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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
Spinal Cord Injury ... Femoral Condyle Knee ... Ankle Dorsiflexion Knee ... Sphincter None #SpinalCord ... differential #diagnosis #Neurology
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... bladder and rectal reflex ... and #Acute #SpinalCord ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #neurology
Hoffman's sign. Even in this specific case, accompanied by a clonus outline (rhythmic contractions). The median
pathway and the spinal ... middle finger. 2) Ask ... Hoffmanns #Sign #Reflex ... #Positive #Abnormal ... clinical #video #neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Syndromes Spinal ... result in permanent neurologic ... involved) - Tendon reflex ... in deep tendon reflexes ... unilateral) #SpinalCord
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
injury • Gait is abnormal ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... reflexes: Areflexia ... #cord #spinalcord ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
and Myotomes Reflexes ... : • Knee - L2 ... • Cauda Equina Syndrome ... - Narrowing of spinal ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology
 The following #reflexes are routinely tested, and the response elicited is graded from zero to
of a nerve or spinal ... damage to the pyramidal ... bedridden, the knees ... such as coma, spinal ... In abnormal responses
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Cauda Equina Syndrome ... etc) in lumbar spine ... Areflexia (loss of normal ... leg reflexes) ... #MSK #pathophysiology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
10-33% develop MS ... extensors of the arms (pyramidal ... Spasticity - Reflexes ... Sjogren's • CSF: - Abnormal ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Inverted Supinator Test

Useful for identifying a lesion at the C5-C6 spinal cord level.  Tapping the
lesion at the C5-C6 spinal ... An abnormal response ... Supinator #Test #Reflex ... #neurology #clinical ... #orthopedics #msk