DYSFUNCTION-FRONTAL LOBE ASSESSMENT
SUMMARY
MOTOR ASSESSMENT
1. Motor power1
2. Primitive reflexes (presence of multiple primitive reflexes are usually assoc. with diffuse cerebral disease involving the frontal lobes and frontal association areas): grasping reflex, palmomental reflex, snout/pouting1
3. Gait apraxia: marked unsteadiness in walking, gait is bizarre, shuffling/magnetic1
VERBAL ASSESSMENT
4. Anosmia1
5. Initiation: name number of animals in one minute2
6. Abstraction: interpret 5 proverbs, verbal similarities test (5 items)2
7. Judgement: envelop with stamp, what do you do?2
8. Insight: why are you in hospital?2
PEN TO PAPER TASKS
9. Sequencing: drawing sequences, alternating hand sequence2
Ref: 1. Talley, N. and O'Connor, S., 2018. Talley and O'Connor's clinical examination. 9th ed. Chatswood: Elsevier, pp.434-435.
2. Strub, R. and Black, F., 2000. The mental status examination in neurology. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Co.
Reference(s)
R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. Get it on Amazon.
Drake, Richard L., et al. Gray's Anatomy for Students. Elsevier, 2023. Get it on Amazon.
