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Mini-Mental Status Exam

Category Points What to ask Orientation to time 5 Year, Season, Date, Day, Month Orientation to place 5 Country, State, Town, Hospital, Floor Registration 3 Name 3 objects immediately (Chair, Bed, Pen) Concentration 5 Serial 7’s: 93, 86, 79, 72, 65 or Spell WORLD backward Recall 3 Name 3...

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Scales

Reflexes 0 Areflexic 1 Hyporeflexia 2 Normal reflexes 3 Hyperreflexia 4 Hyperreflexia plus clonus Strength 0 No movement 1 Can move limb (wiggle toes) 2 Can lift limb against gravity 3 Can lift limb with one-finger resistance 4 Can lift limb with two-finger resistance 5 Full strength Pulses 0...

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