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Extraocular Muscle Actions & Clinical Testing
What about clinical testing of extraocular muscle function & associated nerve
Extraocular Muscle ... of extraocular muscle ... inferior obliques muscles ... inferior rectus muscles ... #Actions #diagnosis
Myotomes of the Spinal Cord
Each segmental nerve root innervates more than one muscle. For simplicity, certain
more than one muscle ... simplicity, certain muscles ... or muscle groups ... Myotomes #SpinalCord #Diagnosis
Myotonic Dystrophy
Typically presents in middle age with weakness of hands, legs and neck.
 - Mental deficiency
Facial Appearance: Muscle ... - Muscle Wasting ... : Facial muscles ... inability to relax muscles ... Dystrophy #Myotonia #Diagnosis
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Dysphagia:Oropharyngeal:
- Characterized by difficulty initiating swallowing and accompanied by choking/coughing, nasopharyngeal
anatomy: Tongue, muscles ... nasopharynx), suprahyoid muscles ... cricopharyngeus muscle ... Skeletal and smooth muscle ... coordinated by medulla #Diagnosis
Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Weakness CRITICAL DIAGNOSES ... junction - Muscle ... EMERGENT DIAGNOSES ... Peripheral nerve - Muscle ... Neurology #Causes #Diagnosis
Shoulder Exam - Provocative Testing

Supraspinatus muscle injury:
 - Jobe’s Test
 - Hawkin’s Test
 - Drop Arm
Supraspinatus muscle ... Infraspinatus muscle ... Subscapularis muscle ... Brien Test Biceps muscle ... Yergason Test #Diagnosis
Myositis and Myopathies
#ESR #CK #Differential diagnosis of myopathy 
#Inflammatory #myopathies	#Dermatomyositis	
#muscle weakness
#Polymyositis	
#Inclusion body myositis
#Polymyalgia rheumatica	
#Fibromyalgia	
#Hypothyroid myopathy	
#Muscle stiffness
#Drug-induced
#Differential diagnosis ... Dermatomyositis #muscle ... Hypothyroid myopathy #Muscle ... Cocaine-induced myopathy #Muscle
Causes of Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Drugs & Toxins (Statins, alcohol, cocaine)
 • Direct Muscle
- Differential Diagnosis ... cocaine) • Direct Muscle ... exercise) • Muscle ... • Inflammatory Muscle ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis ... • Progressive muscle ... - sustained muscle ... Person Syndrome - Diagnosis ... Syndrome #SPS #Diagnosis
Horner's Syndrome
 • Anhidrosis: Diminished sweating of ipsilateral face and neck
 • Miosis: Loss of sympathetic
dilator pupillae muscle ... superior tarsal muscle ... or Müller's muscle ... Horners #Syndrome #diagnosis