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Write about Leg exam here.
Observe:
- Visual survey
- Paget's Disease
- hemiparesis
- exopthalmos
- nystagmus
- thyroid acropachy
- rheumatoid hands
- nicotine-stained fingers
- wasted hands
- muscle fasiculation
- Obvious lesion
- Bowing of the tibia
- Pes cavus (high arch)
- One leg smaller than the other
- Muscle bulk
- Fasiculation
Test:
- Tone
- Power
- Lift your leg up - L1,2
- Bend your knee - L5, S1,2
- Straighten your leg - L3, L4
- Bend your foot down - S1
- Cock up your foot - L4,5
- Co-ordination - Heel-shin
- Tendon Reflexes
- Knee - L3,4
- Ankle - S1,2
- Ankle Clonus
- Patellar Clonus
- Plantar Response
- Sensation
- Light touch
- Pinprick
- Vibration
- Joint position
- Gait
- Ordinary walk
- Heel-to-toe
- On toes
- On heels
- Rombergism
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