with a NMJ lesion?

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Lots of chewing/ talking is difficult
Prolonged gaze hard (long drives/ reading)
Later in day

20
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Are there any specific difficulties associated with a muscle lesion?

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Getting up from low chairs

Hanging up washing

21
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What will be seen specifical on inspection of a CNS lesion?

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Limb posture

22
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What will be seen specifical on inspection of a PNS lesion?

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Wasting/ fasciculations

Pes cavus

23
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What will be seen specifical on inspection of a NMJ lesion?

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Additional ptosis/ opthalmoplegia

24
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What will be seen specifical on inspection of a muscle lesion?

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Proximal wasting

25
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What will be seen specifically on tone of a CNS lesion?

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Increased tone

Spasticity/ clonus

26
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What will be seen specifically on tone of a PNS lesion?

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Decreased tone

27
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What will be seen specifically on tone of a NMJ and muscle lesion?

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Neutral or decreased

28
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What is the pattern of weakness in a CNS lesion?

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Pyramidal: 
Arms; extensors weaker than flexors
Legs; flexors weaker than extensors
Brain; contralateral
Spine; ipsilateral
29
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What is the pattern of weakness in a PNS lesion?

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Peripheral neuropathy; distal weakness

Root/ plexus/ mononeuropathy: dependent on innervated muscles

30
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What is the pattern of weakness in a NMJ lesion?

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Fatigability

31
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What is the pattern of weakness in a muscle lesion?

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Proximal weakness (symmetrical)

32
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What will the reflexes show in a CNS lesion?

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Increased; brisk

33
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What will the reflexes show in a PNS lesion?

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Decreased; hyporreflexic

34
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What will the reflexes show in a NMJ or muscle lesion?

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Neutral or hyporreflexic

35
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What will the plantar response show in a CNS lesion?

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Extensor response; positive babinski sign

36
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What will the plantar response show in a PNS, NMJ and muscle lesion?

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Flexor response; negative babinski sign

37
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Are there any specific sensory symptoms associated with a CNS lesion?

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Brain: hemisensory

Spinal cord: sensory level

38
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Are there any specific sensory symptoms associated with a PNS lesion?

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Peripheral neuropathy; glove and stocking

Root etc; dependent on dermatome

39
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Are there any specific sensory symptoms associated with a NMJ or muscle lesion?

40
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What will a L3/4 root entrapment result in?

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L4 root:
Pain down medial ankle
Loss of quads power
Reduced knee jerk

41
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What will a L4/5 root entrapment result in?

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L5 root:
Pain down dorsum of foot
Reduced big toe dorsiflexion (extensor hallucis longus)

42
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What will a L5/S1 root entrapment result in?

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S1 root:
Pain to sole of foot
Reduced plantar flexion power
Reduced ankle jerk

43
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What is erb’s palsy?

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Injury to upper brachial plexus (C5/6)
Loss of motor innervation to deltoid, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, biceps and brachialis
Internal rotation; waiter’s tip posture

44
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What is klumpke’s palsy?

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Lower brachial plexus (C8 and T1) injury
Paralysis of intrinsic hand muscles +/- finger and wrist flexors
Flexed fingers

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