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Dropped Foot Gait - Paralysis of Dorsal Flexion of the Foot.
When trying to walk the tip
Dropped Foot Gait ... common fibular nerve ... in peripheral motor ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Pathogenesis and clinical ... Complete loss of motor ... saddle anesthesia. leg ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #neurology
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
• Cauda Equina Syndrome ... drop and sensory ... damage to peroneal nerve ... #sensory #motor ... #leg #physicalexam
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Demyelinating Disease (MS ... Trauma, Tumor • Motor ... injury, Sarcoid ... heavy metals), Critical ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Findings Compression/injury ... radicular symptoms, motor ... abnormalities (gait ... Negative Straight Leg
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
and Myotomes Motor ... Wrist drop - Occurs ... spared in this injury ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology ... #arm #physicalexam
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
• Locked-in syndrome ... Awareness • Injury ... threat Cranial Nerves ... caseyalbin #PhysicalExam ... #neurology #comatose
Posterior Knee Dislocation Injury
Specifically, POSTERIOR KNEE DISLOCATIONS can have significant associated injury that needs unique approach
Neurologic deficit ... Neurologic injuries ... Common peroneal nerve ... Dorsiflexion of foot ... #msk #clinical
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Presentation: Injury ... flexors of the legs ... : • Sensory, motor ... brain and/or optic nerve