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Spinal Cord Injury by Nerve Root Levels
Spinal Root	Sensory	Motor	Reflex
C4	Acromioclavicular Joint	Respiration	None
C5	Radial Antecubital Fossa	Elbow Flexion	Biceps Reflex
C6	Dorsal Thumb	Wrist Extension	Brachioradialis Reflex
C7	Dorsal
Cord Injury by Nerve ... Sensory Motor Reflex ... Antecubital Fossa Elbow ... C6 Dorsal Thumb Wrist ... Middle Finger Elbow
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
threat Cranial Nerves ... flexed at the elbow ... direction to the body; wrists ... Arms extended; wrists ... from the body; wrists
Bicep muscle injury - Yergason Test - 1. Position patient's elbow at 90 degrees with thumb
injury - Yergason Test ... Position patient's elbow ... supinate and flex elbow ... resistance (holding at wrist ... ) #Diagnosis #Ortho
Median Nerve Tension Test (Upper-Limb Neurodynamic Tests, ULNT2)

To assess for Median Nerve Peripheral Neuropathy

Elbow extension →
Test (Upper-Limb ... Neurodynamic Tests ... Neuropathy Elbow ... forearm supination → wrist ... #Tension #Test
Median Nerve Tension Test (Upper-Limb Neurodynamic Tests, ULNT1)

To assess for Median Nerve Peripheral Neuropathy

Shoulder abduction →
Median Nerve Tension ... Test (Upper-Limb ... Neurodynamic Tests ... forearm supination → wrist ... external rotation → elbow
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
- C6, C7, C8 Elbow ... Pronation - C7, C8 Wrist ... , T1 (median) Reflexes ... Horner Syndrome Wrist ... to the radial nerve
 The following #reflexes are routinely tested, and the response elicited is graded from zero to
the side of a nerve ... the patient's elbow ... the patient's elbow ... is best elicited ... Wrist clonus is
Inverted Supinator Test

Useful for identifying a lesion at the C5-C6 spinal cord level.  Tapping the
Inverted Supinator Test ... normally elicits elbow ... radial (supinator) reflex ... Inverted #Supinator #Test ... #Reflex #neurology
Septic Olecranon Bursitis on POCUS

A patient presents with fever to 102F and pain over her olecranon
An ultrasound over ... What is the best ... Bursitis #POCUS #Elbow ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #MSK #Ortho