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Ataxic gait (Spino-cerebellar ataxia)

#Ataxic #gait disorders occur due to dysfunction of the #cerebellum, the part of
Ataxic gait (Spino-cerebellar ... #gait disorders ... cerebellar type (MSA-C ... #clinical #video ... #neurology #Spinocerebellar
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute Thiamine (B1) Deficiency 
Clinical Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 out of 4):
B1) Deficiency Clinical ... Diagnosis - Caine ... dysfunction and gait ... ataxia is only ... #criteria #neurology
Tandem Gait Ataxia in Atypical Parkinsonism

How to differentiate Parkinson’s disease from atypical Parkinsonism in a jiffy?
Tandem Gait Ataxia ... ( PSP, MSA etc ... bobvarkey #Tandem #Gait ... #Parkinsonism #clinical ... #physicalexam #neurology
Positive Hoffmann's sign (finger flexor reflex)

Flexion and adduction of the thumb and flexion of the index
(finger flexor reflex ... finger #flexor #reflex ... #clinical #hand ... #physicalexam #msk ... #orthopedics #neurology
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Pathogenesis and Clinical ... abnormalities (gait ... , strength, reflexes ... lateral inguinal ligament ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK
Wernicke's Encephalopathy 
CLINICAL TRIAD: only seen in 1/4 pts 
W.E. is often under diagnosed 
1. ENCEPHALOPATHY
Encephalopathy CLINICAL ... is often under diagnosed ... GAIT ATAXIA (23% ... no upper limb ataxia ... #triad #neurology
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Pathogenesis and clinical ... bladder and rectal reflex ... Injury #Syndromes #diagnosis ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #neurology
Inverted Supinator Test

Useful for identifying a lesion at the C5-C6 spinal cord level.  Tapping the
radial (supinator) reflex ... Supinator #Test #Reflex ... #neurology #clinical ... #physicalexam #orthopedics ... #msk #sports #IRR
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
neurological lesion: Clinical ... of injury • Gait ... often- Sensory ataxia ... dysfunction • Abnormal reflexes ... #neurology #differential
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
Cramping, Weakness, Ataxia ... patients with clinically ... stimulation Clinical ... objective evidence of neurologic ... #management #neurology