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Median Nerve Tension Test (Upper-Limb Neurodynamic Tests, ULNT2)

To assess for Median Nerve Peripheral Neuropathy

Elbow extension →
Neuropathy Elbow ... forearm supination → wrist ... #physicalexam #sports ... #msk #orthopedics ... #neurology #ULNT
Median Nerve Tension Test (Upper-Limb Neurodynamic Tests, ULNT1)

To assess for Median Nerve Peripheral Neuropathy

Shoulder abduction →
forearm supination → wrist ... external rotation → elbow ... #physicalexam #sports ... #msk #orthopedics ... #neurology #ULNT
Inverted Supinator Test

Useful for identifying a lesion at the C5-C6 spinal cord level.  Tapping the
Inverted Supinator Test ... normally elicits elbow ... #Reflex #neurology ... #orthopedics #msk ... #sports #IRR #Radial
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
trapezium, capitate, triquetrum ... fracture, median nerve ... #Carpal #Radiology ... #Orthopedics #Sports ... #MSK
Hawkin's Test - Shoulder Examination

Hawkin's test assesses for possible rotator cuff impingement.
Stabilize the scapula, passively abduct
possible rotator cuff ... the elbow to 90 ... impingement #rotator #cuff ... clinical #video #sports ... #msk #orthopedics
Hawkin's Test - Shoulder Examination

Hawkin's test assesses for possible rotator cuff impingement.
Stabilize the scapula, passively abduct
possible rotator cuff ... the elbow to 90 ... impingement #rotator #cuff ... clinical #video #sports ... #msk #orthopedics
Mill's Test for Lateral Epicondylitis ("Tennis Elbow")

With the elbow fully extended and forearm pronated, passively flex
Mill's Test for ... pronated, passively flex ... the wrist while ... #physicalexam #msk ... #orthopedics #sports
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
threat Cranial Nerves ... flexed at the elbow ... Arms extended; wrists ... from the body; wrists ... #PhysicalExam #neurology
 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