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Positive Hoffmann's sign (finger flexor reflex)

Flexion and adduction of the thumb and flexion of the index
sign (finger flexor ... reflex) Flexion ... #reflex #clinical ... #hand #video #physicalexam ... #neurology #sports
Hoffman's sign. Even in this specific case, accompanied by a clonus outline (rhythmic contractions). The median
The median nerve ... to relax the hand ... Positive #Abnormal ... #clinical #video ... #neurology #PhysicalExam
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Dermatomes and Myotomes ... , T1 (median) Reflexes ... aracteristic "claw hand ... #diagnosis #neurology ... sensory #motor #arm #physicalexam
Inverted Supinator Test

Useful for identifying a lesion at the C5-C6 spinal cord level.  Tapping the
An abnormal response ... consisting of finger ... #neurology #clinical ... #video #physicalexam ... #orthopedics #msk
Wartenberg Thumb Reflex

Forceful flexion of the fingers at the distal IP joints produces (Adduction, flexion, and
of the fingers ... the upper extremity ... Adduction #Sign #clinical ... #video #hand #neurology ... #physicalexam #
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... Campylobacter jejuni - HIV ... paralysis of all extremity ... Paresthesias: Hands ... management #treatment #neurology
Hoover's Sign for Functional Lower Extremity Paralysis

Used to distinguish organic from functional leg hemiparesis.

Ask the patient
Functional Lower Extremity ... to flex their weak ... #hemiparesis #clinical ... #video #physicalexam ... #neurology #psychiatry
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
immunodeficiency virus (HIV ... depressed deep tendon ... reflexes ... paralysis of all extremity ... #management #neurology
One and a Half Syndrome on Physical Exam

This 28 year old patient presented to clinic with
counting fingers ... with MS, and started ... #clinical #video ... #ophthalmology ... #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Spasticity - Reflexes ... /or optic nerve ... simplex virus, HIV ... #management #neurology