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1. Confirm the existence of a neurologic condition. 2. Localize the lesion (ie, make a neuroanatomical diagnosis). Repeat neurologic examinations are helpful to detect subtle changes or progression of signs. This article will discuss how to perform the neurologic examination.
The spine should be palpated to detect any curvature, displacement, masses, swelling, paraspinal muscle atrophy, or pain. Focal spinal pain is localizing and is helpful in determining etiologic diagnosis. Spinal pain results from bone, disk, spinal nerve or root, vertebral, or meningeal involvement.
26 sie 2016 · A rectal examination should be performed in all horses that exhibit any clinical signs of spinal cord disease and in large dogs that exhibit clinical signs of involvement of the lumbosacral intumescence or its spinal nerves.
Spinal reflexes (myotactic reflexes) test the integrity of sensory and motor components of the reflex arc and the influence of descending motor pathways on the reflex.
Evaluation of the neck and front legs will include searching for evidence of pain and loss of muscle size or tone, which may indicate an injury to the upper spinal cord. Various types of tests are done to help detect minor spinal cord injuries.
A conscious and positive deep pain perception response is defined as the animal turning around and making some form of behavioural response that indicates they have perceived the painful stimulus, for example, whimpering or trying to bite when a pair of haemostats is applied to a digit.
Canine degenerative lumbosacral stenosis (DLSS) is a syndrome of low back pain with or without neurologic dysfunction associated with compression of the cauda equina. Most commonly occurring in medium- to large-breed dogs of middle to older age, ...
