Neuro Assessment Skills
Neuro Assessment Skills
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1. Babinski reflex This will be abnormal in adults; This is where the toes fan out and the foos is
dorsiflex
2. Rapid Alternating move hand from front to back on leg - the patient should be able to do this
movements
3. Point to point finger to nose; heel to shin
movements
4. Gait heel to toe, walk on toes and on heels and hop in place
5. Romber test ask the patient to stand straight and close eyes. If patient loses balance, it equals
a positive Romberg test
6. Pronator Drift have patient close eyes and hold out hands
test
7. What does prona- This is a test of upper motor neuron disease. If a forearm pronates, with or without
tor drift tell you? downward motion, then the person is said to have pronator drift on that side
reflecting a contralateral pyramidal tract lesion.
8. Use tuning fork
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Vibration sense
(fingers and toes)
9. What is vibration Clinical examination of joint position sense and vibration sense can provide im-
sense important? portant information concerning specific cutaneous sensory receptors, peripheral
nerves, dorsal roots, and central nervous system pathways and should be included
as a regular component of the neurological examination.
10. Sterognosis recognizing object when placed in the hand
11. What does stere- determine whether or not the parietal lobe of the brain is intact. - stereognosis is
ognosis test for? a high cerebellar function
12. Graphesthesia ability to "read" a number by having it traced on the skin
13. What does Stereognosis tests the individual's ability to perceive and integrate a variety of
graphesthesia sensory modalities and to interpret the stimuli to identify small objects placed in
test for? the hand. - basically this test for combined cortical function
14. Two point dis- use two ends of the paper clip
crimination
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Neuro Assessment Skills
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_8ve169
1. Babinski reflex This will be abnormal in adults; This is where the toes fan out and the foos is
dorsiflex
2. Rapid Alternating move hand from front to back on leg - the patient should be able to do this
movements
3. Point to point finger to nose; heel to shin
movements
4. Gait heel to toe, walk on toes and on heels and hop in place
5. Romber test ask the patient to stand straight and close eyes. If patient loses balance, it equals
a positive Romberg test
6. Pronator Drift have patient close eyes and hold out hands
test
7. What does prona- This is a test of upper motor neuron disease. If a forearm pronates, with or without
tor drift tell you? downward motion, then the person is said to have pronator drift on that side
reflecting a contralateral pyramidal tract lesion.
8. Use tuning fork
1/5
1 of 5
, Neuro Assessment Skills
Neuro Assessment Skills
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_8ve169
Vibration sense
(fingers and toes)
9. What is vibration Clinical examination of joint position sense and vibration sense can provide im-
sense important? portant information concerning specific cutaneous sensory receptors, peripheral
nerves, dorsal roots, and central nervous system pathways and should be included
as a regular component of the neurological examination.
10. Sterognosis recognizing object when placed in the hand
11. What does stere- determine whether or not the parietal lobe of the brain is intact. - stereognosis is
ognosis test for? a high cerebellar function
12. Graphesthesia ability to "read" a number by having it traced on the skin
13. What does Stereognosis tests the individual's ability to perceive and integrate a variety of
graphesthesia sensory modalities and to interpret the stimuli to identify small objects placed in
test for? the hand. - basically this test for combined cortical function
14. Two point dis- use two ends of the paper clip
crimination
2/5
2 of 5
