Bickerstaff's Neurological Examination in Clinical Practice, 7 adapted ed
Description
The book provides concise coverage of all the aspects of a neurological examination for a medical student and allied specialties for better understanding of the clinical localization. It will definitely make the learning of neurological examination ‘easy’.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Preface to the Sixth Edition
Part 1: The Introductory Stages
· Approaching a neurological problem
· Equipment
· The history
· First impressions
· The general physical and mental examination
Part 2: The Cranial Nerves
· The first cranial nerve: the olfactory nerve
· The second cranial nerve: the optic nerve
· The third, fourth and sixth cranial nerves: the oculomotor, trochlear and abducent nerves
· The fifth cranial nerve: the trigeminal nerve
· The seventh cranial nerve: the facial nerve
· The eighth cranial nerve: the auditory nerve
· The ninth and tenth cranial nerves: the glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves
· The eleventh cranial nerve: the accessory nerve
· The twelfth cranial nerve: the hypoglossal nerve
Part 3: The Motor System
· Muscle bulk
· Muscle tone
· Muscle power
· Posture, stance, spinal movement and gait
· Involuntary movements
Part 4: The Sensory System
· Basic principles for examination of sensation
· Pain, touch and temperature
· The proprioceptive sensations
· Stereognosis, discriminative sense and graphaesthesia
· Common patterns of abnormal sensation
Part 5: The Motor-Sensory Links
· The reflexes
· Coordination
Part 6: Examinations of Particular Difficulty
· The unconscious patient
· Disorders of speech
· Apraxia
· Agnosia and disorders of the body image
· The autonomic nervous system
Part 7: The Investigation of Neurological Problems (Excluding Neuroradiology and Imaging)
· Towards a balanced attitude (some introductory observations)
· General medical investigations
· The cerebrospinal fluid
· The clinical value of electroencephalography
· Peripheral electrophysiology
· Biopsy
Part 8: Localization of Lesions
· Localization of lesions affecting various parts of the nervous system
Part 9: Appendices
· Appendix A Checklist for history taking and neurological examination for undergraduates
· Appendix B Recording the neurological examination
· Appendix C Screening neurological examination
· Appendix D A suggested scheme for the examination of higher cerebral function
Index