Online Continuing Education Courses

Aspects of the Clinical Examination

• Recite relevant anatomy of the peripheral nervous system including the brachial plexus, upper limb nerves, lumbosacral plexus and lower limb nerves.
• Define and draw the brachial plexus.
• List the nerves of the upper limb.
• Compare and contrast the anatomy of the median and the ulnar nerves.
• Describe innervation of the major nerve branches of the major nerve divisions of the brachial plexus.
• Discuss the most common compressive lesions of the upper extremity involving the peripheral nervous system.
• List the muscles most commonly tested during EMG of the upper extremity.
• Define and draw the lumbosacral plexus.
• List the nerves of the lower limb.
• Discuss the most common compressive lesions of the lower extremity involving the peripheral nervous system.
• List the muscles most commonly tested during EMG of the lower extremity.
• Discuss the distinction between motor and sensory neural fibers and salutatory versus local circuit conduction.
• Compare and contrast the two types of compound potentials and discuss waveform morphology and parameters.
• Describe effects and patterns of demyelination.
• Describe the effects of axonal loss.
• Identify the electro-physiologic changes that may be noted in disease of the neuromuscular junction.
• Discuss late responses (F-waves and H-Reflexes) and describe the performance and clinical significance of each.
• Identify components involved in the tendon tap response.
• Thoroughly discuss all aspects of median and ulna nerve testing, including common congenital anomalies that are like to be encountered in the patient population.