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Hemiplegic Gait 

With a hemiplegic gait there is impaired natural swinging at the hip and knee
Hemiplegic Gait ... knee with leg circumduction ... ambulation, the leg ... #Gait #Neurology ... #PhysicalExam #
Hoover's Sign for Functional Lower Extremity Paralysis

Used to distinguish organic from functional leg hemiparesis.

Ask the patient
from functional leg ... flex their weak leg ... transmitted to either leg ... Leg #Paralysis # ... #neurology #psychiatry
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
• Cauda Equina Syndrome ... bilateral leg paresis ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology ... sensory #motor #leg ... #physicalexam