Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Neurological assessment. (Motor system. (Strength and endurance. (Isolate…
Neurological assessment.
Motor system.
-
-
Strength and endurance.
Isolate muscle you are testing so patient can't use strong muscles that have similar function to compensate for weak one being tested.
-
If testing pronation, fix the humerus, so patient can't use shoulder to compensate for weak pronation.
When testing deltoid, press outstretched hand rather than on elbow.
-
-
-
Reflexes.
Muscle stretch reflexes.
-
-
-
-
If reflexes are diminished or absent, try reinforcing the reflex by distraction or contraction of other muscles.
Sensory system.
Pain.
-
Test for a distal gradient of sensory loss in leg by applying stimulus at toes and marching your way up to knee.
-
In the patient complaining of sensory symptoms, move stimulus from abnormal area to normal area.
-
-
-
-