NSE 13A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Muscle Tone, Ataxia

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Nursing
• Course: NSE 13A/B
• Professor: Anne- Marie Fyfe

Document Summary

Ask patient to say light, tight, dynamite . Symmetrical bilaterally (difference of 1 cm or less is insignificant) Test strength of muscle groups of extremities, neck and trunk. Test muscle tone (demonstrated as mild resistance to passive stretch) Steps: ask patient to relax muscles, move extremities through passive rom. Ask patient to walk and turn back to starting point. Step length is ~30 cm from heel to heel. Observe patient walk a straight line in a heel-to-toe manner (tandem walking) Observe patient walking on toes and heels.