Components of the sensory examination:

1. Light touch
2. Pain and temperature
3. Vibration sense
4. Position sense
5. 2 point discrimination
6. Graphesthesia
7. Stereognosis
8. Double simultaneous stimuli (extinction)

Link to dermatomes map

Examination Technique:

• patients should be sufficiently undressed but draped to preserve modesty.
  
  
• begin distally and move proximally and avoid calloused areas.
  
  
• compare right to left.
  
  
• when necessary assess for a sensory level, peripheral nerve or dermatomal sensory impairment.