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Rock Paper Scissors - Assessment of Nerve Damage in Upper Limb Injuries
Rock - Median Nerve
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Small muscles of hand ... Thumb flexion at IP ... index finger at DIP ... #Injury #UpperExtremities ... #diagnosis #neurology
Hand Nerve Injuries - Common Presentations
 • Wrist Drop - Radial Nerve Injury
 • Claw Hand
Hand Nerve Injuries ... Hand - Ulnar Nerve ... InjuryHand ... Injuries #Anatomy #Differential ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Anterior Interosseous Peripheral Nerve Injury 

Manifested as the inability to make the OK sign.

by Dr. Boby
Injury Manifested ... #Sign #OKSign #clinical ... #physicalexam #msk ... #sports #neurology ... #orthopedics #Hand
Froment's Sign - Ulnar Nerve Injury

Patients with compromise of the ulnar nerve will not be able
Nerve Injury ... #Nerve #Injury ... #Hand #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Froment’s Test for Ulnar Nerve Palsy

This tests for pinch grip weakness caused by ulnar nerve palsy,
Nerve Palsy ... clinical #video ... #neurology #physicalexam ... #msk #orthopedics ... #sports #hand
Monteggia Fracture 
Fracture of proximal ulnar shaft with radial head dislocation. Remember “MUGR” to recall where
posterior interosseous nerve ... syndrome, ligamentous injury ... • If stable ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... Orthopedics #Proximal #MSK
Positive Varus Stress Test in LCL Injury

Interesting knee injury in a young basketball player who landed
able to perform ... complete rupture and ... #Positive #Clinical ... #PhysicalExam #Sports ... collateral #ligament #msk
Spinal Cord Injury by Nerve Root Levels
Spinal Root	Sensory	Motor	Reflex
C4	Acromioclavicular Joint	Respiration	None
C5	Radial Antecubital Fossa	Elbow Flexion	Biceps Reflex
C6	Dorsal Thumb	Wrist Extension	Brachioradialis Reflex
C7	Dorsal
by Nerve Root Levels ... Flexion None T1 Ulnar ... Anterior Medial Thigh Hip ... NerveRoots #Levels #differential ... #diagnosis #Neurology
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Abduction - C8-T1 (ulnar ... aracteristic "claw hand ... spared in this injury ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... #neurology #sensory
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Demyelinating Disease (MS ... injury, Sarcoid ... heavy metals), Critical ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology