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Myelopathy - Injury to the entire spinal cord - Signs and Symptoms
 • Ataxia (early sign)
Myelopathy - Injury ... spinal cord - Signs ... Ataxia (early sign ... weakness (late sign ... #symptoms #msk
OK Sign - Interosseous Nerve Injury

Patients with compromise of anterior interosseous nerve will not be able
OK Sign - Interosseous ... sign. ... signs are seen ... #Sign #Abnormal ... #Finger #Hand #
Anterior Interosseous Peripheral Nerve Injury 

Manifested as the inability to make the OK sign.

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

A simple way to test the peripheral
Ask your patient ... you: 1) A 3 finger ... median/ulnar) 2) OK ... sign (anterior ... Scissors (Ulnar)" 6) Sign
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 - AIN (Anterior ... Scissors #Nerve #Injury
Hoffmann's Sign

Hoffman's sign means upper motor neuron injury.  The Hoffmann's reflex test itself involves loosely
Hoffmann's Sign ... Hoffman's sign ... upper motor neuron injury ... holding the middle finger ... #Hoffmanns #Sign
Guide for testing and documenting neurological function in kids with upper limb fractures 

Rock - Median
- Ulnar Nerve OK ... Sign - Anterior ... Mnemonic #Upper #Arm #Injury
Positive Hoffmann's sign (finger flexor reflex)

Flexion and adduction of the thumb and flexion of the index
Positive Hoffmann's sign ... (finger flexor ... indicating cervical injury ... #Hoffmanns #sign ... #physicalexam #msk
Common Hand Fractures on X-Ray
Mallet finger - injury to the lateral extensor slips
Boutonniere deformity - injury
X-Ray Mallet finger ... - injury to the ... Boutonniere deformity - injury ... Gamekeeper's thumb injury ... Terry thomas sign
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
spinal artery injury ... function below injury ... below level of injury ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #msk