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Amsterdam Wrist Rules
Rules that dictate which patients require imaging based on the likelihood of wrist fracture
FRACTURES: • ... Painful balottement test ... ANY WRIST FRACTURES ... #msk #orthopedics ... #diagnosis
Rock Paper Scissors - Assessment of Nerve Damage in Upper Limb Injuries
Rock - Median Nerve
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Finger Flexion ... • Extension of wrist ... muscles of hand (finger ... UpperExtremities #diagnosis ... #neurology
Distal Radius Fracture 
Distal radius fracture is the most common orthopedic injury. Here's a quick summary.
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Distal Radius Fracture ... variable gross wrist ... reduction using finger ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #MSK
Galeazzi Fracture 
Fracture of distal radial shaft with distal radial-ulnar joint disruption. Remember “MUGR” to recall
swollen forearm and wrist ... pronation and at wrist ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Management #Orthopedics ... #MSK
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
dorsally and no longer ... injuries: Carpal fracture ... styloid fracture ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Sports #MSK
Inverted Supinator Test

Useful for identifying a lesion at the C5-C6 spinal cord level.  Tapping the
Inverted Supinator Test ... consisting of finger ... #Reflex #neurology ... #orthopedics #msk ... #sports #IRR #Radial
Triquetral Fracture
The triquetrum is the second most commonly fractured carpal bone. Look for the "pooping duck
dislocation, distal radius ... • ED Management ... #Wrist #Carpal ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Sports #MSK
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 ... #orthopedics #msk ... #sports #neurology
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Pronation - C7, C8 Wrist ... ) Finger: • Mexion ... Horner Syndrome Wrist ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... #neurology #sensory
Scaphoid Fractures
The scaphoid is the most commonly fractured carpal bone. Remember, if a fracture is suspected
dislocation • ED Management ... #Wrist #Carpal ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Management #Orthopedics ... #Sports #MSK