Table 2

Suggested brief central nervous system examination for routine, outpatient headache practice

  • Romberg’s sign

  • Tandem gait

  • Drift of outstretched hands

  • Finger–nose test

  • Finger dexterity

  • Binocular visual fields, to confrontation

  • Eye movements

  • Facial weakness

  • Pupillary responses and Horner’s syndrome

  • Tendon reflexes and plantar responses

  • Fundoscopy