Neck/Cervical Spine

• Skin
  • Color: erythema, ecchymosis, white, black
  • Trophic changes (altered hair growth, sweat production)
• Scars
• Swelling
• Muscle tone: atrophy, hypertrophy
• Deformity: asymmetry, rotation, amputation
• Areas of emphasis for neck exam
  • Resting position of neck, exaggerated kyphosis or lordosis
  • Swelling or masses
  • Lymphadenopathy
  • Tracheal deviation

• Flexion: 45-60° from neutral
• Extension: 45-80° from neutral
• Rotation: 80-85° from neutral
• Lateral Flexion (Sidebending): 45° degree from neutral

• Flexion
  • Sternocleidomastoid
  • Anterior Scalene
  • Longus Colli Cervicis
  • Longus Capitus
  • Rectus Capitus Anterior
• Extension
  • Sternocleidomastoid
  • Spinalis Cervicis
  • Spinalis Capitus
  • Semispinalis Cervicis
  • Semispinalis Capitus
  • Splenius Cervicis
  • Iliocostalis Cervicis
  • Longissimus Cervicis
  • Rectus Capitus Posterior Major
  • Rectus Capitus Posterior Minor
  • Obliquus Capitus Superior
• Rotation
  • Sternocleidomastoid
  • Scalenes
  • Spinalis Cervicis
  • Spinalis Capitus
  • Longissimus Capitis
  • Rectus Capitus Posterior Major
  • Obliquus Capitus Inferior
• Sidebending or Side Flexion
  • Rectus Capitus Lateralis
  • Obliquus Capitus Superior

• C1-C3
• Lower Cervical Nerve
• Middle Cervical Nerve
• Suboccipital Nerve

• Cervical Headache
  • Cranial Cervical Flexion Test: WikiSM |
• Cervical Radiculopathy
  • Upper Limb Tension Test: WikiSM |
  • Spurling’s Test: WikiSM |
  • Distraction Test: WikiSM |
  • Valsalva Maneuver: WikiSM |
  • Shoulder Abduction Relief Sign: WikiSM |
  • Lhermitte’s Sign: WikiSM |
• Stinger
  • Spurling’s Test: WikiSM |
• Cervical Myelopathy
  • Spurling’s Test: WikiSM |
  • Lhermitte’s Sign: WikiSM |
• Cervical Spine Stenosis
  • Lhermitte’s Sign: WikiSM |
• Cervical Cord Neurapraxia
  • Lhermitte’s Sign: WikiSM |

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