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Old 10-12-2009, 08:19 AM
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I actually had some medical students do a practice neurological exam on me. So I had the chicken wings, push back on my hand with your forehead, lift up your leg etc etc all done once.

I asked what are you assessing for they replied weakness. So I asked them "what about fatiguable weakness, how do you test for that?" They all just stood looking at me, even the consultant with me couldn't answer it. So I said "if the patient had MG, how could you prove their fatiguable weakness with those tests?"
The students answered "well we can't, they just determine strength"
So the consultant says "actually thats a good point".

Your not telling me that nobody thought of this before!!!!
Crazy. Yes somedays I can do one leg lift, but I couldn't do five. What part of fatiguable weakness don't they get!

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Rach

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