Clinical Skills

joint tenderness

subjective; must be correleated with an objective abnormality for a daignossi of arthritsi to be made

brain neurological level

weakness from stroke contralateral side

brainstem neurological level

tremor and clusiness from cerebellar disease, not as much weakness

spinal cord neurological level

weakness from myelopathy

peripheral nerve neurological level

assymmetry- i.e. carpal tunnel syndrome

muscle neurological level

proximal weakness

anterior horn cell
sensory
motor
reflexes
other

intact
patchy
often brisk
fasiculations

root
sensory
motor
reflexes

dermatome
myotome
absent single root level

plexus
sensory
motor
reflexes

specific multiple nerve levels
specific multiple nerves
specific

individual nerve
sensory
motor
reflexes

specific single nerve
specific single nerve
specific

periph nerve
sensory
motor
reflexes

stocking glove
distal
diminished distally

neuromuscular junction
sensory
motor
reflexes
other

intact
proximal
stable
fatigue

muscles
sensory
motor
reflexes

intact
proximal
stable

onset and duration specifics

acute- less than 4 weeks
subacute: 4 weeks to 6 months
chronic : greater than 6 months

correlation of symptoms with conditions
acute
early AM stiffness
with activity
during night
assoicated with fever
focal weakness

vascular/trauma
rheumatologic
MSK
cancer
infectious
neurologic

Spinal screen

C spine flexion: 50 degrees
C spine Extension 60 deg
spine roation, right and left- 80 deg
LS spine flexion- 60 deg
LS spine extension 25 deg
lumbar lateral flexion, r, l- 25 eg

special spine screeing

spurling (test rediuclopathy)- extenion with downward pressure into somehwere- pinch nerve
schober (anklyosing spondylitis)
lumber: finger to to floor
lumber facet: extention and rotation

trigger v tender points

myofascial: trigger- touch one place and hit somewhere else
fibromalgia- diffuse tender points in multiple areas ;

Schober's test

test for anklosing spondylitis- mark 10 cm up from anklyosing sponylitits - 5 cm distraction

L4
pain
numbness
motor weakness
screening exam
reflex

over thigh
antero medial lower thigh
extension of quads
squat and rise
knee jerk diminished

L5
pain
numbness
motor weakness
screening exam
reflex

from butt to along IT band
along lateral calf
dorsiflexion of great toe and foot
heel walking
none reliable

S1

butt along posterior thigh
posterior leg
plantar flexion of great toe and foot
walking on toes
ankle jerk diminished

Hip Flexion
root
plexus
nerve

L2-L3
posterior division lumbar
femoral

hip adduction
root
plexus
nerve

L2-L4
anterior division lumbar
obturator

hip abduction
root
plexus
nerve

L45S1
posterior division sacral
superior gluteal

knee extenstion
root
plexus
nerve

L2-4
posterior division lumbar
femoral

knee flexion
root
plexus
nerve

L5-S1
anterior division sacral
sciatic

ankle dorsiflexsion
root
plexus
nerve

L4-5
Posterior Division Lumbar
deep fibular

ankle plantarflexion
root
plexus
nerve

S1-S2
Anterior Division Sacral
Tibial

Ankle inversion
root
plexus
nerve

L5-S1
Anterior Division Sacral
Tibial

Ankle Eversion
root
plexus
nerve

L5-S1
posterior division sacral
super fibular

great toe
root
plexus
nerve

L5-S1
Posterior Division Sacral
deep fibular

lower extremity screen

hip flexion - 120
hip external roation- 35
hip interal roation - 45
adduction-30
knee flexion-135
knee extension-0
ankle dorsiflexion- 20
ankle plantar flexion-50

lower extremity special test

leg length - measure asis to medial malleolus
faber- flexion, abduction external roation - specific in hip pain rather than back
trochanteric bursa

knee special test

check alighnment
inspect prepatellar bursa
palpate joint line
check for fluid
ACL- lachman, anterior drawer
PCL- posterior drawer
MCL- valgus
LCL- varus
mcmurrary- knee flxed, valgus stres on knee while extening and externally rotating foot (varus- medial, valgus- lateral)
prone: apley- compression with meniscus and distraction for MCL/LCL with IR/ER

Motron's neuroma

b/t metatarsal head 4th and 5th digit - do a medial lateral squeeze, look at cap refill