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Amsterdam Wrist Rules
Rules that dictate which patients require imaging based on the likelihood of wrist fracture
Tender Radius, Painful ... palmar flexion, Painful ... supination, Painful ... balottement test ... radiology #msk #orthopedics
Left Wrist Drop - Radial Nerve Palsy on Physical Examination

Left hand drop due to compression of
Left Wrist Drop ... sleeping as in this case ... trauma_modern #Wrist ... clinical #video #orthopedics ... #msk #sports #neurology
Froment’s Test for Ulnar Nerve Palsy

This tests for pinch grip weakness caused by ulnar nerve palsy,
Froment’s Test for ... Ulnar Nerve Palsy ... grip weakness caused ... clinical #video #neurology ... physicalexam #msk #orthopedics
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Pronation - C7, C8 Wrist ... Conditions Erb's Palsy ... Horner Syndrome Wrist ... Saturday night palsy ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology
Rotator Cuff Syndrome - SITS
Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Teres minor, and Subscapularis.
Causes: Calcific supraspinatus tendinitis 
Signs: painful abduction
Causes: Calcific ... tendinitis Signs: painful ... arm, empty can test ... Cuff #Syndrome #orthopedics
Radial Nerve Anatomy and Function
The Radial nerve is the nerve of elbow, wrist and digital extension.
nerve of elbow, wrist ... • Thus a PIN palsy ... nerve (or PIN) palsy ... Anatomy #diagnosis #neurology ... #orthopedics
Synkinetic Wrist Extension Maneuver demonstrating Radial Nerve Palsy as cause for Wrist Drop

Up up, down down.
as cause for Wrist ... lower radial nerve palsy ... - Radial nerve palsy ... Radial #Nerve #Palsy ... #physicalexam #neurology
Watson's Test for Scapholunate Instability

1) The examiner places a thumb over the scaphoid tubercle, applying dorsal
Watson's Test for ... pressure. 2) The wrist ... Interpretation: A painful ... #Instability #wrist ... #physicalexam #orthopedics
Causes of Tremors - Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Action Tremor - Occurs During Voluntary Muscle
Causes of Tremors ... Tremor - Occurs at Rest ... Progressive supranuclear palsy ... MovementDisorders #Neurology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Eichhoff's Test in de Quervain's Tenosynovitis

The Eichhoff test is used to assess for de Quervain's tenosynovitis,
Eichhoff's Test ... The Eichhoff test ... condition that causes ... to cause ulnar ... #sports #msk #orthopedics