lower limbs examination

Wasting and fasciculation
Tone, power and tendon reflexes
Plantar responses
Coordination and fine movements
Sensory system:
First, ask whether feeling in the limbs, face and trunk is entirely normal
Posterior columns:
Vibration (using a 128 Hz tuning fork)
Joint position
Light touch
Spinothalamic tracts:
Pain: use a split orange-stick or a sterile pin
Temperature: hot or cold tubes
If sensation is abnormal, chart areas involved