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Left Wrist Drop - Radial Nerve Palsy on Physical Examination

Left hand drop due to compression of
- Radial Nerve Palsy ... also called sleep paralysis ... Nerve #Palsy #PhysicalExam ... orthopedics #msk #sports ... #neurology
Median Nerve Tension Test (Upper-Limb Neurodynamic Tests, ULNT2)

To assess for Median Nerve Peripheral Neuropathy

Elbow extension →
Median Nerve Tension ... forearm supination → wrist ... #Tension #Test ... #Peripheral #Nerve ... #physicalexam #sports
Types of Facial Paralysis - Peripheral vs Central Lesions

Facial weakness or paralysis may result either from
lesion of CN VII ... , the facial nerve ... A peripheral lesion ... #CNVII #CN7 #Peripheral ... #Palsy #Neurology
Median Nerve Tension Test (Upper-Limb Neurodynamic Tests, ULNT1)

To assess for Median Nerve Peripheral Neuropathy

Shoulder abduction →
Median Nerve Tension ... forearm supination → wrist ... #Tension #Test ... #Peripheral #Nerve ... #physicalexam #sports
Radial Nerve Anatomy and Function
The Radial nerve is the nerve of elbow, wrist and digital extension.
Radial Nerve Anatomy ... arises from C5, C6, C7 ... • Thus a PIN palsy ... palsy recovers there ... #diagnosis #neurology
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
C6, C7, C8 (radial ... - C7, C8 (radial ... nerve in the radial ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology ... sensory #motor #arm
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
or the axon of peripheral ... depressed deep tendon ... nearly complete paralysis ... and sensitive tests ... diagnosis #management #neurology
 The following #reflexes are routinely tested, and the response elicited is graded from zero to
the side of a nerve ... of the arm usually ... a pin from the periphery ... Wrist clonus is ... of the wrists.