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Gowers' Sign on Physical Exam

Seen in this patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)

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Gowers' Sign on ... this patient with Duchenne ... (DMD) #Gowers ... #Sign #PhysicalExam ... #neurology #clinical
Gowers' Sign on Physical Exam

Indicative of proximal muscle weakness in muscular dystrophy.

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Gowers' Sign on ... muscle weakness in muscular ... #Gowers #Sign #PhysicalExam ... #neurology #clinical ... dystrophy #DMD #Duchenne
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
and Myotomes Reflexes ... Medical Emergency ... stopping walking (vascular ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology ... #physicalexam
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Pathogenesis and clinical ... injury, often from vascular ... saddle anesthesia. leg ... #signs #symptoms ... #orthopedics #neurology
Oppenheim's Sign on Physical Exam - Babinski Equivalent
Oppenheim's sign is dorsiflexion of the great toe elicited
downward of the medial ... lesion of the lower ... #Oppenheims #Reflex ... #Sign #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #neurology
Oppenheim's Sign on Physical Exam - Babinski Equivalent
Oppenheim's sign is dorsiflexion of the great toe elicited
downward of the medial ... lesion of the lower ... #Oppenheims #Reflex ... #Sign #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #neurology
Hoover's Sign for Functional Lower Extremity Paralysis

Used to distinguish organic from functional leg hemiparesis.

Ask the patient
Functional Lower ... the patient to flex ... hemiparesis #clinical ... #video #physicalexam ... #neurology #psychiatry
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
lateral sclerosis Pathophysiology ... Upper extremity, lower ... Increased Jaw Jerk reflex ... failure Diagnosis - Medical ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... cortical lesions • Vascular ... • EEG: With persistent ... BP lowering - Lower