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Neurological examination


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Objectives

☤Understand neurological examination
☤Perform a neurological examination

☤Higher function
☤Cranial nerves
☤Motor system
☤Sensory system

☤Interpret neurological examination


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Neuroanatomy – parts of 

nervous system

Cerebrum

Cerebellum

Medulla oblongata

Pons

Midbrain

IVth Ventricle

Corpus callosum


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Neuroanatomy – parts of 

nervous system

Lateral ventricles

Pyramidal tract

Caudate

Putamen

Globus 
pallidus

IIIrd ventricle

Thalamus

Substantia 
nigra


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Neuroanatomy - lobes


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Neuroanatomy – blood supply


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Neuroanatomy – blood supply


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Neuroanatomy – parts of 

nervous system

☤Don’t forget

☤Spinal cord
☤Peripheral nerves
☤Autonomic nerves

☤Aim of neurological examination is to locate 

the lesion

☤Aim of neurological history is to determine 

lesion type

☤Don’t rely on CT or MRI – you need to 

know what part to scan!


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General inspection

Neurological examination is part 

of a full patient assessment


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Things to look for

☤Observations
☤Neck stiffness, Kernig sign
☤Skin e.g. café-au-lait spots
☤Anal sensation and tone

☤With spinal problems especially e.g. cauda equina

☤General examination e.g.

☤Cyanosis (impaired consciousness)
☤Lymphadenopathy (malignancy, infection)
☤Murmurs, carotid bruit or AF (source of emboli)
☤Teeth, ears (source of infection)
☤Breasts, abdomen (malignancy)


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Higher mental function - 

cognition


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Higher mental function - 

cognition

Language: dysphasia, 

dyslexia, dysgraphia

☤Verbal, reading and 

writing

Gnosis “knowing 

things”: agnosia

☤Geography, objects, 

people

Praxis “doing things”: 

dyspraxia

☤Dress, draw, write

Number skills: 

dyscalculia

Memory: amnesia

☤Immediate, recent, 

remote

☤visual, verbal
☤retrograde, 

anterograde

Reasoning
Emotion
Personality


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Testing higher mental function

☤Mini-mental state examination 

(MMSE)

☤30 point score
☤Assesses multiple aspects of 

cognition

Visit 

website to see MMSE

☤Abbreviated mental test score

☤10 point easy bedside test


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Abbreviated mental test score

1.  Age
2.  Time to nearest hour
3.  An address to be repeated at the end of the test
4.  Where are you now? (name of hospital etc)
5.  Year
6.  Recognition of 2 people e.g. doctor, nurse
7.  Date of birth
8.  Year second world war began
9.  Name of present monarch
10. Count backwards from 20 to 1

 

Remember to test recall of address


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Unable to

follow

instruction

Speech

Fluent but

disorganised

Receptive

Wernicke

Unable to

repeat

Conductive

Arcuate fasciculus

Non-fluent

speech

Expressive

Broca

Unable to

name items

Nominal

Angular gyrus

Dysphasia

Slow

slurred

explosive

Cerebellar

Flaccid

Nasal

Bulbar

Spastic

"Donald Duck"

Pseudobulbar

Soft

monotone

Extrapyramidal

Articulation

Dysarthria

Hoarse voice

Bovine cough

Phonation

Dysphonia

Components

of speech disorder

Speech and 

language


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Test speech and language

☤ Listen to history

☤ Expression, reception and phonation

☤ Ask “take this paper with your right hand, fold in half and 

place on the floor

☤ Reception

☤ Repeat “No ifs, ands or buts”

☤ Nonsense phrase to assess repetition

☤ Repeat “British constitution,” “Baby hippopotamus”

☤ Articulation

☤ Name the strap of a watch, or nib of a pen

☤ Nominal dysphasia

☤ Language disorders usually co-exist “Global”


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Cognition summary

☤ 10 point MTS

☤ Age
☤ Time
☤ Address
☤ Place
☤ Year
☤ 2 people
☤ DoB
☤ WWII
☤ Monarch
☤ 20 to 1
☤ Recall

☤Speech and 

language

☤Expression
☤Reception
☤Repetition
☤Articulation


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Cranial nerves

Numbered for convenience…

…and named for what they do 

(mostly)


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1

st 

(olfactory) nerve

Nuclei

None – terminates in cortex

Comes from Inferior frontal and temporal lobes

Goes 
through

Cribriform plate

Supplies

Sense of smell

Tested by

Test smell in each nostril 
separately e.g. coffee


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1

st 

(olfactory) nerve

☤Test smell in each 

nostril with eyes closed.

☤Coffee
☤Vanilla
☤Perfumed soap
☤Avoid ammonia – 

activates sensory nerves

Anosmia — Head injury, tumour, nasal 

congestion.


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Examination of Vision

 

Optic (II) nerve – sensory

inputs from retina 

 

Oculomotor –III }

 

Trochlear –  IV  }  Motor

 

Abducens –  VI  }


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2

nd 

(optic) nerve

Nuclei

Lateral geniculate nucleus in 
thalamus (vision), superior 
colliculus (reflexes)

Comes from

Thalamus

Goes through Optic chiasm to optic foramen

Supplies

Vision from retina

Tested by

AFRO – acuity, fields, reflexes, 
ophthalmoscopy


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2

nd 

(optic) nerve

☤Visual Acuity

☤Snellen chart 

Wear specs or correct with pinhole

☤Finger counting
☤Light-dark

Snellen visual acuity

Need good lighting

Patient is kept 6 metres (20ft) from the chart

Read as 6/5, 6/6, 6/10, 6/60

Test one eye at a time


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☤Fields to confrontation 

☤Test one eye at a time
☤Use red pin from each direction
☤Gross defect only

☤Central vision/blind spot – with red pin

faded colour with lesions with macula


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Optic pathways and 

defects


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Optic nerve problems

Bitemporal hemianopia

Homonymous quadrantanopia


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Cranial nerve nuclei

☤Different nuclei for different functions
☤One nerve can have more than one 

nucleus

☤One nucleus can have more than one 

nerve

Efferent means going out of the CNS 

(like sewage effluent goes out to sea)

Afferent means going into the CNS


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3

rd 

(oculomotor) nerve

Nuclei

Oculomotor nucleus (motor), 
Edinger-Westphal nucleus (PS)

Comes from

Midbrain

Goes through Superior orbital fissure

Supplies

Motor to extraocular muscles 
except superior oblique and 
lateral rectus, levator palpebrae 
superioris.  PS to eye

Tested by

Extraocular movements and 
pupillary reflexes (motor)


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4

th 

(trochlear) nerve

Nuclei

Trochlear nucleus

Comes from

Midbrain - dorsum

Goes through Superior orbital fissure

Supplies

Motor to superior oblique 
muscle

Tested by

Extraocular movements


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6

th 

(abducens) nerve

Nuclei

Abducens nucleus

Comes from

Junction of pons and medulla

Goes through Superior orbital fissure

Supplies

Motor to lateral rectus muscle

Tested by

Extraocular movements


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III (oculomotor), IV (trochlear), 

VI (abducens) nerves

☤Cn III supplies

☤All extraocular muscles except lateral 

rectus, superior oblique

☤Levator palpebrae superioris
☤Parasympathetic supply to eye

☤Cn IV supplies superior oblique
☤Cn VI supplies lateral rectus
☤These nerves are tested together


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Extraocular muscles and actions

Lateral rectus

Medial 
rectus

Superior 
rectus

Inferior 
rectus

Superior oblique

Inferior 
oblique

Right eye


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Testing extra ocular muscles

☤Look for ptosis
☤Eye movements (ask about diplopia, watch 

light reflection on cornea)

☤6 directions of muscle pull
☤Watch for nystagmus


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Cn III, IV, VI defects

Left abducens palsy


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Cn III, IV, VI defects

Right oculomotor palsy

A painful, acute Cn III palsy is an emergency!

- could be an enlarging aneurysm


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Cn III, IV, VI defects

Left trochlear palsy


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Pupillary reflexes 

☤Light reflex 

☤Fix the eyes on a distant point
☤bring torch / light onto pupil from side
☤Look for direct light reflex and consensual light 

reflex 

☤Is the defect afferent or efferent 

☤Accommodation reflex

Check convergence and pupillary constriction


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Relative afferent pupillary 

defect (RAPD)

Swinging light test – shine 

light first in one eye, then 

swing to the other


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Relative afferent pupillary 

defect (RAPD)

Left RAPD = left optic 

nerve pathology


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Summary of eyes

1. 

Visual equity with Snellen chart

2. 

Visual fields with confrontation 

3. 

Eye movements

4. 

Pupillary reflexes

5. 

Fundoscopy


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Nystagmus

Jerk

Pendular

Type

Vertical

Horizontal

Rotatory

Direction of nystagmus

1st degree

Only on looking to:

one side

2nd degree

On looking to:

one side

straight ahead

3rd degree

On looking

all directions

Degree

Direction of fast phase

Ocular

Pendular

Vestibular

Never vertical

Central

Any direction

Can be just one eye

Can change direction

Causes

Examine:

Max 30 degrees

from midline


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5

th 

(trigeminal) nerve

Nuclei

Trigeminal motor nucleus, trigeminal 
sensory nucleus (length of brainstem into 
cervical cord)

Comes from Pons

Goes 
through

V1 ophthalmic: superior orbital fissure

V2 maxillary: foramen rotundum

V3 mandibular: foramen ovale

Supplies

Sensation to face, motor to muscles of 
mastication

Tested by

Corneal reflex (sensory), touch, pin, 
clench teeth, open mouth, jaw jerk


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5

th 

(trigeminal) nerve

Sensation to face

Motor to muscles of mastication

☤Corneal reflex (sensory)
☤Jaw jerk (both components)


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CN V  - motor

1.  Inspect for wasting 

2. Ask the patient to clench the teeth and 

feel for the bulk

3. Ask the patient to open the mouth 

against resistance 


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Trigeminal nerve divisions

Ophthalmic

Maxillary 

Mandibular 


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☤Corneal reflex 
Touch the cornea with a wisp of cotton
Look for direct and consensual reflexes 

Touch sensation via ophthalmic branch of 

Trigeminal Nerve

Then Motor nucleus of VII  —Obicularis oculi

☤Jaw jerk

Loosely open the mouth
Place the fore finger above the chin
Tap with tendon hammer


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7

th 

(facial) nerve

Nuclei

Facial nucleus (nervus intermedius – 
salivary nucleus, nucleus solitarius)

Comes from Junction of pons and medulla

Goes 
through

Stylomastoid foramen, branches in 
parotid (T,Z,B,M,C)

Supplies

Motor to muscles of facial expression, 
taste to anterior 2/3 of tongue, sensation 
to ear canal and palate, PS to salivary 
and lacrimal glands (nervus intermedius)

Tested by

Corneal reflex (motor), inspect face at 
rest, wrinkle forehead, close eyes, blow 
out cheeks, show teeth (taste: sweet, 
sour, salt, bitter)


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7

th 

(facial) nerve

Supplies:

☤ Motor to muscles of facial 

expression

☤ Also carries:

☤ taste to anterior 2/3 of 

tongue

☤ sensation to ear canal and 

palate

☤ PS to salivary and lacrimal 

glands (nervus intermedius)

Tested by:

☤Inspect face at rest
☤Corneal reflex (motor)
☤Wrinkle forehead
☤Close eyes
☤Blow out cheeks
☤Show teeth
☤(Taste: sweet, sour, 

salt, bitter)


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Upper face has bi-cortical 

representation


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UMN damage does not affect 

upper face

Orbicularis oculi 

is sometimes 

represented 

bilaterally, so 

may be spared 

or involved in 

UMN lesions


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LMN lesion affects whole side 

of face


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7

th 

(facial) nerve - testing

UMN lesion

☤Spares forehead as:

☤Bilateral cortical 

representation

☤LMN intact

LMN lesion

☤Can involve forehead as:

☤LMN only innervates one 

side

☤Beware: can be partial 

CnVII palsy!


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8

th 

(vestibulocochlear) nerve

Nuclei

Vestibular and cochlear nuclei 
on floor of IVth ventricle

Comes from

Junction of pons and medulla

Goes through Internal acoustic meatus

Supplies

Hearing (cochlea), balance 
organs

Tested by

Otoscopy, whispered speech, 
Rinné, Weber (vestibular tests)


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8

th 

(vestibulocochlear) nerve

☤Supplies:

Hearing (cochlea)
Balance organs

☤Tested by:

☤Otoscopy
☤Whispered speech
☤Rinné, Weber tests
☤Vestibular tests e.g. Hallpike manoeuvre


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Rinné test

☤Use 512Hz tuning fork 
☤Place base firmly on mastoid process
☤Ask patient to tell you when sound 

disappears

☤Hold fork tips 2cm from EAM

☤Can the patient hear it now?


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Interpreting Rinné test

☤Tests whether bone (BC) or air 

conduction (AC) is better

☤If can be heard in front of ear, AC>BC

☤Normal
☤Rinné positive

☤If cannot be heard in front of ear, 

AC<BC

☤Indicates conductive deafness
☤Rinné negative


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Weber test

☤Use the same tuning fork again
☤Hold somewhere on the head in the 

midline

☤Usually vertex or forehead

☤Which side is louder?


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Interpreting Weber test

☤Conductive deafness

☤localises to abnormal ear

☤Sensorineural deafness

☤localises to normal ear

☤Try it on yourself with a finger in an ear

☤Where does the sound localise?
☤Have you caused conductive or 

sensorineural deafness?


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9

th 

(glossopharyngeal) nerve

Nuclei

Nucleus solitarius and nucleus 
ambiguus of medulla

Comes from

Medulla

Goes through Jugular foramen

Supplies

Sensation to pharynx, middle & 
inner ear, post 1/3 tongue, taste 
post 1/3 tongue, PS to parotid, 
visceral sense from carotid 
body and sinus

Tested by

Gag reflex (sensory), (taste) – 
with CnX


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10

th 

(vagus) nerve

Nuclei

Nucleus solitarius and nucleus 
ambiguus of medulla, dorsal 
vagal (motor) nucleus

Comes from

Medulla

Goes through Jugular foramen

Supplies

Sensation to pharynx and 
larynx.  Motor to pharynx, 
larynx, palate (from CnXI).  PS to 
thoracic & abdominal organs

Tested by

Say “Ah” – uvula moves towards 
normal side, gag reflex (motor), 
phonation/cough, swallow


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IX (glossopharyngeal) and X 

(vagus) nerves

☤Tested together
☤Glossopharyngeal supplies:

Sensation to pharynx, middle & inner ear, post 

1/3 tongue

Taste post 1/3 tongue
PS to parotid
Visceral sense from carotid body and sinus

☤Vagus supplies:

Sensation to pharynx and larynx
Motor to pharynx, larynx, palate (from Cn XI)

PS to thoracic & abdominal organs


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IX (glossopharyngeal) and X 

(vagus) nerves

☤Tested together
☤Say “Ah” – uvula moves towards 

normal side

☤Phonation/cough
☤Gag reflex (IX sensory, X motor)
☤Swallow – only if rest of IX and X 

normal

☤(taste – not routine)


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11

th 

(accessory) nerve

Nuclei

Spinal – C1-5 anterior horns

(Cranial – nucleus ambiguus, with CnX)

Comes from

Medulla

Goes through Jugular foramen

Supplies

Motor to sternocleidomastoid 
and trapezius muscles (and 
motor to vagus)

Tested by

Turn head against resistance, 
shrug shoulders


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11

th 

(accessory) nerve

Motor to sternocleidomastoid and 

trapezius muscles

☤Examine bulk of SCM and 

trapezius

☤Turn head against resistance
☤Shrug shoulders


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12

th 

(hypoglossal) nerve

Nuclei

Hypoglossal nucleus

Comes 
from

Medulla

Goes 
through

Hypoglossal foramen

Supplies

Motor to muscles of tongue except 
palatoglossus

Tested by Look at tongue at rest, poke out 

tongue and move side-to-side


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12

th 

(hypoglossal) nerve

Motor to muscles of tongue except 

palatoglossus

☤Look at tongue at rest

☤Fasciculation

☤Poke out tongue

☤Move side-to-side
☤Press into cheek against resistance


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Practical – cranial nerves

☤2nd (optic) nerve

☤AFRO – acuity, 

fields, reflexes, 
ophthalmoscopy

☤3rd (oculomotor), 

4th (trochlear), 6th 
(abducens) nerve

☤Test light reflex and 

extraocular muscles

☤5th (trigeminal) 

nerve

☤Motor and sensory

☤7th (facial) nerve
☤8th (vestibulocochlear) 

nerve

☤Rinné, Weber test

☤9th (glossopharyngeal) 

nerve

☤10th (vagus) nerve
☤11th (accessory) nerve
☤12th (hypoglossal) 

nerve


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Trunk and limbs

Not just peripheral nervous 

system


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Inspection

☤ Posture – clawing hands, pes cavas
☤ Wasting/Hypertrophy – feel for muscle bulk

☤ Proximal or distal?
☤ Symmetrical?
☤ Specific muscle group? 

☤ Fasciculation
☤ Abnormal movements

☤ Tremor
☤ Chorea
☤ Other uncontrolled movement

☤ Scars – tracheotomy scars,
☤ Surrounding – wheel chair, walking stick or urinary 

catheter ,NG, PEG 


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Tone - testing

☤Patient relaxed, movements by examiner
☤Rapid alternating movements

☤Upper limb: rotate wrist, flex and extend elbow
☤Lower limb: roll leg and watch foot
☤Lift leg briskly at knee

☤Does heel lift or drag along bed?

☤Test for clonus at:

☤Ankle by rapid dorsiflexion


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Tone - abnormalities

Normal

Barely perceptible 
resistance to movement

Decreased Reduced resistance to 

movement

LMN or 
cerebellar 
lesion

“Lead 
pipe” 

Increased resistance 
throughout movement

UMN lesion

“Clasp 
knife” 

High resistance that 
suddenly releases

Extrapyramidal 
lesion

“Cogwheel 
rigidity”

Jerky resistance

Extrapyramidal 
lesion (esp. PD)


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Power

 

Arm drift

 

↓Pyramidal lesion, ↑Parietal/ cerebellar lesion

 

Compare with

 

other side

 

yourself

 

Test each muscle group

 

Is the deficit:

 

Proximal or distal?

 

Flexor or extensor?

 

Cortical, nerve root, peripheral nerve 
distribution?


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MRC power rating

0

No movement

1

Flicker only

2

Moves with gravity eliminated (test 
horizontal movement)

3

Moves against gravity, but not resistance

4

Moves against resistance (- for only just, + 
for nearly normal)

5

Normal power


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Myotomes

C5

Shoulder abduction

C6

Elbow flexion

C7

Elbow extension

C8

Finger flexion

T1

Finger abduction

L2

Hip flexion

L3

Knee extension

L4

Dorsiflexion at ankle

L5

Extensor hallucis longus

S1

Plantar flexion


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Reflexes – what do they test?

☤Spinal arc modulated by higher centres

Biceps

C5,6

Radial (supinator, brachioradialis) C5,6

Triceps

C6,7,8

Finger jerk/ Hoffman

C8

Abdominal (4 quadrants)

T7-12

Knee

L3,4

Ankle

S1,2

Plantar

L5,S1,2


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Tendon reflexes – how do I 

test them?

☤Everything needs to be floppy

☤Patient’s limb
☤Your tendon hammer wrist

☤Find tendon with finger (upper limb)
☤Hit tendon or finger on tendon
☤Try reinforcement if no response

☤Clench teeth
☤Pull hands apart

☤Abdominal –stroke each quadrant towards 

umbilicus

☤Plantar – stroke outer sole and ball of foot


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Interpreting reflexes

☤Reduced in

☤LMN lesion (including same level spine)
☤Muscle weakness
☤Early UMN lesion
☤Slow in hypothyroidism

☤Increased in

☤UMN lesion
☤Anxiety, thyrotoxicosis, youth


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Recording reflexes

☤0 = none, even with reinforcement
☤+ = only present with reinforcement
☤++ = normal
☤+++ = hyper-reflexia
☤++++ = with clonus
☤Clonus is rhythmical beating in 

response to muscle stretch


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UMN lesion

¾ Normal muscle bulk 
¾ Increased tone
¾ Reduced power
¾ Brisk reflexes

LMN lesion

¾ Wasting and atrophy
¾ Reduced tone
¾ Reduced power
¾ Reduced or absent 

reflexes


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Coordination

Upper Limb

☤Finger-nose

☤Dysmetria or past- 

pointing

☤Clap with alternating 

palm and dorsum

☤Dysdiadochokinesia

☤“Play piano”
☤Rebound

☤Test at same time as 

drift

Lower limb

☤Heel-shin test

☤Run heel down other 

shin, lift up and repeat

☤Tapping toes


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Cerebellar signs

☤ D

ysdiadochokinesia

☤ A

taxia – present with eyes open/close (broad base 

gait)

☤ N

ystagmus- fast component towards the lesion

☤ I

ntention tremor (=dysmetria)

☤ S

peech – slow, slurred, explosive, scanning

☤ H

ypotonia

☤ Pendular jerks-muscle contraction and relaxation is 

slow

☤ Past pointing
☤ Rebound phenomenon
Ipsilateral signs. If central (vermis, alcohol) only truncal 

ataxia may be present 


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Sensory modalities and testing

Pain

Pin (neurotip)

Spinothalamic

Cross–spinal cord

Temperature

Ice, cold tuning fork 
(not routine)

Spinothalamic

Cross–spinal cord

Proprioception

Eyes closed, move 
joint

Dorsal column

Cross - brainstem

Light Touch

Wisp of cotton wool

Dorsal column

Cross - brainstem

2 point 
discrimination

Two-point 
discriminator

Dorsal column

Cross - brainstem

Vibration

128 Hz tuning fork 
on bony prominence

Dorsal column

Cross - brainstem


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Dermatomes

C4

Cape

C7

Middle finger

T2

Arm pit

T5

Nipple

T10

Umbilicus

T12

Inguinal ligament

L2

Hands in pockets

L3

Knee

L5

Big toe

S1

Lateral foot

Visit 

ASIA scoring sheet


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Finally….

☤Romberg Test

Positive if sways when eyes closed

☤Gait 


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Gait assessment

☤Walk a few metres, turn and return
☤Watch width, rhythm and step length
☤If easy, try tandem walking

Tone

Strength

Visual

Vestibular

Proprioception

Balance

Sensation

Coordination

Gait depends on:


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Gait

☤Hemiparetic/spastic
☤Festinant

☤PD, short shuffling steps, 

leaning forward

☤Wide-based

☤Cerebellar (staggering)
☤Frontal lobe

☤Stamping

↓proprioception

☤Steppage/high stepping

☤Foot drop

☤Proximal myopathy

☤waddling


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Extra tests with spinal 

problems

☤Straight leg raise (root entrapment, Lasegue)

☤Pain at <60º
☤Eased by bending knee
☤Can be “crossed” – pain on other side

☤Femoral stretch
☤Perianal sensation

☤Touch and pin

☤Anal tone

☤Anal “wink”


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Practical - limbs

☤ Inspection
☤ Tone
☤ Power

☤ UL: Drift, SAb/Ad,EF,EE,WE,FF,FAb/Ad, opposition
☤ LL: HF, HE, KF, KE, AInv/Ev, DF, EHL, PF

☤ Sensory modalities and testing

☤ Pin, touch, proprioception, vibration

☤ Reflexes

☤ UL: Biceps, brachioradialis, triceps
☤ LL: Knee, ankle, plantar

☤ Coordination

☤ Finger-nose, heel-shin, alternating movements, Romberg

☤ Spinal tests, SLR, femoral stretch if needed


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Neurological Examination of 

the unconscious patient

¾ ABC, any sedative drugs, C-spine protection if 

trauma

¾ Pattern of breathing –

¾ ↑RR -pontine lesions, respiratory causes, Metabolic 

causes

¾ Cheyne-stokes – central medullary lesions, 

Resp/CVS

¾ Irregular pattern – medullary lesions

¾ Glasgow coma scale
¾ Pulse and blood pressure ? ↑ICP
¾ Blood glucose 


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¾ Temperature 

¾ Hypothermia
¾ Pyrexia- CNS infection, medullary lesion

¾ Neck stiffness –meningitis, SAH,↑ICP
¾ Pupils- size

¾ Small- pontine lesion, opioids
¾ Unresponsive midbrain lesions

¾ Pupils – asymmetry

¾ Large/unreactive lll nerve palsy
¾ Small slow to dilate- Horner's

¾ Light reflex
¾ Fundoscopy – papilloedema


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¾ Eye movements 

¾ primary position - squint
¾ Nystagmus
¾ Dolls eye movements –

horizontal –lll / Vl,pons
vertical – lll , lV, midbrain

¾ Corneal reflex- V,Vll, pontine lesion
¾ Gag reflex 
¾ Posture

¾ Decorticate – pyramidal tracts from cortex to 

internal capsule

¾ Decerebrate – midbrain, thalamus and 

subthalamic nuclei

¾ Check the tone of the limbs


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¾Limb Reflexes
¾Planters

¾Monitoring the progress at regular time 

interval – improving/deteriorating


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AVPU score

A

lert

☤Responds to 

V

erbal stimulus

☤Responds to 

P

ainful stimulus

U

nresponsive


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Glasgow coma scale–eyes (4)

Open spontaneously

4

Open to command

3

Open to pain

2

No opening

1

Closed due to swelling C

☤Record best score for each section
☤Record in components, not just sum


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GCS – verbal (5)

Orientated

5

Disorientated

4

Inappropriate words

3

Sounds

2

None

1

Intubated

T


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GCS – motor (6)

To command

6

Localises pain

5

Withdraws from pain

4

Abnormal flexion to pain 3

Extension to pain

2

None

1

☤Start with command
☤If no response, squeeze side of nails
☤Sternal rub and nail bed pressure bruise


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System for neurological 

examination

☤General inspection
☤Glasgow coma 

scale

☤Higher mental 

function

☤Speech and 

language

☤Cranial nerves

☤Trunk and limbs

☤Inspection
☤Tone
☤Power
☤Sensation
☤Reflexes
☤Coordination

☤Gait




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