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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Upper motor lesions (UMNL)}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Site of lesion:}} Cerebral hemispheres, cerebellum, brainstem, spinal cord (above anterior horn)} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Tone:}} Increased (spacticity) ± clonus (involuntary muscle movement)} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Muscle weakness:}}\{\{nl\}\}- All muscle groups of the lower limb - more marked in the flexor muscle\{\{nl\}\}- In the upper limb weakness is more marked in the extensors} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Deep tendon reflexes:}} Increased (but superficial reflexes such as {\emph{abdominal reflexes}} are usually absent)} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Plantar response:}} Extensor (upping toe)} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Fasciculation:}} Absent} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Wasting:}} Late - mainly because of disuse} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Damage:}} Leads to characteristic set of clinical symptoms known as {\bf{{\emph{UMN syndrome}}}}} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Upper motor neuron}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{UMN syndrome}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Acute manifestations:}}\{\{nl\}\} {\bf{1.}} {\emph{Spinal shock}} - hypotonia \& loss of all reflexes on contra-lateral side\{\{nl\}\} {\bf{2.}} {\emph{Relative sparing of trunk muscles}} - trunk muscles are bilaterally innervated by anterior corticospinal tract, thus lesion of one side of the tract has minimal manifestation; distal muscles, fingers, toes, fine articulations \& flexors more than extensors are handled by lateral corticospinal tract, thus affected more} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 9) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Late manifestations:}}\{\{nl\}\}{\bf{1.}} Babinski sign\{\{nl\}\}{\bf{2.}} Spasticity\{\{nl\}\}{\bf{3.}} Hyporeflexia or superficial reflexes\{\{nl\}\}{\bf{4.}} Contralateral or ipsilateral involvement\{\{nl\}\}{\bf{5.}} Involvement below the lesion\{\{nl\}\}{\bf{6.}} Decorticate posture (person is stiff with bent arms, clenched fists, and legs held out straight)\{\{nl\}\}{\bf{7.}} Decerebrate posture (arms and legs being held straight out, the toes being pointed downward, and the head and neck being arched backward)} \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 10) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Lesions}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Focal lesion:}} Disease/pathology that can develop in {\bf{{\emph{one specific}}}} area of CNS {\emph{(e.g. nerve compression due to sclerosis)}}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Multifocal lesion:}} Disease/pathology that can develop in {\bf{{\emph{multiple specific}}}} areas of the nervous system {\emph{(e.g. multiple sclerosis)}}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Diffuse lesion:}} Disease/pathology that has {\bf{{\emph{dispersed}}}} affect on the nervous system {\emph{(e.g. polyneuropathy due to diabetes)}}} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Disease course \& tempo}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Degenerative condition:}}\{\{nl\}\}- Slow\{\{nl\}\}- Gradual onset\{\{nl\}\}- Progressively worsening neurological signs} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Vascular condition:}}\{\{nl\}\}- Abrupt/sudden onset\{\{nl\}\}- Flactuating pattern of neurological signs} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Inflammatory condition:}}\{\{nl\}\}- Gradual relapsing-remitting pattern of neurological signs\{\{nl\}\}- (symptoms getting worse followed by recovery, after each relapse it gets worse)} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Lower motor neuron lesion (LMNL)}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Site of lesion:}} Anterior horn cell, nerve roots, peripheral nerves, neuromuscular junction, muscles} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Tone:}} Decreased (flaccidity)} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Muscle weakness:}}\{\{nl\}\}- More distally than proximally\{\{nl\}\}- Both flexors \& extensors affected} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Deep tendon reflexes:}} Reduced or absent} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Plantar response:}} Normal or absent} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Fasciculation:}} May be present in anterior horn cell lesions} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Wasting:}} Usually present} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Damage:}} Usually causes hyporeflexia, flaccid paralysis, \& atrophy} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Lower motor neuron}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Neuromuscular junction lesion}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 0 (+ 0) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Muscular lesion}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 0 (+ 0) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Applied example 1}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Case:}} 72-year-old male presents with a {\bf{right side face}} and {\bf{arm weakness}} - came on over a {\bf{few months}}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Pathological process:}} Tumour} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Applied example 2}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Case:}} patient presents with a change in {\bf{cognition, speech, memory, behaviour/personality,}} \& {\bf{mood}}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Pathological process:}} UMNL, frontal lobe (efferent/motor)} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Applied example 3}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Case:}} patient presents with changes in {\bf{CN III - XII function}}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Pathological process:}} UMNL, brainstem / spinal lesion} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Applied example 4}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Case:}} patient presents with {\bf{focal tingling between 4th and 5th finger}} (no motor abnormalities)} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Pathological process:}} LMNL, peripheral lesion (ulnar nerve)} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}