An upper limb neurological examination is part of the neurological examination, and is used to assess the motor and sensory neurons which supply the upper...

Isolated bulbar palsy is characterized by upper or lower motor neuron damage in the bulbar region (in the absence of limb symptoms for at least 20 months), leading...

to the disease was "neurological syndrome of unknown etiology in New Brunswick". The CMOH referred to it as progressive neurological syndrome of unknown...

in the damaged leg. Neurologic lameness may be the result of infection, trauma, toxicities, or congenital disease. Neurological evaluation of a lame...

additional limb is also identified and the patient is diagnosed with hemiplegia or paraplegia instead. After neurologic examination of the limb, a diagnosis...

patients). It usually involves lower limb weakness and exercise-induced fatiguability, although the upper limbs and eyes may also be involved. Lambert's...

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as pyramidal drift) refers to a pathologic sign seen during a neurological examination. Jean Alexandre Barré is credited with having first described it;...

shoe laces, and using utensils can all be brought on by upper limb involvement. Proximal limb weakness is a fundamental clinical characteristic that sets...

primary neurological or muscle disease belong to the syndromic group. Often, every joint in a patient with arthrogryposis is affected; in 84% all limbs are...

pain is a painful perception that an individual experiences relating to a limb or an organ that is not physically part of the body, either because it was...

distribution. It is typically marked by insidious onset of muscle atrophy of an upper limb, which plateaus after two to five years from which it neither improves...

defect or degeneration of the brain. The doctor will perform a neurological examination to assess nerve function and motor and sensory skills. The tests...

"Measuring ataxia: quantification based on the standard neurological examination". Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. 57 (1): 22–26. doi:10...

limb on the affected side, are generally always to be expected. Other impairments can appear, upon external examination, to be unrelated to the limb weakness...

sign, sometimes simply Hoffmann's, or finger flexor reflex) is a neurological examination finding elicited by a reflex test which can help verify the presence...

they are missing a limb, amputees are more prone to overuse injuries in their remaining limbs. Common problems for intact upper limbs for people in this...

fasciculations can be annoying and interfere with quality of life. If a neurological examination is otherwise normal and EMG testing does not indicate any additional...

to flex a joint, usually during a neurological examination. It is one of the characteristic responses of an upper motor neuron lesion. It gets its name...

small amount of research into the efficacy of chiropractic treatment for upper limbs, limited to low level evidence supporting chiropractic management of...

upper limb orthoses include those resulting from trauma or disease (arthritis for example). They may also benefit individuals who have a neurological...

a combination of upper and lower motor neuron signs in the upper limbs, and exclusively upper motor neuron signs in the lower limbs. Cervical lesions...

walking, such as viral infections, or bone and joint problems. On neurological examination, characteristic features are the reduced strength of muscles and...

and brachioradialis. A loss of sensation in the lateral aspect of the upper limb is also common with such injuries. An inferior brachial plexus injury...

testing is often used to distinguish different neurological disorders and to understand neurological pathways and functions. It is often conducted in...

“Her attacks were characterized as sudden unilateral stiffness of upper and lower limbs followed by an involuntary extrarotation of the arm and leg.” Another...

scale values of the EDSS measure impairments based on the neurological examination, while the upper range of the scale (> EDSS 6) measures handicaps of patients...

breast, thyroid, kidney and prostate. There may be a lump, pain, or neurological signs from pressure. A bone tumor might present with a pathologic fracture...

infants may present with irritability, poor appetite and fever. Neurological examinations usually reveal a drowsy or confused person. Stiff neck, due to...

Hoffmann's reflex is sometimes described as the upper limb equivalent of the Babinski sign because both indicate upper motor neuron dysfunction. Mechanistically...