Neurological Examination of The Limbs Explained - Appearance and Muscle Tone - Dr Gill

Neurological Examination of The Limbs Explained - Clinical Skills Deep Dive looks at the details of the upper limb neuro examination, highlighting what is being checked for during special tests and examination findings

In this video, we demonstrate how to perform a clinical examination of the Upper Limb neurological system for your medical school Clinical Skills OSCE.

For a passing grade in your Clinical Skills OSCE, for neurological exam follow the approach of:
- Appearance
- Tone
- Power
- Reflexes
- Sensation
- Coordination

This part one video will deal with Appearance and Tone, whilst discussing causes of upper and lower motor neurone lesions, including Parkinson's disease and Bell's Palsy

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Neuro references

Neurones - By BruceBlaus - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28761830
Umn0- By Rcchang16 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74940488

Stroke - By James Heilman, MD - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16263217

MS - By BruceBlaus - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44926477

Parkinsons - By Albert Londe (1858-1917) - http://ihm.nlm.nih.gov/luna/servlet/detail/NLMNLM~1~1~101435392~139330:-Paralysis-agitans---Male-Parkinson, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12218566

Diabetes - By Mikael Häggström - See above. All used images are in public domain., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6055528

Wasting -
By OpenStax - https://cnx.org/contents/[email protected]:fEI3C8Ot@10/Preface, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30015055

Today Clip - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDKyKQ59fYz3JO2fl0Z6sg

Danish - By Leon Brocard - originally posted to Flickr as IXS_3616, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10263562

MJF - scrubs

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