SCRIPT 2026 FULL STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
RESPONSES
◉ types of movements for proprioception. Answer: finger-to-finger
test, finger-to-nose test, & heel-to-shin test on both sides of the body
◉ Romberg test. Answer: patient stand with the eyes closed, feet
together, & arms at the sides (also seen with arms out)
◉ stereognosis. Answer: hand the pt a familiar object, such as a coin
or key
◉ graphesthesia. Answer: tracing a letter, number, or shape on the
palm of the hand
◉ pronator drift. Answer: push arms down & observe rebound;
strong rebound = ok
◉ primary sensory functions. Answer: superficial touch & pain;
temp, vibration on joints, joint position
, ◉ cortical sensory functions. Answer: stereognosis, 2 pt
discriminication, extinction phenomenon, graphesthesia, point
location
◉ superficial reflexes. Answer: abdominal, cremasteric & plantar
reflexes
◉ Babinski reflex. Answer: plantar flexion of all toes
◉ deep tendon reflexes. Answer: biceps, triceps, brachioradial,
patellar, achilles, ankle clonus
◉ protective sensation. Answer: 5.07 monofilament for neuropathy
◉ meningeal signs. Answer: checking for a stiff neck with the supine
patient's head raised & by eliciting Brudzinski sign & Kernig sign
◉ patellar deep tendon reflex. Answer: spinal segments L2, L3, & L4
◉ Autonomic dysreflexia. Answer: severe HTN caused by
dysregulation of sympathetic & parasympathetic nervous systems
reacting to a noxious stimulus (tight; foley) below the site of spinal
injury