4th Edition
Neurological Clinical Examination A Concise Guide
List of videos
Foreword to the Third Edition
Foreword to the First Edition
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Using this book
Introduction
1. The wasted hand
2. Wrist drop
3. Proximal weakness of the arm(s)
4. Proximal weakness of the leg(s)
5. Foot drop
6. Ataxia and gait disturbance
7. Facial weakness
8. Ptosis
9. Abnormalities of vision or eye movement
10. Tremor and cerebellar signs
11. Other abnormal involuntary movements
12. Language and speech disturbance
13. Higher cortical function testing
14. Assessment of coma
15. Psychogenic (functional) neurological disorders
16. Telemedicine and the neurological examination
Picture credits
Index
Biography
Professor John GL Morris DM (OXON) FRACP FRCP Emeritus Consultant, Westmead Hospital, Past Clinical Professor, University of Sydney, Past Chairman of the Education and Training Committee of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists, Past Examiner for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Past Head of the Neurology Department, Westmead Hospital, Past President of the Australian Association of Neurologists, Sydney, Australia
Professor Joseph Jankovic MD Professor of Neurology Distinguished Chair in Movement Disorders Director, Parkinson’s Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic, Co-Director, Parkinson’s Disease Research Laboratory, Past President of the Movement Disorders Society, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Associate Professor Victor Fung MBBS (Hons) PhD FRACP Conjoint Associate Professor, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Director, Movement Disorders Unit, Department of Neurology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia, Past Head, Department of Neurology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia, Chair, Asia Pacific Affairs Committee, Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists, President-Elect, International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society
The book is primarily written for medical students and residents. However, it is also directed toward practitioners. The authors are credible authorities on the subject. Dr. John Morris is a past examiner for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the former head of the Westmead Hospital Neurology Department. Joseph Jankovic is a former president of the Movement Disorders Society and part of the faculty in the Baylor College of Medicine Department of Neurology. Victor Fung is President of the Internal Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society in Australia and formerly part of the Neurology faculty at Westmead Hospital.
Brendan Huang, MD, Northwell Health
