Dermatome Testing

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Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

Level	Root	Pain & Sensory Change	Motor Weakness	Abnormal Reflexes
C4/C5	C5	Deltoid¹ Lateral arm¹	Deltoid¹ Biceps¹	Bicep reflex¹
C5/C6	C6	Radial forearm to thumb and index finger¹	Biceps¹ Wrist extensor¹	Bicep reflex¹ Brachioradialis reflex¹
C6/C7	C7	Midradial forearm to index and middle finger¹	Wrist Flexor¹ Tricep¹	Triceps reflex¹
C7/T1	C8	Ulnar forearm to ring and little finger¹	Hand Intrinsic¹ Finger Flexor¹	N/a¹

Psychometrics

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Reliability and Diagnostic Accuracy of Standard Dermatomes and Myotomes for Determining the Pathologic Level in Surgically Verified Patients With Cervical Radiculopathy¹

References

Hong CG, Nam WD. Reliability and Diagnostic Accuracy of Standard Dermatomes and Myotomes for Determining the Pathologic Level in Surgically Verified Patients With Cervical Radiculopathy. Neurospine. 2022;19(4):1006-1012. doi:10.14245/ns.2244194.097

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