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3) Eyes / pupils
5) Muscular reactions
6) Emotional responsiveness
7) Speech
8) Writing
9) Vitals
General reaction and posture
Spontaneous acts
Voluntary postures
• Comfortable
• Natural
• Constrained
• Awkward
• What does the patient do when placed in awkward
position?
General reaction and posture
• Resistive
• Evasive
• Irritable
• Apathetic
• Compliant
• Response to commands
• Are motions slow / sudden / natural
• Reaction to pin pricks
• Automatic obedience?
• Echopraxia repeat
• Echolalia
Muscular reactions
• Test for
• Rigidity (lead-pipe / cog-wheel)
• Waxy flexibility
• Reflexes
• Flexibility of neck muscles, muscles of jaw / shoulders / elbows / fingers
/ LLs.
• Gegenhalten / mitgehen / mitmachen
• Does distraction / command influence the reactions?
• Mouth usually open / closed? Resistance to opening /
closing mouth?
• Protrusion of lips……?
• Holding / drooling of saliva.
• Retention of urine / feces or soiling & wetting?
• Does indicate when wants to go to toilet?
Emotional responsivness
• When family members speak / personal facts
mentioned.
• Humor / jokes/ reference to family / sad news
• Unexpected stimuli like clapping sound / flash of
lights.
3) Eyes / pupils
5) Muscular reactions
6) Emotional responsiveness
7) Speech
8) Writing
9) Vitals