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Anterior Interosseous Peripheral Nerve Injury 

Manifested as the inability to make the OK sign.

by Dr. Boby
Injury Manifested ... #Interosseous #Nerve ... #OK #Sign #OKSign ... #clinical #video ... #orthopedics #Hand
OK Sign - Interosseous Nerve Injury

Patients with compromise of anterior interosseous nerve will not be able
Nerve Injury ... Normal and abnormal ... #Injury #Finger ... #Hand #PhysicalExam ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Rock Paper Scissors - Assessment of Nerve Damage in Upper Limb Injuries
Rock - Median Nerve
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Fractures • Finger ... Small muscles of hand ... & adduction) OK ... #Injury #UpperExtremities ... #diagnosis #neurology
1 Minute Neuro Hand Examination - "Check your Six" Mnemonic

A simple way to test the peripheral
1 Minute Neuro Hand ... function of the hand ... median/ulnar) 2) OK ... #Hand #finger # ... Physicalexam #clinical #video
Distal Radius Fracture 
Distal radius fracture is the most common orthopedic injury. Here's a quick summary.
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• Colles (90% "dinner ... onto outstretched hand ... fracture, median nerve ... tunnel syndrome ... reduction using finger
Positive Hoffmann's sign (finger flexor reflex)

Flexion and adduction of the thumb and flexion of the index
indicating cervical injury ... reflex #clinical #hand ... #video #physicalexam ... #msk #orthopedics ... #neurology #sports
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
no longer sitting ... onto outstretched hand ... trapezium, capitate, triquetrum ... fracture, median nerve ... injury • ED
Froment's Sign - Ulnar Nerve Injury

Patients with compromise of the ulnar nerve will not be able
Injury Patients ... third fingers, ... second fingers ... #Injury #Hand # ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
, C8 (radial) Finger ... aracteristic "claw hand ... " ± Horner Syndrome ... spared in this injury ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology
Supracondylar Elbow Fracture
• Most common elbow fracture in children, peak age 5-7 
• When looking at
onto outstretched hand ... anterior interosseous nerve ... [can't make A-OK ... brachial artery injury ... ), compartment syndrome