Neurological Clinical Examination

This book and video collection provide a practical guide to the clinical neurological examination, an essential tool in the diagnosis of neurological conditions encountered in the outpatient clinic and hospital ward.

Auteur

Professor John GL Morris DM (OXON) FRACP FRCP

Emeritus Consultant, Westmead Hospital

Past Clinical Professor, University of Sydney

Past Chairman of the Education and Training Committee of the Australian and New

Zealand Association of Neurologists

Past Examiner for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

Past Head of the Neurology Department, Westmead Hospital, Past President of the

Australian Association of Neurologists, Sydney, Australia Professor Joseph Jankovic MD Professor of Neurology

Distinguished Chair in Movement Disorders

Director, Parkinson's Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic

Co-Director, Parkinson's Disease Research Laboratory,

Past President of the Movement Disorders Society,

Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

Associate Professor Victor Fung MBBS (Hons) PhD FRACP Conjoint Associate Professor, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney

Director, Movement Disorders Unit, Department of Neurology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Past Head, Department of Neurology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Chair, Asia Pacific Affairs Committee, Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists

President-Elect, International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society

Contenu

1. The wasted hand. 2. Wrist drop. 3. Proximal weakness of the arm(s). 4. Proximal weakness of the leg(s). 5. Foot drop. 6. Ataxia and gait disturbance. 7. Facial weakness. 8. Ptosis. 9. Abnormalities of vision or eye movement. 10. Tremor and cerebellar signs. 11. Other abnormal involuntary movements. 12. Language and speech disturbance. 13. Higher cortical function testing. 14. Assessment of coma. 15. Psychogenic (functional) neurological examination. 16. Telemedicine and the neurological examination.