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Rock Paper Scissors - Assessment of Nerve Damage in Upper Limb Injuries
Rock - Median Nerve
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Fractures • Finger ... muscles of hand (finger ... adduction) OK Sign ... of index finger ... UpperExtremities #diagnosis #neurology
Flexor Tenosynovitis on POCUS

Index finger including flexor tendon being viewed.  Note small fluid around the
finger including ... reveal Kanavel’s signs ... : finger held in ... clinical #radiology #finger ... #ultrasound #labeled
1 Minute Neuro Hand Examination - "Check your Six" Mnemonic

A simple way to test the peripheral
you: 1) A 3 finger ... salute (three finger ... bobvarkey #Minute #Neurology ... innervation #Hand #finger ... #Physicalexam #
Median Nerve Tension Test (Upper-Limb Neurodynamic Tests, ULNT2)

To assess for Median Nerve Peripheral Neuropathy

Elbow extension →
wrist dorsiflexion/finger ... neck ipsilateral flexion ... #Test #Peripheral ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #orthopedics #neurology
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
C8 Elbow: • Flexion ... ) Finger: • Mexion ... Supinator - C5, C6 • Finger ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology ... sensory #motor #arm #physicalexam
Median Nerve Tension Test (Upper-Limb Neurodynamic Tests, ULNT1)

To assess for Median Nerve Peripheral Neuropathy

Shoulder abduction →
wrist dorsiflexion/finger ... neck ipsilateral flexion ... #Test #Peripheral ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #orthopedics #neurology
Inverted Supinator Test

Useful for identifying a lesion at the C5-C6 spinal cord level.  Tapping the
elicits elbow flexion ... consisting of finger ... flexion is known ... #Test #Reflex #neurology ... clinical #video #physicalexam
Synkinetic Wrist Extension Maneuver demonstrating Radial Nerve Palsy as cause for Wrist Drop

Up up, down down.
demonstrating Radial ... nerve palsy with finger ... the fist➡️wrist flexion ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #neurology
Wartenberg Thumb Reflex

Forceful flexion of the fingers at the distal IP joints produces (Adduction, flexion, and
Reflex Forceful flexion ... of the fingers ... produces (Adduction, flexion ... #video #hand #neurology ... #physicalexam #