Sensory Assessment

Question 1

How many pairs of spinal nerves are there?

Answer 1

31 
8 cervical
12 thoracic
5 lumbar
5 sacral
1 coccygeal

Question 2

Axillary nerve level

Answer 2

c5-c6

Question 3

musculocutaneous nerve level

Answer 3

c5-c6

Question 4

radial nerve level

Answer 4

c6-t1

Question 5

median nerve level

Answer 5

c6-t1

Question 6

ulnar nerve level

Answer 6

c8-t1

Question 7

femoral nerve level

Answer 7

L2-L4

Question 8

Responsible for the perception of pain, temp, light touch and pressure. (superficial sensation)

Answer 8

exteroceptors

Question 9

Responsible for position sense and awareness of joints at rest, mvmt awareness (kinesthesia) and vibration (deep sensation)

Answer 9

proprioceptors

Question 10

Combo of exteroceptors and proprioceptors. streognosis, 2 point discrimination, barognosis, graphesthesia, recognition of texture

Answer 10

combined cortical sensations

Question 11

What injuries would warrant completion of a sensory test

Answer 11

All/everything

Question 12

pain, temp, touch, pressure

Answer 12

superficial tests

Question 13

kinesthesia and proprioceptive awareness, vibration perception

Answer 13

deep sensation tests

Question 14

Sharp vs dull

Answer 14

pain perception

Question 15

warm vs cold

Answer 15

temp awareness

Question 16

position sense and awareness of joints at rest

Answer 16

proprioceptive awareness

Question 17

awareness of mvmt

Answer 17

kinesthesia awareness

Question 18

ability to perceive vibratory stimuli

Answer 18

vibration perception

Question 19

pt given object and asked to identify it verbally. cc

Answer 19

tactile object recognition

Question 20

pt asked to identify area of body that was touched. points to it or verbal identification. cc

Answer 20

tactile localization

Question 21

pt asked to identify perception of one or two stimuli. cc

Answer 21

two point discrimination

Question 22

pt asked to verbally state when they perceive a touch stimulus. Opposite side-same level. Opposite side-different levels. Same side opposite levels. cc

Answer 22

Double simultaneous stimulation

Question 23

pt asked to identify variations of weight in different objects. cc

Answer 23

recognition of weight (barognosis)

Question 24

pt asked to identify object drawn on skin (number or letter). cc

Answer 24

traced finger ID (graphesthesia)

Question 25

Mediates pain, temp, localized touch. Crosses at level of SC.

Answer 25

anterolateral spinothalmic tract

Question 26

Responsible for more discriminative touch. Tactile pressure, barogenesis, recog of texture, 2 point discrim. (Combined cortical)

Answer 26

dorsal column-medial lemniscal tract

Question 27

treatment approach where pt uses a brace

Answer 27

compensatory approach

Question 28

treatment approach where pt does movement themselves in order to regain neuro sense/control

Answer 28

sensory integration approach