A physical exam may show:
Difficulty lifting up the foot and making toe-out movements
Lack of stretch reflexes in the legs
Loss of muscle control and atrophy (shrinking of the muscles) in the foot or leg
Thickened nerve bundles under the skin of the legs
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease physical examination
Multiple sclerosis physical examination
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis physical examination
Duchenne muscular dystrophy physical examination
Bartter syndrome physical examination
Parkinson's disease physical examination
Dermatomyositis physical examination
Guillain-Barré syndrome physical examination