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Causes of Peripheral Weakness - With and Without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
With Sensory Changes:
Causes of Peripheral ... Changes - Differential ... #Sensory #Neurology ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Causes of Peripheral ... Sensory Changes ... - Differential ... #Neurology #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Peripheral Weakness with Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Radiculopathy:
 • Disc
 • Spondylosis
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Causes of Peripheral ... Weakness with Sensory ... Changes - Differential ... #Sensory #Neurology ... #Differential #
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
 •
Causes of Hemiplegia ... - Differential ... ipsilateral to weakness ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology ... #Differential #
Causes of Falls in the Elderly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
- Intrinsic Factors - 
Presyncope / Syncope
Causes of Falls ... the Elderly - Differential ... • Non-Cardiac Sensory ... Performance Measures • Weakness ... Abnormalities Musculo-skeletal
Gowers' Sign on Physical Exam

Caused by proximal muscle weakness typically seen in muscular dystrophy

#Gowers #Sign #PhysicalExam
Physical Exam Caused ... proximal muscle weakness ... #PhysicalExam #neurology ... #clinical #video ... #pediatrics #muscular
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Weakness • Spinal ... Mitochondrial myopathy, Muscular ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Causes of Proximal ... Muscle Weakness ... Myasthenia gravis • Muscular ... mimics #diagnosis #differential ... #causes #neurology
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
Foot drop and sensory ... Commonly caused ... claudication and weakness ... stopping walking (vascular ... #sensory #motor
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Cord Disorders - Differential ... Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... Vascular/Blockage ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology ... #differential