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Median Nerve Tension Test (Upper-Limb Neurodynamic Tests, ULNT2)

To assess for Median Nerve Peripheral Neuropathy

Elbow extension →
Neuropathy Elbow extension ... wrist dorsiflexion/finger ... extension → shoulder ... #sports #msk #orthopedics ... #neurology #ULNT
Median Nerve Tension Test (Upper-Limb Neurodynamic Tests, ULNT1)

To assess for Median Nerve Peripheral Neuropathy

Shoulder abduction →
wrist dorsiflexion/finger ... extension → shoulder ... rotation → elbow extension ... #sports #msk #orthopedics ... #neurology #ULNT
Elson's Test - Extensor Digitorum Finger Examination

Elson's test evaluates for partial or complete tear of the
Digitorum Finger ... resistance against extension ... #Elsons #Test #Finger ... #Hand #PhysicalExam ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Dupuytren's contracture: Idiopathic thickening of the palmar facia. In this case severe enough that
it limits finger
that it limits finger ... extension. ... Images #Clinical #Photo ... #Contractures #Hand ... #Palmar #UCSDH
Stenosing Flexor Tenosynovitis or Trigger Finger.
The middle finger is blocked in flexion and the effort /
blocked in flexion and ... generated by its extension ... Stenosing #flexor #tendon ... msk #clinical #physicalexam ... #orthopedics #rheumatology
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
musculocutaneous) • Extension ... C7 (median) • Extension ... C8 (median) • Extension ... aracteristic "claw hand ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology
Inverted Supinator Test

Useful for identifying a lesion at the C5-C6 spinal cord level.  Tapping the
flexion, wrist extension ... consisting of finger ... #Test #Reflex #neurology ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #orthopedics #msk
Extensor Carpi Ulnaris (ECU) Synergy Test for ECU Tendinitis

With the patient's hand supinated, the examiner grasps
Extensor Carpi Ulnaris ... middle finger with ... palpating the ECU tendon ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #msk #orthopedics
Synkinetic Wrist Extension Maneuver demonstrating Radial Nerve Palsy as cause for Wrist Drop

Up up, down down.
Synkinetic Wrist Extension ... synkinetic wrist extension ... nerve palsy with finger ... the fist leads extension ... #neurology
The Shuck Test for Scapholunate Instability

The Shuck test assesses for scapholunate instability. 
With the wrist flexed,
examiner resists finger ... extension. ... #Instability #Hand ... #Wrist #PhysicalExam ... #sports #msk #orthopedics