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Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
- Place your fingers ... all fingers to ... grasp your fingers ... Pediatrics #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
, C8 (radial) Finger ... , T1 (median) Reflexes ... Supinator - C5, C6 • Finger ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... sensory #motor #arm #physicalexam
Positive Hoffmann's sign (finger flexor reflex) in a patient with Multiple Sclerosis

The Hoffmann's reflex test itself
Hoffmann's sign (finger ... flexor reflex) ... The Hoffmann's reflex ... and finger jerks ... #Video #Signs #PhysicalExam
Positive Hoffmann’s Test (Finger Flexor Reflex) on Physical Examination

Indicates cervical spinal cord compression in this patient
Hoffmann’s Test (Finger ... Flexor Reflex) ... #Hoffmanns #Reflex ... sign #Positive #PhysicalExam
Spinal Cord Injury by Nerve Root Levels
Spinal Root	Sensory	Motor	Reflex
C4	Acromioclavicular Joint	Respiration	None
C5	Radial Antecubital Fossa	Elbow Flexion	Biceps Reflex
C6	Dorsal Thumb	Wrist Extension	Brachioradialis Reflex
C7	Dorsal
Dorsal Middle Finger ... Dorsal Little Finger ... Finger Flexion ... Antecubital Fossa Finger ... #differential #diagnosis
Hoffmann's Reflex on Physical Exam
The Hoffmann's reflex itself involves loosely holding the middle finger and flicking
Hoffmann's Reflex ... holding the middle finger ... allowing the middle finger ... and finger jerks ... #Sign #PhysicalExam
Hoffmann's Sign

Hoffman's sign means upper motor neuron injury.  The Hoffmann's reflex test itself involves loosely
The Hoffmann's reflex ... holding the middle finger ... allowing the middle finger ... Hoffmanns #Sign #Reflex ... video #neurology #physicalexam
Hoffman's sign. Even in this specific case, accompanied by a clonus outline (rhythmic contractions). The median
patient's middle finger ... the patient to relax ... flexed middle finger ... Hoffmanns #Sign #Reflex ... video #neurology #PhysicalExam
Myelopathy - Injury to the entire spinal cord - Signs and Symptoms
 • Ataxia (early sign)
Hyperreflexia (deep-tendon reflex ... paresthesias, fine ... finger dexterity ... #Myelopathy #diagnosis
Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (ATNR)

This primitive reflex found in newborn babies that normally vanishes around 4
Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex ... This primitive reflex ... as the "fencing reflex ... classically trained fencer ... #PhysicalExam #