DERMATOME TESTING FOR LUMBAR RADICULOPATHY Dermatome testing is an integral part of your neurological examination next to myotome testing that we've shown in a video yesterday! Watch the video to learn how you can test the different dermatomess of the lumbar spine! Tomorrow we will post a video for the deep tendon reflexes which should be tested in case of suspected lumbarl radiculopathy! P.S. All of our videos including test description, statistical values and research articles can be found in

DERMATOME TESTING FOR CERVICAL RADICULOPATHY Yesterday we've explained why reflex testing should be the first step in suspected radiculopathy. The second hypofunction that develops after hypo- or areflexia is hypesthesia, so a decrease in sensation. Recently, McAnany et al. (2018) evaluated the reliability of the standard Netter diagrams in patients with cervical radiculopathy and came to the conclusion that these typical patterns were only seen in 54% of patients. When a nonstandard radicular p