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Radiculopathy: Signs and Symptoms
 • Back/Neck Pain
 • Decr Range of motion
 • Abnormal posturing
 •
supplied by the nerve root ... disturbance in nerve root's ... cervical nerve root ... Straight leg raise + foot ... on lumbar nerve root
Spurling's Test for Cervical Nerve Root Compression

With the neck in slight extension, ipsilateral flexion and rotation,
Spurling's Test ... Cervical Nerve Root ... The test is positive ... Cervical #Nerve #Root ... Radiculopathy #clinical
Common Lumbar Root Syndromes

#Diagnosis #Radiculopathy #Lumbar #NerveRoot #Sensory #Motor #Deficits #Reflexes #Table
Common Lumbar Root
Spurling's Test - Cervical Root Impingement

Spurling's Test evaluates for cervical root impingement.
With the head extended and
Spurling's Test ... - Cervical Root ... evaluates for cervical root ... Cervical #Neck #Root ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Dermatomes of the Upper and Lower Limbs (Modified, after Keegan, J. J., and Garrett, F. D.)

According
According to the clinical ... single dorsal nerve root ... The best method ... Dermatomal #Nerves #Roots
In a patient in the supine position, raising the leg with the knee extended stretches the
stretches the nerve root ... A positive test ... dorsiflexion of the foot ... (Fajersztajn’s test ... This test is 90%
Common Cervical Root Syndromes

#Diagnosis #Radiculopathy #Cervical #NerveRoot #Sensory #Motor #Deficits #Reflexes #Table
Common Cervical Root
Myotomes of the Spinal Cord
Each segmental nerve root innervates more than one muscle. For simplicity, certain
segmental nerve root ... single spinal nerve root
Left Main Coronary Artery Thrombus seen on Angiography

“Mother of all coronary thrombi”.  55 year old
purposefully in root ... LMCA into aortic root ... Angiogram #CathLab #clinical
Diabetic Foot Guidelines: Test patients w diabetes for peripheral neuropathy using the Semmes-Weinstein test
JAMA. 2017;318(14):1387-1388. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.11700

#Diagnosis
Diabetic Foot Guidelines ... : Test patients ... Semmes-Weinstein test