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Motor Syndromes of Cerebral Palsy:

Spastic Hemiplegia, Spastic diplegia, Spastic quadriplegia (‘total body involvement’), Athetoid (extrapyramidal, dyskinetic)

#Diagnosis
Motor Syndromes ... extrapyramidal, dyskinetic ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... CerebralPalsy #Motor
Causes of Peripheral Weakness - With and Without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
With Sensory Changes:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Objective Weakness • Motor ... Neuron and Motor ... Weakness #Sensory #Neurology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Peripheral Sensory and Motor Deficits in Nerve Lesions

#Peripheral #Sensory #Motor #Deficits #Nerve #Lesions #Hands #Legs #Foot
Peripheral Sensory and Motor ... Peripheral #Sensory #Motor ... Hands #Legs #Foot #Neurology
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Neuron and Motor ... • Multifocal Motor ... Peripheral #Weakness #Neurology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Non-Fluent Aphasia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Non-Fluent - Agrammatic, hesitant, but substantive communication
Impaired Repetition
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Transcortical Motor ... NonFluent #Aphasia #Neurology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Primary Epileptic Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Focal - Non-Dyscognitive - Features of
 • Aura
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... of • Aura • Motor ... Epilepsy #Seizures #Neurology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Motor and Reflex Grading (0-5)

Motor Strength Grading

5	Normal

4	Reduced, moves against resistance

3	Moves against gravity

2	Moves only with elimination of
Motor and Reflex ... Grading (0-5) Motor ... Decreased 0 None #Motor ... Grades #Diagnosis #Neurology
Causes of Aphasia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Fluent - Grammatically correct, but nonsensical, tangential. Phonemic & semantic
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Transcortical Motor ... Aphasia #Aphasia #Neurology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Upper Versus Lower Motor Neuron Findings

Denervation near the target muscle fibers (lower motor neuron disease) results
Upper Versus Lower Motor ... fibers (lower motor ... Diagnosis #Table #Neurology
Incomplete Spinal Cord Syndromes
Anterior Cord Syndrome:
 • Bilateral loss of motor, pain and temperature sensation below
Bilateral loss of motor ... • Sensory and motor ... Ipsilateral loss of motor ... Syndromes #Diagnosis #Neurology