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Cervical SPINE Examination of the cervical spine involves determining whether the injury or pathology occurs in the cervical spine oF in a portion of the upper limb. Cyriax! called this assessment the scanning examination. In the initial assessment of a patient who complains of pain in the neck and/or upper limb, this procedure is always carried out tunless the examiner is absolutely sure of the location of the lesion. Ifthe injury is in the neck, the scanning examination is definitely called for to rule out neurological involvement. After the lesion site has been determined, a ‘more derailed assessment ofthe affected area is performed iff is outside the cervical spine. Because many conditions affecting the cervical spine can be manifested in other parts ofthe body, the cervical spine is a complicated area 10 assess properly, and ade

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