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OK Sign - Interosseous Nerve Injury

Patients with compromise of anterior interosseous nerve will not be able
OK Sign - Interosseous ... OK signs are seen ... #Finger #Hand # ... PhysicalExam #clinical ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Anterior Interosseous Peripheral Nerve Injury 

Manifested as the inability to make the OK sign.

by Dr. Boby
Peripheral Nerve Injury ... sign. ... #OK #Sign #OKSign ... #physicalexam # ... #orthopedics #Hand
1 Minute Neuro Hand Examination - "Check your Six" Mnemonic

A simple way to test the peripheral
you: 1) A 3 finger ... salute (three finger ... median/ulnar) 2) OK ... bobvarkey #Minute #Neurology ... #finger #Physicalexam
Rock Paper Scissors - Assessment of Nerve Damage in Upper Limb Injuries
Rock - Median Nerve
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Fractures • Finger ... Small muscles of hand ... (finger abduction ... & adduction) OK ... flexion of index 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 ... #msk #orthopedics ... #neurology #sports
Hoffmann's Sign

Hoffman's sign means upper motor neuron injury.  The Hoffmann's reflex test itself involves loosely
upper motor neuron injury ... holding the middle finger ... allowing the middle finger ... thumb on the same hand ... #physicalexam
Hoffmann's sign was originally described as follows: the test is performed by supporting the patient's hand
The middle finger ... than the middle finger ... indicative of injury ... #PhysicalExam ... #Neurology #Reflex
Wartenberg Sign in Ulnar Neuropathy

Abnormal abductor the fifth finger due to ulnar neuropathy ( weakness of
abductor the fifth finger ... Ulnar #Neuropathy #hand ... #pinky #finger ... #neurology #msk ... #sports #orthopedics
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
, C8 (radial) Finger ... Supinator - C5, C6 • Finger ... spared in this injury ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology ... sensory #motor #arm #physicalexam
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
Locked-in syndrome ... • Examine for signs ... in coma) • If ok ... caseyalbin #PhysicalExam ... #neurology #comatose