| A | B |
|---|
| dermatome | sensory assessment of spinal nerve root innervation |
| myotome | motor assessment of spinal nerve root innervation |
| vibration | tested on a bony prominence |
| position sense | move a bone into a position; patient identifies static position |
| kinesthesia | while moving a bone, the patient mimics the movement with the other limb |
| sterognosis | identify a common object by feel |
| tactile location | patient identifies area of skin touched by PTA |
| two point discrimination | using aesthesiometer, patient identifies one vs two touches |
| double simultaneous stimulation | patient identifies two areas that the PTA touches at the same time |
| barognosis | determining which object is heavier |
| graphesthesia | identify common symbol traced on surface of the skin |
| deep tendon reflex | automatic involuntary response identifying integrity of the motor section of the nervous system |
