Does the thought of dermatomes and myotomes, nerve trunks and nerve roots fill you with confidence or fill you with fear? Physiotherapist and neuroscientist, Dr Annina Schmid (Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Oxford University), shares a checklist of what you need to know, and what you need to do, to nail your neurological assessment next time you're in the clinic.
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RESOURCES
Does your neurological examination for suspected peripheral neuropathies measure up? Do a check-up here: https://doi.org/10.2519/jospt.2022.11281
Why you cannot trust the dermatomes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZYtAR4zUpg&t=283s
More from Dr Schmid's Neuromusculoskeletal Health and Science Laboratory: https://www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/research/neuromusculoskeletal-health-and-science-lab

Ep 111: JOSPT Cases—recognizing and acting on spinal red flags, with Dr Mike Rosenthal

The Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy brings you the JOSPT Insights podcast every Monday. On each episode, experienced clinicians and researchers unpack musculoskeletal rehabilitation topics in under 30 minutes. Guests share clinical tips and research discoveries in musculoskeletal rehabilitation with host Dr Clare Ardern, Editor-in-Chief of JOSPT. Sports physical therapists Drs Chelsea Cooman, Dan Chapman and Marquis Sanabrais are frequent co-hosts.