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Rock Paper Scissors - Assessment of Nerve Damage in Upper Limb Injuries
Rock - Median Nerve
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Small muscles of hand ... & adduction) OK ... Sign - AIN (Anterior ... Scissors #Nerve #Injury ... UpperExtremities #diagnosis #neurology
Positive Hoffmann's sign (finger flexor reflex)

Flexion and adduction of the thumb and flexion of the index
and adduction of ... the thumb and flexion ... #video #physicalexam ... #msk #orthopedics ... #neurology #sports
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
aracteristic "claw hand ... Triceps power is ... spared in this injury ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology ... sensory #motor #arm #physicalexam
Hoffmann's Sign

Hoffman's sign means upper motor neuron injury.  The Hoffmann's reflex test itself involves loosely
upper motor neuron injury ... when there is flexion ... and adduction of ... thumb on the same hand ... #physicalexam
Froment’s Test for Ulnar Nerve Palsy

This tests for pinch grip weakness caused by ulnar nerve palsy,
strength of the adductor ... clinical #video #neurology ... #physicalexam # ... msk #orthopedics ... #sports #hand
Wartenberg Thumb Reflex

Forceful flexion of the fingers at the distal IP joints produces (Adduction, flexion, and
Reflex Forceful flexion ... , flexion, and opposition ... in ulnar neuropathy ... #video #hand #neurology ... #physicalexam #
Wartenberg's Sign on Physical Exam

Wartenberg's sign consists of involuntary abduction of the little finger, caused by
of involuntary abduction ... #PhysicalExam # ... clinical #video #hand ... #mask #ulnar #neuropathy ... #neurology
Hoover's Sign for Functional Lower Extremity Paralysis

Used to distinguish organic from functional leg hemiparesis.

Ask the patient
Functional Lower ... Ask the patient ... to flex their weak ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #neurology #psychiatry