Nervoscope

Question 1

What is the nervoscope used primarily for?

Answer 1

Segmental break analysis

Question 2

A nervoscope can be used for pattern analysis if connected to?

Answer 2

Recording Unity (Analgraph)

Question 3

With a nervoscope what will be observed as a gradual sweeping deflection of the needle reflecting the gentle thermal shifts present on the skin’s surface as a part of normal physiologic function?

Answer 3

Heat Swing

Question 4

Heat swings are generally?

Answer 4

Multisegmental

Question 5

With a nervoscope, what will be observed as a rapid reproducible deflection of the needle reflecting a typical and unexpected thermal shift present over a neurological field (dermatome) as part of dysfunctional physiology?

Answer 5

Break

Question 6

When performing a nervoscope, the patient must be gowned or have their shirt removed and ideally acclimation occurs for?

Answer 6

10 minutes

Question 7

Jewelery, glasses and garments must be removed, unfastened, or unbuckled from the?

Answer 7

Full spine glide path

Question 8

The patient must have feet flat on flow with?

Answer 8

Palms up or down

Question 9

For cervical instrumentation, the patient must be seated?

Answer 9

Back of the stool

Question 10

For thoraco-lumbar instrumentation the patient is seated?

Answer 10

Slightly forward

Question 11

When performing nervoscope in the cervicals, the doctor is in a?

Answer 11

Scissored stance (45 degrees)

Question 12

With a cervical nervoscope, the stabilization hand will?

Answer 12

Support forehead or do a hairsweep

Question 13

With cervical nervoscope there will be a?

Answer 13

Single hand grip of nervoscope

Question 14

In the cervicals, the probes are parallel or slightly inwards if the patient is more?

Answer 14

Petite or a peds patient

Question 15

With a cerivcal glide, the glide commences at T1 and will terminate 1/2 inch up onto the?

Answer 15

Occiput

Question 16

With a cervical glide, pressure must be even paraspinally, dimpling the skin and creating and?

Answer 16

Air Seal (NO LEAKS!)

Question 17

Instrument pitch is always in accordance with?

Answer 17

Disc plane line/surface of skin

Question 18

With cervical glide, glide is 3 seconds per segment and is?

Answer 18

Smooth and Continuous

Question 19

What is the time limit with a cervical glide?

Answer 19

18-21 seconds

Question 20

In the cervical spine, confirmed breaks are marked?

Answer 20

1/4 inch below and outside thermocouple

Question 21

In T/L probes are parallel or wide open if patient has a?

Answer 21

Larger frame

Question 22

The T/L glide, the glide commences at C7 and will terminate at?

Answer 22

S2

Question 23

With T/L glide, glide speed is 2 seconds per segment and is?

Answer 23

Smooth and Continuous

Question 24

What is the time limit with a T/L glide?

Answer 24

35-38 seconds

Question 25

With a T/L glide, confirmed breaks are marked?

Answer 25

1/2 inch above and outside mid thermocouple

Question 26

The break location of occiput-C1 is?

Answer 26

Suboccipital (between 2 segments)

Question 27

The break location of C2-T3 is?

Answer 27

Interspinous space below

Question 28

The break location of T4?

Answer 28

At it’s own spinous level

Question 29

The break location of T5-T9 is?

Answer 29

Interspinous space above

Question 30

The break location of T10-T12 is?

Answer 30

At its own spinous level

Question 31

The break location of L1-L5 is?

Answer 31

Lower 25% of involved segment

Question 32

When recording positive instrumentation findings, be sure to document?

Answer 32

Segmental Level involved
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