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Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Pronation - C7, C8 Wrist ... ) Finger: • Mexion ... aracteristic "claw hand ... nerve in the radial ... sensory #motor #arm #physicalexam
1 Minute Neuro Hand Examination - "Check your Six" Mnemonic

A simple way to test the peripheral
the peripheral nerve ... salute- median/ ... ), Paper (radial ... #finger #Physicalexam ... #clinical #video
Left Wrist Drop - Radial Nerve Palsy on Physical Examination

Left hand drop due to compression of
Left Wrist Drop ... - Radial Nerve Palsy ... Nerve #Palsy #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video ... orthopedics #msk #sports
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
no longer sitting ... onto outstretched hand ... styloid fracture, median ... nerve injury ... #Orthopedics #Sports
Median Nerve Tension Test (Upper-Limb Neurodynamic Tests, ULNT2)

To assess for Median Nerve Peripheral Neuropathy

Elbow extension →
Median Nerve Tension ... forearm supination → wrist ... dorsiflexion/finger ... #ULNT2 #ULTT2 #clinical ... #video #physicalexam
Synkinetic Wrist Extension Maneuver demonstrating Radial Nerve Palsy as cause for Wrist Drop

Up up, down down.
Nerve Palsy as ... finger/wrist drop ... both supination and ... Drop #clinical # ... video #physicalexam
Median Nerve Tension Test (Upper-Limb Neurodynamic Tests, ULNT1)

To assess for Median Nerve Peripheral Neuropathy

Shoulder abduction →
Median Nerve Tension ... forearm supination → wrist ... dorsiflexion/finger ... #ULNT1 #ULTT1 #clinical ... #video #physicalexam
Characteristic clinical manifestations of Down syndrome 
 
Typical craniofacial appearance 
 • Round face and flat
Characteristic clinical ... • Brushfield spots ... incurved fifth finger ... Risk of atlanto-axial ... Downs #Syndrome #PhysicalExam
Median Nerve Injury and Anhidrosis
Note dry skin that precisely matches a median nerve distribution (spares ulnar
Median Nerve Injury ... (spares ulnar innervated ... wounds on volar wrist ... Injury #Anhidrosis #Hand ... #Clinical #Photo
Inverted Supinator Test

Useful for identifying a lesion at the C5-C6 spinal cord level.  Tapping the
extension and wrist ... consisting of finger ... Reflex #neurology #clinical ... #video #physicalexam ... orthopedics #msk #sports