small things Flashcards
Orientation
name, date, location
memory
recent: ask them to remember 3 words and ask in 5 minutes
remote: ask them about where they were born and where they went to HS
calculations
as them 3-3+2
Apraxia
“Pretend to brush your teeth”
sequencing tasks
as patient to tap table with fist, palm, then side of hand
abstraction
interpret “Early Bird get the worm”
Diadochokinesia
have patient tap each leg with has as fast as possible
supinate/pronate palms as fast as possible
cerebellum
dymetria
index finger and heel-shin
crude touch
as patient when they are being touched by dull end of neurotip(Spinothalamic)
pain (pin prick)
ask patient when being touched by sharp end of the neurotip (Spinothalamic)
vibration
128hz fork place at the bony prominences 3 dips, radial styloid process and lateral malleoli (dorsal column)
language
name object 3x
repetition of a sentence
reading
light touch
ask patient to identify when they are being touched by a light cotton swab (dorsal column)
joint position sense
start at dip then move to pip and MCP (dorsal column)
rhomberg
patient stands closes eyes for 30 seconds or until no more (dorsal comumn)