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Rock Paper Scissors - Assessment of Nerve Damage in Upper Limb Injuries
Rock - Median Nerve
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Fractures • Finger ... • Extension of wrist ... (finger abduction ... adduction) OK Sign ... flexion of index finger
1 Minute Neuro Hand Examination - "Check your Six" Mnemonic

A simple way to test the peripheral
the peripheral nerve ... you: 1) A 3 finger ... salute (three finger ... /ulnar) 2) OK sign ... #finger #Physicalexam
Hoffman's sign. Even in this specific case, accompanied by a clonus outline (rhythmic contractions). The median
The median nerve ... patient's middle finger ... flexed middle finger ... index finger. ... video #neurology #PhysicalExam
OK Sign - Interosseous Nerve Injury

Patients with compromise of anterior interosseous nerve will not be able
Nerve Injury ... Normal and abnormal ... #Injury #Finger ... #Hand #PhysicalExam ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Froment's Sign - Ulnar Nerve Injury

Patients with compromise of the ulnar nerve will not be able
Froment's Sign - ... third fingers, ... second fingers ... Injury #Hand #PhysicalExam ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Trousseau's Sign of Hypocalcemia on Physical Exam

Carpopedal spasm caused by ischemia induced by an inflated blood
Trousseau's Sign ... flexion of the wrist ... hyperextension of the fingers ... #Trousseaus #Sign ... #PhysicalExam #
Distal Radius Fracture 
Distal radius fracture is the most common orthopedic injury. Here's a quick summary.
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• Colles (90% "dinner ... onto outstretched hand ... variable gross wrist ... fracture, median nerve ... reduction using finger
Positive Hoffmann's sign (finger flexor reflex)

Flexion and adduction of the thumb and flexion of the index
(finger flexor ... flexion of the index finger ... #finger #flexor ... #video #physicalexam ... #msk #orthopedics
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Pronation - C7, C8 Wrist ... , C8 (radial) Finger ... Supinator - C5, C6 • Finger ... aracteristic "claw hand ... sensory #motor #arm #physicalexam
Trousseau's Sign in Hypocalcemia

Trousseau sign of latent tetany is a medical sign observed in patients with
Trousseau's Sign ... To elicit the sign ... The wrist and metacarpophalangeal ... the fingers adduct ... #Hypocalcemia #PhysicalExam